Antitrust & Competition in Washington, DC: lateral monitor

In the Sartori & Partners lateral record, 51 lawyers joined a new firm in Antitrust & Competition in Washington, DC from November 2025 to October 2026, 12.5% of the practice's moves. On settled windows the count went from 67 to 51 (-23.9%), a change inside the noise of the two counts, so we read it as flat.

Over the three years to October 2026, 170 lawyers moved in Antitrust & Competition in Washington, DC, 66 of them partners (38.8%). They joined 80 different firms. 12.9% stepped up a level on the move and 4.9% changed city, against 12.3% and 21.6% across the market over the same three years. 78.0% came from firms with 1,000+ lawyers.

This is a partner market: 52.9% of movers were partners, against 27.7% market-wide. On settled windows partner moves alone went from 22 to 25 (+13.6%), a change inside the noise of the two counts, so we read it as flat. 13.7% 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. 80 firms hired at least one lateral in Antitrust & Competition in Washington, DC in the window. Ten firms account for 35.8% of arrivals, against 12.2% across the market: concentrated. First on the hiring table is Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, with arrivals in the 11-20 band.

The practice accounts for 6.5% of all lateral moves in Washington, DC. Over the three years to October 2026, 79.4% of movers came from another firm in Washington, DC itself.

There were 26 open roles in Antitrust & Competition in Washington, DC on law-firm career pages on November 11, 2026.

For a firm planning a hire in Antitrust & Competition in Washington, DC, 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 116 dated deals in Antitrust & Competition in Washington, DC in the 12 months to October 2026 and 290 over the three years to October 2026.

Disputes & investigations work is involved in 49.7% of them and Regulatory & antitrust in 32.4%.

By client industry, Technology & Software comes first with 14.1%.

King & Spalding ranks first among advising firms over the period, in the 21-40 band.

Over the three years to October 2026, Antitrust Litigation was involved in 54.1% of moves in Antitrust & Competition in Washington, DC, then Merger Control with 42.4%.