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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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 | Clifford Chance | 61-100 |
| 2 | White & Case | 41-60 |
| 3 | Latham & Watkins | 41-60 |
| 4 | Hogan Lovells Cadwalader | 41-60 |
| 5 | CMS | 21-40 |
| 6 | Watson Farley & Williams | 21-40 |
| 7 | DLA Piper | 21-40 |
| 8 | Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer | 21-40 |
| 9 | Milbank | 21-40 |
| 10 | Linklaters | 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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