Antitrust & Competition in New York: lateral monitor

From November 2025 to October 2026, Sartori & Partners recorded 66 lateral moves in Antitrust & Competition in New York, 16.2% of the practice's moves. Year on year, on windows that end a month early, the count grew 42.9% (42 to 60). It outpaced the market's own change of +9.0%.

Over the three years to October 2026, 159 lawyers moved in Antitrust & Competition in New York, 57 of them partners (35.8%). They joined 65 different firms. 14.5% stepped up a level on the move and 7.6% changed city, against 12.3% and 21.6% across the market over the same three years. 56.3% came from firms with 1,000+ lawyers.

Partners make up 43.9% of arrivals, against 27.7% across the market: a partner-heavy flow. 13.6% of movers stepped up a level when they changed firm, against 12.9% for the market.

40 firms hired at least one lateral in Antitrust & Competition in New York in the window. The ten firms at the head of the hiring table took 50.0% of arrivals (12.9% market-wide), so hiring here is concentrated. Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo ranks first by lateral arrivals, in the 6-10 band.

The practice accounts for 3.2% of all lateral moves in New York. Over the three years to October 2026, 76.7% of movers came from another firm in New York itself.

Group moves were 12.1% of the total (market 1.5%).

A firm recruiting in Antitrust & Competition in New York is buying into a rising, partner-heavy flow, so the strongest candidates will hear from more than one firm.

Sartori & Partners data count 81 dated deals in Antitrust & Competition in New York in the 12 months to October 2026 and 225 over the three years to October 2026.

Disputes & investigations work is involved in 48.4% of them and Regulatory & antitrust in 35.1%.

By client industry, Banks & Financial Institutions comes first with 12.0%.

Cravath, Swaine & Moore ranks first among advising firms over the period, in the 11-20 band.

Over the three years to October 2026, Antitrust Litigation was involved in 54.1% of moves in Antitrust & Competition in New York, then Merger Control with 27.0%.