Chemicals: who advises the sector

Sartori & Partners data count 356 dated deals for Chemicals clients from November 2025 to October 2026. Year on year, on windows that end a month early, the deal count grew 33.7% (279 to 373). The deal market as a whole moved +10.6% over the same windows.

By practice, Capital Markets is involved in 37.6% of these deals and Corporate & M&A in 33.7%. By deal type, Capital markets is involved in 36.2% of these deals and M&A in 28.9%.

Deal value was disclosed on 20.8% of them; where disclosed, the median was $750 million. 190 distinct clients appear across the window.

First among advising firms is Davis Polk & Wardwell, with deals in the 21-40 band.

Lawyers whose work centers on Chemicals changed firm 59 times in the same window. Partners were 61.0% of those moves, against 27.7% across the lateral market. Year on year those moves changed +3.4%.

For a general counsel in Chemicals, 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.