Deal type · November 2026

Other: deal monitor

Dated other deals over the last 12 months: how many, which practices staffed them, which industries they served and which firms advised.

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01 The numbers

The last 12 months: November 2025 to October 2026

275
Dated deals, 12 monthsNovember 2025 to October 2026
-4.1%
Year on yearSettled 12-month windows
$1,300m
Median disclosed value
193
Distinct clients
02 Reading the data

What the data show

From November 2025 to October 2026, Sartori & Partners recorded 275 dated deals of this type. On settled 12-month windows the deal count showed no clear change: 260 against 271 (-4.1%). The deal market as a whole moved +10.6% over the same windows.

Other deals by year

2026 runs to October.

By practice, Intellectual Property is involved in 27.6% of these deals and Commercial Contracts in 19.3%. By client industry, Pharma & Biotech is involved in 50.2% of these deals.

Share of deals involving each practice

Deal value was disclosed on 18.5% of them; where disclosed, the median was $1,300 million. 193 distinct clients appear across the window.

First among advising firms is Cooley, with deals in the 21-40 band.

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03 Firms

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.

Advising firms ranked by deals, 12 months
RankFirmDeals (band)
1Cooley21-40
2Ropes & Gray11-20
3Goodwin Procter11-20
4Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati11-20
5Sidley Austin11-20
6Loeb & Loeb11-20
7Latham & Watkins6-10
8JunHe6-10
9Sullivan & Cromwell6-10
10Jones Day6-10

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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