Medical Devices: who advises the sector

Sartori & Partners data count 781 dated deals for Medical Devices clients from November 2025 to October 2026. On settled windows the deal count went from 758 to 810 (+6.9%), a change inside the noise of the two counts, so we read it as flat. The deal market as a whole moved +10.6% over the same windows.

By practice, Capital Markets is involved in 44.4% of these deals and Corporate & M&A in 28.8%. By deal type, Capital markets is involved in 43.9% of these deals and M&A in 21.4%.

Deal value was disclosed on 14.9% of them; where disclosed, the median was $358 million. 352 distinct clients appear across the window.

Latham & Watkins ranks first among advising firms, in the 21-40 band; the full top 10 follows as ranks and bands.

Lawyers whose work centers on Medical Devices changed firm 180 times in the same window. Partners were 63.3% of those moves, against 27.7% across the lateral market. Year on year those moves changed +13.9%.

For a general counsel in Medical Devices, 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.