Deal type · November 2026
Banking & lending: deal monitor
Dated banking & lending deals over the last 12 months: how many, which practices staffed them, which industries they served and which firms advised.
The last 12 months: November 2025 to October 2026
- 1,580
- Dated deals, 12 monthsNovember 2025 to October 2026
- +11.4%
- Year on yearSettled 12-month windows
- $500m
- Median disclosed value
- 741
- Distinct clients
What the data show
From November 2025 to October 2026, Sartori & Partners recorded 1,580 dated deals of this type. Measured on settled 12-month windows, 1,584 deals against 1,422 the year before, the deal count rose 11.4%. The deal market as a whole moved +10.6% over the same windows.
By practice, Banking & Finance is involved in 86.0% of these deals and Capital Markets in 11.5%. By client industry, Banks & Financial Institutions is involved in 16.8% of these deals and Real Estate in 6.9%.
Deal value was disclosed on 57.2% of them; where disclosed, the median was $500 million. 741 distinct clients appear across the window.
Jones Day ranks first among advising firms, in the 101-150 band; the full top 10 follows as ranks and bands.
For a firm building in banking & lending, 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 | Jones Day | 101-150 |
| 2 | Latham & Watkins | 61-100 |
| 3 | Cahill Gordon & Reindel | 61-100 |
| 4 | Simpson Thacher & Bartlett | 61-100 |
| 5 | Clifford Chance | 61-100 |
| 6 | White & Case | 41-60 |
| 7 | Hogan Lovells Cadwalader | 41-60 |
| 8 | Davis Polk & Wardwell | 21-40 |
| 9 | Milbank | 21-40 |
| 10 | A&O Shearman | 21-40 |
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Client industries
- Banks & Financial Institutions
- Financial Sponsors
- Technology & Software
- Pharma & Biotech
- Asset Management & Funds
- Real Estate
- Power & Renewables
- Consumer Goods & Retail
- Food, Beverage & Agriculture
- Healthcare Providers & Payors
- Oil & Gas
- Industrial Manufacturing
- Media & Entertainment
- Utilities, Water & Waste
- Government & Public Sector
- Automotive
- Insurance
- Electronics & Semiconductors
- Medical Devices
- Mining & Metals
- Individuals & Consumers
- Hospitality & Leisure
- Aerospace & Defence
- Infrastructure
- Construction & Engineering
- Professional Services
- Fintech & Payments
- Telecommunications
- Transportation & Logistics
- Chemicals
- Sports
- Nonprofits & Charities
- Aviation
- Digital Assets & Crypto
- Education
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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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