Deals by practice · November 2026
Projects & Infrastructure: deal monitor
Dated deals that Projects & Infrastructure 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
- 1,147
- Dated deals, 12 monthsNovember 2025 to October 2026
- +26.2%
- Year on yearSettled 12-month windows
- $498m
- Median disclosed value
- 635
- Distinct clients
What the data show
From November 2025 to October 2026, Sartori & Partners recorded 1,147 dated deals worked by Projects & Infrastructure lawyers. On settled windows the deal count went from 903 to 1,140, up 26.2% year on year. The deal market as a whole moved +10.6% over the same windows.
By deal type, Project & infrastructure finance is involved in 70.4% of these deals and M&A in 10.3%. By client industry, Power & Renewables is involved in 57.1% of these deals and Banks & Financial Institutions in 10.2%.
Deal value was disclosed on 27.6% of them; where disclosed, the median was $498 million. 635 distinct clients appear across the window.
Clifford Chance ranks first among advising firms, in the 61-100 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 | Clifford Chance | 61-100 |
| 2 | CMS | 41-60 |
| 3 | White & Case | 41-60 |
| 4 | Latham & Watkins | 41-60 |
| 5 | Watson Farley & Williams | 41-60 |
| 6 | Hogan Lovells Cadwalader | 41-60 |
| 7 | Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer | 21-40 |
| 8 | Milbank | 21-40 |
| 9 | Dentons | 21-40 |
| 10 | Allens | 21-40 |
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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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