Telecommunications: who advises the sector

Sartori & Partners data count 492 dated deals for Telecommunications clients from November 2025 to October 2026. Year on year the deal count held level (478 to 495 on settled windows, +3.6%). The deal market as a whole moved +10.6% over the same windows.

By practice, Capital Markets is involved in 35.6% of these deals and Corporate & M&A in 31.9%. By deal type, Capital markets is involved in 34.6% of these deals and M&A in 26.2%.

Deal value was disclosed on 29.7% of them; where disclosed, the median was $1,078 million. 209 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 Telecommunications changed firm 93 times in the same window. Partners were 55.9% of those moves, against 27.7% across the lateral market. Year on year those moves changed +33.3%.

For a general counsel in Telecommunications, 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.