Aviation: who advises the sector

From November 2025 to October 2026, Sartori & Partners recorded 302 dated deals for Aviation clients. Measured on settled 12-month windows, 309 deals against 250 the year before, the deal count rose 23.6%. The deal market as a whole moved +10.6% over the same windows.

By practice, Capital Markets is involved in 38.1% of these deals and Corporate & M&A in 20.9%. By deal type, Capital markets is involved in 35.8% of these deals and Disputes & investigations in 21.9%.

Deal value was disclosed on 23.2% of them; where disclosed, the median was $748 million. 136 distinct clients appear across the window.

First among advising firms is Latham & Watkins, with deals in the 11-20 band.

Lawyers whose work centers on Aviation changed firm 80 times in the same window. Partners were 28.8% of those moves, against 27.7% across the lateral market. Year on year those moves changed +58.2%.

For a general counsel in Aviation, 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.