Deals by practice · November 2026
Product Liability & Torts: deal monitor
Dated deals that Product Liability & Torts 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
- 992
- Dated deals, 12 monthsNovember 2025 to October 2026
- +0.2%
- Year on yearSettled 12-month windows
- $15m
- Median disclosed value
- 169
- Distinct clients
What the data show
Sartori & Partners data count 992 dated deals worked by Product Liability & Torts lawyers from November 2025 to October 2026. Year on year the deal count held level (887 to 889 on settled windows, +0.2%). The deal market as a whole moved +10.6% over the same windows.
By deal type, Disputes & investigations is involved in 97.9% of these deals. By client industry, Individuals & Consumers is involved in 14.1% of these deals and Healthcare Providers & Payors in 12.3%.
Deal value was disclosed on 9.6% of them; where disclosed, the median was $15 million. 169 distinct clients appear across the window.
Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell ranks first among advising firms, in the 101-150 band; the full top 10 follows as ranks and bands.
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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 | Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell | 101-150 |
| 2 | Cole Scott & Kissane | 41-60 |
| 3 | Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith | 21-40 |
| 4 | Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani | 21-40 |
| 5 | King & Spalding | 21-40 |
| 6 | Hamilton, Miller & Birthisel | 21-40 |
| 7 | Irwin Mitchell | 21-40 |
| 8 | Cullen and Dykman | 11-20 |
| 9 | Stewarts | 11-20 |
| 10 | Warner Norcross + Judd | 11-20 |
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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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