Antitrust & Competition in London: lateral monitor

From November 2025 to October 2026, Sartori & Partners recorded 48 lateral moves in Antitrust & Competition in London, 11.8% of the practice's moves. On settled windows the count went from 55 to 50 (-9.1%), a change inside the noise of the two counts, so we read it as flat.

Over the three years to October 2026, 145 lawyers moved in Antitrust & Competition in London, 35 of them partners (24.1%). They joined 59 different firms. 11.7% stepped up a level on the move and 29.1% changed city, against 12.3% and 21.6% across the market over the same three years. 76.3% came from firms with 1,000+ lawyers.

The partner share is 20.8%, below the market's 27.7%, so most movers are associates and counsel. 10.4% of movers stepped up a level when they changed firm, against 12.9% for the market.

The 12-month firm table is below our naming threshold, so this part reads the three years to October 2026. Lateral hires in Antitrust & Competition in London were spread across 59 firms. Ten firms account for 45.4% of arrivals, against 12.2% across the market: concentrated. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison ranks first by lateral arrivals, in the 11-20 band.

The practice accounts for 3.7% of all lateral moves in London. Over the three years to October 2026, 57.2% of movers came from another firm in London itself. A change of city came with 15.0% of moves (market 20.5%).

For a firm planning a hire in Antitrust & Competition in London, a flat market means candidates are not being pulled by a wave: the case for a move has to come from the platform.

Sartori & Partners data count 43 dated deals in Antitrust & Competition in London in the 12 months to October 2026 and 121 over the three years to October 2026.

Regulatory & antitrust work is involved in 43.0% of them and Disputes & investigations in 33.9%.

By client industry, Technology & Software comes first with 25.6%.

Slaughter and May ranks first among advising firms over the period, in the 11-20 band.

Over the three years to October 2026, Merger Control was involved in 49.0% of moves in Antitrust & Competition in London, then Abuse of Dominance with 25.5%.