Construction & Engineering: who advises the sector

Sartori & Partners data count 558 dated deals for Construction & Engineering clients from November 2025 to October 2026. Year on year, on windows that end a month early, the deal count grew 30.8% (416 to 544). The deal market as a whole moved +10.6% over the same windows.

By practice, Corporate & M&A is involved in 44.3% of these deals and Capital Markets in 14.7%. By deal type, M&A is involved in 39.2% of these deals and Disputes & investigations in 27.8%.

Deal value was disclosed on 13.6% of them; where disclosed, the median was $400 million. 292 distinct clients appear across the window.

Latham & Watkins ranks first among advising firms, in the 11-20 band; the full top 10 follows as ranks and bands.

Lawyers whose work centers on Construction & Engineering changed firm 349 times in the same window. Partners were 39.0% of those moves, against 27.7% across the lateral market. Year on year those moves changed -10.8%.

For a company in Construction & Engineering, the adviser table shows where sector experience sits, which is where an in-house hire is most likely to come from.