Deal type · November 2026

Project & infrastructure finance: deal monitor

Dated project & infrastructure finance 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

1,002
Dated deals, 12 monthsNovember 2025 to October 2026
+22.0%
Year on yearSettled 12-month windows
$457m
Median disclosed value
560
Distinct clients
02 Reading the data

What the data show

From November 2025 to October 2026, Sartori & Partners recorded 1,002 dated deals of this type. Year on year, on windows that end a month early, the deal count grew 22.0% (817 to 997). The deal market as a whole moved +10.6% over the same windows.

Project & infrastructure finance deals by year

2026 runs to October.

By practice, Projects & Infrastructure is involved in 80.5% of these deals and Banking & Finance in 32.5%. By client industry, Power & Renewables is involved in 49.3% of these deals and Banks & Financial Institutions in 13.2%.

Deal value was disclosed on 35.0% of them; where disclosed, the median was $457 million. 560 distinct clients appear across the window.

Share of deals involving each practice

Clifford Chance ranks first among advising firms, in the 61-100 band; the full top 10 follows as ranks and bands.

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

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)
1Clifford Chance61-100
2White & Case41-60
3Latham & Watkins41-60
4Hogan Lovells Cadwalader41-60
5CMS21-40
6Watson Farley & Williams21-40
7DLA Piper21-40
8Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer21-40
9Milbank21-40
10Linklaters21-40

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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