Deals by practice · November 2026
Employment & Labor: deal monitor
Dated deals that Employment & Labor 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
- 346
- Dated deals, 12 monthsNovember 2025 to October 2026
- -1.2%
- Year on yearSettled 12-month windows
- 147
- Distinct clients
What the data show
From November 2025 to October 2026, Sartori & Partners recorded 346 dated deals worked by Employment & Labor lawyers. On settled 12-month windows the deal count showed no clear change: 334 against 338 (-1.2%). The deal market as a whole moved +10.6% over the same windows.
By deal type, Disputes & investigations is involved in 93.9% of these deals. By client industry, Government & Public Sector is involved in 10.7% of these deals and Healthcare Providers & Payors in 8.4%.
Deal value was disclosed on 2.6% of them. 147 distinct clients appear across the window.
Liebert Cassidy Whitmore ranks first among advising firms, in the 21-40 band; the full top 10 follows as ranks and bands.
A firm hiring for Employment & Labor 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 | Liebert Cassidy Whitmore | 21-40 |
| 2 | Bass, Berry & Sims | 11-20 |
| 3 | Jackson Lewis | 11-20 |
| 4 | Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani | 11-20 |
| 5 | Eversheds Sutherland | 6-10 |
| 6 | O'Melveny & Myers | 6-10 |
| 7 | Littler Mendelson | 6-10 |
| 8 | Jones Day | 6-10 |
| 9 | Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell | 6-10 |
| 10 | Weightmans | 6-10 |
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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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