Deals by practice · November 2026
Corporate & M&A: deal monitor
Dated deals that Corporate & M&A 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
- 11,230
- Dated deals, 12 monthsNovember 2025 to October 2026
- +9.5%
- Year on yearSettled 12-month windows
- $315m
- Median disclosed value
- 6,411
- Distinct clients
What the data show
From November 2025 to October 2026, Sartori & Partners recorded 11,230 dated deals worked by Corporate & M&A lawyers. Measured on settled 12-month windows, 11,170 deals against 10,198 the year before, the deal count rose 9.5%. The deal market as a whole moved +10.6% over the same windows.
By deal type, M&A is involved in 74.6% of these deals and Venture & growth in 10.2%. By client industry, Technology & Software is involved in 14.0% of these deals and Pharma & Biotech in 6.8%.
Deal value was disclosed on 17.7% of them; where disclosed, the median was $315 million. 6,411 distinct clients appear across the window.
First among advising firms is Latham & Watkins, with deals in the 401-700 band.
A firm hiring for Corporate & M&A work should read the adviser table as the map of where experienced lawyers sit today.
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 | 401-700 |
| 2 | Kirkland & Ellis | 401-700 |
| 3 | Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati | 401-700 |
| 4 | Goodwin Procter | 251-400 |
| 5 | DLA Piper | 251-400 |
| 6 | CMS | 151-250 |
| 7 | Cooley | 151-250 |
| 8 | Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher | 151-250 |
| 9 | White & Case | 151-250 |
| 10 | Fenwick & West | 151-250 |
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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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