Infrastructure: who advises the sector

Sartori & Partners data count 585 dated deals for Infrastructure clients from November 2025 to October 2026. On settled windows the deal count went from 385 to 574, up 49.1% year on year. The deal market as a whole moved +10.6% over the same windows.

By practice, Capital Markets is involved in 30.1% of these deals and Corporate & M&A in 22.1%. By deal type, Capital markets is involved in 29.2% of these deals and Project & infrastructure finance in 19.8%.

Deal value was disclosed on 39.3% of them; where disclosed, the median was $850 million. 276 distinct clients appear across the window.

First among advising firms is Clifford Chance, with deals in the 41-60 band.

Lawyers whose work centers on Infrastructure changed firm 241 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 +0.4%.

For a general counsel in Infrastructure, 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.