Deals by practice · November 2026
Banking & Finance: deal monitor
Dated deals that Banking & Finance lawyers worked on over the last 12 months: volume, type, client industry and the advising firms.
The last 12 months: November 2025 to October 2026
- 3,053
- Dated deals, 12 monthsNovember 2025 to October 2026
- +12.1%
- Year on yearSettled 12-month windows
- $545m
- Median disclosed value
- 1,345
- Distinct clients
What the data show
From November 2025 to October 2026, Sartori & Partners recorded 3,053 dated deals worked by Banking & Finance lawyers. Year on year, on windows that end a month early, the deal count grew 12.1% (2,710 to 3,039). The deal market as a whole moved +10.6% over the same windows.
By deal type, Banking & lending is involved in 44.5% of these deals and Leveraged & acquisition finance in 23.4%. By client industry, Banks & Financial Institutions is involved in 17.8% of these deals and Power & Renewables in 7.8%.
Deal value was disclosed on 47.7% of them; where disclosed, the median was $545 million. 1,345 distinct clients appear across the window.
First among advising firms is Latham & Watkins, with deals in the 151-250 band.
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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.
| Rank | Firm | Deals (band) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latham & Watkins | 151-250 |
| 2 | Jones Day | 151-250 |
| 3 | Cahill Gordon & Reindel | 151-250 |
| 4 | White & Case | 101-150 |
| 5 | Clifford Chance | 101-150 |
| 6 | Simpson Thacher & Bartlett | 101-150 |
| 7 | Hogan Lovells Cadwalader | 101-150 |
| 8 | Milbank | 61-100 |
| 9 | A&O Shearman | 61-100 |
| 10 | Davis Polk & Wardwell | 61-100 |
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Deal types
Other practices
- Capital Markets
- Corporate & M&A
- Intellectual Property
- Litigation & Disputes
- Real Estate
- Private Equity
- Funds & Investment Management
- Projects & Infrastructure
- Product Liability & Torts
- Public Law & Government
- Restructuring & Insolvency
- Employment & Labor
- Insurance & Reinsurance
- Antitrust & Competition
- Health Care
- Financial Services Regulatory
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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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