Deal type · November 2026
Real estate: deal monitor
Dated real estate 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
- 1,354
- Dated deals, 12 monthsNovember 2025 to October 2026
- +10.3%
- Year on yearSettled 12-month windows
- $274m
- Median disclosed value
- 820
- Distinct clients
What the data show
From November 2025 to October 2026, Sartori & Partners recorded 1,354 dated deals of this type. Year on year, on windows that end a month early, the deal count grew 10.3% (1,231 to 1,358). The deal market as a whole moved +10.6% over the same windows.
By practice, Real Estate is involved in 80.5% of these deals and Corporate & M&A in 11.4%. By client industry, Real Estate is involved in 58.1% of these deals and Asset Management & Funds in 12.7%.
Deal value was disclosed on 20.7% of them; where disclosed, the median was $274 million. 820 distinct clients appear across the window.
First among advising firms is Greenberg Traurig, with deals in the 41-60 band.
A firm hiring for real estate work should read the adviser table as the map of where experienced lawyers sit today.
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 | Greenberg Traurig | 41-60 |
| 2 | CMS | 41-60 |
| 3 | Jones Day | 21-40 |
| 4 | Dentons | 21-40 |
| 5 | Hogan Lovells Cadwalader | 21-40 |
| 6 | Clifford Chance | 21-40 |
| 7 | Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod | 21-40 |
| 8 | DLA Piper | 21-40 |
| 9 | Latham & Watkins | 21-40 |
| 10 | Loyens & Loeff | 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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