Deals by practice · November 2026

Antitrust & Competition: deal monitor

Dated deals that Antitrust & Competition lawyers worked on over the last 12 months: volume, type, client industry and the advising firms.

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01 The numbers

The last 12 months: November 2025 to October 2026

300
Dated deals, 12 monthsNovember 2025 to October 2026
0.0%
Year on yearSettled 12-month windows
$8,300m
Median disclosed value
155
Distinct clients
02 Reading the data

What the data show

From November 2025 to October 2026, Sartori & Partners recorded 300 dated deals worked by Antitrust & Competition lawyers. On settled 12-month windows the deal count showed no clear change: 308 against 308 (0.0%). The deal market as a whole moved +10.6% over the same windows.

Antitrust & Competition deals by year

2026 runs to October.

By deal type, Disputes & investigations is involved in 54.7% of these deals and Regulatory & antitrust in 30.7%. By client industry, Technology & Software is involved in 12.7% of these deals and Media & Entertainment in 8.7%.

Share of deals involving each client industry

Deal value was disclosed on 8.7% of them; where disclosed, the median was $8,300 million. 155 distinct clients appear across the window.

Deal types, share

King & Spalding ranks first among advising firms, in the 21-40 band; the full top 10 follows as ranks and bands.

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03 Firms

Firms by rank and band

Each firm appears as a rank and a band, never an exact count, and only with at least 10 moves in the window.

Advising firms ranked by deals, 12 months
RankFirmDeals (band)
1King & Spalding21-40
2Freshfields11-20
3Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton11-20
4Gleiss Lutz11-20
5Jones Day11-20
6Bass, Berry & Sims11-20
7Berger Montague6-10
8Morrison & Foerster6-10
9Kirkland & Ellis6-10
10Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro6-10

Edition November 2026. Window: November 2025 to October 2026. Source: Sartori & Partners, from public law-firm announcements, firm websites and professional profiles, checked monthly. Methodology. Spot an error? [email protected].

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