Leveraged & acquisition finance: deal monitor

Sartori & Partners data count 776 dated deals of this type from November 2025 to October 2026. On settled windows the deal count went from 653 to 776, up 18.8% year on year. The deal market as a whole moved +10.6% over the same windows.

By practice, Banking & Finance is involved in 91.9% of these deals and Corporate & M&A in 4.6%. By client industry, Financial Sponsors is involved in 23.8% of these deals and Banks & Financial Institutions in 11.3%.

Deal value was disclosed on 30.5% of them; where disclosed, the median was $1,400 million. 327 distinct clients appear across the window.

First among advising firms is Latham & Watkins, with deals in the 101-150 band.

For a firm building in leveraged & acquisition finance, deal flow is the demand signal: a practice that wins this work needs the partners to staff it.