Deals by practice · November 2026

Health Care: deal monitor

Dated deals that Health Care 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

258
Dated deals, 12 monthsNovember 2025 to October 2026
+2.1%
Year on yearSettled 12-month windows
120
Distinct clients
02 Reading the data

What the data show

From November 2025 to October 2026, Sartori & Partners recorded 258 dated deals worked by Health Care lawyers. On settled 12-month windows the deal count showed no clear change: 248 against 243 (+2.1%). The deal market as a whole moved +10.6% over the same windows.

Health Care deals by year

2026 runs to October.

By deal type, Disputes & investigations is involved in 41.5% of these deals and M&A in 30.6%. By client industry, Healthcare Providers & Payors is involved in 71.7% of these deals and Pharma & Biotech in 10.9%.

Share of deals involving each client industry

Deal value was disclosed on 7.0% of them. 120 distinct clients appear across the window.

Deal types, share

Bass, Berry & Sims ranks first among advising firms, in the 61-100 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)
1Bass, Berry & Sims61-100
2King & Spalding11-20
3Jones Day6-10
4Polsinelli6-10
5McGuireWoods6-10
6Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton6-10
7McDermott Will & Schulte6-10
8Hogan Lovells Cadwalader6-10
9Kaufman & Canoles3-5
10Dykema Gossett3-5

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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