Technology & Software: who advises the sector

Sartori & Partners data count 3,279 dated deals for Technology & Software clients from November 2025 to October 2026. Year on year the deal count held level (3,136 to 3,279 on settled windows, +4.6%). The deal market as a whole moved +10.6% over the same windows.

By practice, Corporate & M&A is involved in 47.8% of these deals and Capital Markets in 24.0%. By deal type, M&A is involved in 30.0% of these deals and Capital markets in 23.3%.

Deal value was disclosed on 25.5% of them; where disclosed, the median was $250 million. 1,713 distinct clients appear across the window.

First among advising firms is Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, with deals in the 151-250 band.

Lawyers whose work centers on Technology & Software changed firm 419 times in the same window. Partners were 50.6% of those moves, against 27.7% across the lateral market. Year on year those moves changed +18.3%.

For a general counsel in Technology & Software, 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.