Paris: lateral market monitor

Sartori & Partners data show 260 lateral moves in Paris from November 2025 to October 2026, 1.8% of all lateral moves we tracked. Measured on settled 12-month windows, 276 moves against 347 the year before, the count fell 20.5%. That trails the wider market, which moved +9.0%.

With partners at 26.2% of arrivals, the mix is in line with the market's 27.7%. On settled windows partner moves alone went from 61 to 69 (+13.1%), a change inside the noise of the two counts, so we read it as flat. A step up in title came with 11.5% of moves (market 12.9%).

Lateral hires in Paris were spread across 61 firms. Ten firms account for 41.5% of arrivals, against 12.9% across the market: concentrated. First on the hiring table is Eversheds Sutherland, with arrivals in the 11-20 band.

By practice, Corporate & M&A comes first, involved in 25.8% of arrivals here (20.7% across the market). Relocation into and out of Paris was even (23 each way). A change of city came with 12.2% of moves (market 20.5%).

As moves in Paris ease, the candidates worth hiring are mostly not looking, so a search here starts with outreach rather than inbound.