Deal type · November 2026
Regulatory & antitrust: deal monitor
Dated regulatory & antitrust 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
- 207
- Dated deals, 12 monthsNovember 2025 to October 2026
- -19.2%
- Year on yearSettled 12-month windows
- 124
- Distinct clients
What the data show
From November 2025 to October 2026, Sartori & Partners recorded 207 dated deals of this type. On settled windows the deal count went from 260 to 210, down 19.2% year on year. The deal market as a whole moved +10.6% over the same windows.
By practice, Antitrust & Competition is involved in 44.4% of these deals and Financial Services Regulatory in 24.2%.
Deal value was disclosed on 6.8% of them. 124 distinct clients appear across the window.
First among advising firms is CMS, with deals in the 11-20 band.
For a firm building in regulatory & antitrust, 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 | CMS | 11-20 |
| 2 | Sidley Austin | 6-10 |
| 3 | Bass, Berry & Sims | 6-10 |
| 4 | Jones Day | 6-10 |
| 5 | Freshfields | 6-10 |
| 6 | Heuking | 6-10 |
| 7 | Gide Loyrette Nouel A.A.R.P.I | 6-10 |
| 8 | Ropes & Gray | 3-5 |
| 9 | DLA Piper | 3-5 |
| 10 | Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton | 3-5 |
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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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