Automotive: who advises the sector

From November 2025 to October 2026, Sartori & Partners recorded 803 dated deals for Automotive clients. On settled 12-month windows the deal count showed no clear change: 800 against 778 (+2.8%). The deal market as a whole moved +10.6% over the same windows.

By practice, Capital Markets is involved in 31.5% of these deals and Corporate & M&A in 28.0%. By deal type, Capital markets is involved in 30.6% of these deals and Disputes & investigations in 27.4%.

Deal value was disclosed on 16.4% of them; where disclosed, the median was $500 million. 338 distinct clients appear across the window.

Latham & Watkins ranks first among advising firms, in the 41-60 band; the full top 10 follows as ranks and bands.

Lawyers whose work centers on Automotive changed firm 117 times in the same window. Partners were 61.5% of those moves, against 27.7% across the lateral market. Year on year those moves changed +28.1%.

For a general counsel in Automotive, these are the firms and practices that see the most of the sector's work: the bench to brief, and the bench in-house hires come from.