US · Observatory
US articles
9 pieces in review. Drafts for the editor; not published.
Weekly movement note ·
1,374 US events in a week, 657 of them in Corporate and M&AUS activity rose by 236 events in the seven days to 2026-10-05, with re-engagement up 93 and Schneider Electric reported nearing a $20 billion deal for PTC.
Monthly demand roll-up ·
1,104 US companies moved into new premises and states in September 2026Korean energy capital and Manhattan leasing lead 1,181 commercial and property moves across the US.
Monthly demand roll-up ·
2,558 US companies moved on Corporate and M&A in September 2026Paramount's $110 billion bid for Warner Bros. Discovery led a month of 2,909 deal and financing events, with antitrust review setting the pace.
Monthly demand roll-up ·
403 US companies restructured or cut staff in September 2026There were 447 insolvency and employment events in the US last month: 370 restructurings and 77 layoffs. Most of them put employment work inside a restructuring brief.
Monthly demand roll-up ·
1,171 US companies changed leaders in September 2026We counted 1,250 leadership changes across US companies in September, from a conglomerate's chair to growth-stage chief executives, and each one resets a client relationship.
Density piece ·
Anthropic: 10 events in 90 days, four of them on the road to a listingA prospectus and an FTC investigation came within days of each other, and together they spread Anthropic's US legal demand across four practice areas in one quarter.
Density piece ·
OpenAI: 11 qualifying events in 90 days, ten of them in SeptemberA $300 million acquisition, a withdrawn IPO and a widening legal file put OpenAI across six event classes in the US between July and October.
Density piece ·
Oracle: 11 events in 90 days, from a New Mexico force majeure notice to 21,000 job cutsEvery one of Oracle's 11 US events in the last 90 days falls in September 2026, and the debt behind its AI data centres runs through all of them.
Density piece ·
Paramount: 11 events in 90 days, all of them in SeptemberA $110 billion acquisition, a $56 billion bond sale and a relocation threat put Paramount's demand for US counsel into four categories at once.