Deals by practice · November 2026
Real Estate: deal monitor
Dated deals that Real Estate 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
- 1,409
- Dated deals, 12 monthsNovember 2025 to October 2026
- +9.6%
- Year on yearSettled 12-month windows
- $251m
- Median disclosed value
- 821
- Distinct clients
What the data show
Sartori & Partners data count 1,409 dated deals worked by Real Estate lawyers from November 2025 to October 2026. On settled windows the deal count went from 1,276 to 1,398, up 9.6% year on year. The deal market as a whole moved +10.6% over the same windows.
By deal type, Real estate is involved in 77.4% of these deals and Disputes & investigations in 6.0%. By client industry, Real Estate is involved in 59.0% of these deals and Asset Management & Funds in 11.1%.
Deal value was disclosed on 19.0% of them; where disclosed, the median was $251 million. 821 distinct clients appear across the window.
Greenberg Traurig ranks first among advising firms, in the 41-60 band; the full top 10 follows as ranks and bands.
A firm hiring for Real Estate 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 | Greenberg Traurig | 41-60 |
| 2 | CMS | 41-60 |
| 3 | Hogan Lovells Cadwalader | 41-60 |
| 4 | Jones Day | 21-40 |
| 5 | Clifford Chance | 21-40 |
| 6 | Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod | 21-40 |
| 7 | Dentons | 21-40 |
| 8 | DLA Piper | 21-40 |
| 9 | Loyens & Loeff | 21-40 |
| 10 | Cole Schotz | 21-40 |
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Deal types
Other practices
- Capital Markets
- Corporate & M&A
- Intellectual Property
- Banking & Finance
- Litigation & Disputes
- Private Equity
- Funds & Investment Management
- Projects & Infrastructure
- Product Liability & Torts
- Public Law & Government
- 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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