Deals by practice · November 2026
Financial Services Regulatory: deal monitor
Dated deals that Financial Services Regulatory 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
- 237
- Dated deals, 12 monthsNovember 2025 to October 2026
- +37.3%
- Year on yearSettled 12-month windows
- 133
- Distinct clients
What the data show
Sartori & Partners data count 237 dated deals worked by Financial Services Regulatory lawyers from November 2025 to October 2026. On settled windows the deal count went from 169 to 232, up 37.3% year on year. The deal market as a whole moved +10.6% over the same windows.
By deal type, Disputes & investigations is involved in 42.6% of these deals and Regulatory & antitrust in 21.1%. By client industry, Banks & Financial Institutions is involved in 51.5% of these deals and Digital Assets & Crypto in 16.0%.
Deal value was disclosed on 2.5% of them. 133 distinct clients appear across the window.
First among advising firms is Troutman Pepper Locke, with deals in the 11-20 band.
A firm hiring for Financial Services Regulatory 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 | Troutman Pepper Locke | 11-20 |
| 2 | Bressler, Amery & Ross | 11-20 |
| 3 | Sidley Austin | 6-10 |
| 4 | Davis Polk & Wardwell | 6-10 |
| 5 | Jones Day | 6-10 |
| 6 | DLA Piper | 6-10 |
| 7 | Maynard Nexsen | 3-5 |
| 8 | CMS | 3-5 |
| 9 | Osborne Clarke | 3-5 |
| 10 | Morgan, Lewis & Bockius | 3-5 |
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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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