Utilities, Water & Waste: who advises the sector

Sartori & Partners data count 949 dated deals for Utilities, Water & Waste clients from November 2025 to October 2026. Year on year, on windows that end a month early, the deal count grew 13.6% (861 to 978). The deal market as a whole moved +10.6% over the same windows.

By practice, Capital Markets is involved in 62.3% of these deals and Corporate & M&A in 16.2%. By deal type, Capital markets is involved in 60.9% of these deals and M&A in 13.9%.

Deal value was disclosed on 32.5% of them; where disclosed, the median was $803 million. 377 distinct clients appear across the window.

First among advising firms is Hunton Andrews Kurth, with deals in the 151-250 band.

Lawyers whose work centers on Utilities, Water & Waste changed firm 57 times in the same window. Partners were 47.4% of those moves, against 27.7% across the lateral market. Year on year those moves changed +13.5%.

For a general counsel in Utilities, Water & Waste, 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.