Deals by practice · November 2026
Public Law & Government: deal monitor
Dated deals that Public Law & Government 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
- 850
- Dated deals, 12 monthsNovember 2025 to October 2026
- +8.8%
- Year on yearSettled 12-month windows
- $184m
- Median disclosed value
- 424
- Distinct clients
What the data show
From November 2025 to October 2026, Sartori & Partners recorded 850 dated deals worked by Public Law & Government lawyers. Year on year, on windows that end a month early, the deal count grew 8.8% (796 to 866). The deal market as a whole moved +10.6% over the same windows.
By deal type, Disputes & investigations is involved in 80.6% of these deals and M&A in 2.6%. By client industry, Government & Public Sector is involved in 21.5% of these deals and Individuals & Consumers in 14.5%.
Deal value was disclosed on 3.5% of them; where disclosed, the median was $184 million. 424 distinct clients appear across the window.
Morrison & Foerster ranks first among advising firms, in the 21-40 band; the full top 10 follows as ranks and bands.
For a firm building in Public Law & Government, deal flow is the demand signal: a practice that wins this work needs the partners to staff it.
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 | Morrison & Foerster | 21-40 |
| 2 | Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher | 21-40 |
| 3 | Leigh Day | 21-40 |
| 4 | Jones Day | 11-20 |
| 5 | Duncan Lewis Solicitors | 11-20 |
| 6 | Jenner & Block | 11-20 |
| 7 | Munger, Tolles & Olson | 11-20 |
| 8 | Dentons | 11-20 |
| 9 | WilmerHale | 11-20 |
| 10 | Covington & Burling | 11-20 |
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Deal types
Other practices
- Capital Markets
- Corporate & M&A
- Intellectual Property
- Banking & Finance
- Litigation & Disputes
- Real Estate
- Private Equity
- Funds & Investment Management
- Projects & Infrastructure
- Product Liability & Torts
- Restructuring & Insolvency
- Employment & Labor
- Insurance & Reinsurance
- Antitrust & Competition
- Health Care
- Financial Services Regulatory
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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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