New York and Boston: moves between the cities

Over the last 3 years, Sartori & Partners recorded 64 lateral moves between New York and Boston. More went from Boston to New York (34) than the other way (30).

Partners were 17.2% of the lawyers who moved between the two cities, against 27.7% of all lateral moves in the last 12 months.

Corporate & M&A was involved in 37.5% of these moves and Litigation & Disputes in 31.2%.

62.5% of movers joined a firm in the same size class as the one they left: a move between these cities is usually a move between peers, not a change of platform.

For a firm recruiting in Boston, New York is a pool to approach directly, and the reverse holds: candidates who have made this move before show it can be done without losing the practice.