Practice by city · November 2026
Banking & Finance in Atlanta: lateral monitor
Lawyers who changed firm in Banking & Finance in Atlanta over the last 12 months, set against the practice and the city as a whole.
The last 12 months: November 2025 to October 2026
- 31
- Lateral moves, 12 monthsNovember 2025 to October 2026
- -17.5%
- Year on yearSettled 12-month windows
- 19.4%
- Partner share of moves
- 90
- Lateral moves, three yearsThree years to October 2026
What the data show
Sartori & Partners data show 31 lateral moves in Banking & Finance in Atlanta from November 2025 to October 2026, 1.6% of the practice's moves. On settled windows the count went from 40 to 33 (-17.5%), a change inside the noise of the two counts, so we read it as flat.
| Measure | Here | Banking & Finance | Atlanta | Market |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Partner share of moves | 19.4% | 30.8% | 24.9% | 27.7% |
| Counsel share of moves | 19.4% | 12.7% | 15.2% | 12.7% |
| Associate share of moves | 61.3% | 55.8% | 57.4% | 58.5% |
| Moved up a level (three years) | 8.9% | 12.2% | 12.1% | 12.3% |
| Changed city | 17.2% | 20.4% | 17.2% | 20.5% |
| Hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers | 58.1% | 63.8% | 41.4% | 53.6% |
| Year on year | flat (-17.5%) | rose (+14.1%) | flat (-10.4%) | rose (+9.0%) |
12 months to October 2026 unless the row says three years; a row switches to three years for every column when this page's 12-month value is not published. A dash is a value we do not publish. Flat means a change under 5% or inside the noise of the two counts.
Set against the Banking & Finance practice as a whole, the partner share stands out most: 19.4% here against 30.8%, below it. Set against all moves in Atlanta, the share hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers stands out most: 58.1% here against 41.4%, above it. Year on year it held flat while the Banking & Finance practice as a whole rose.
Over the three years to October 2026, 90 lawyers moved in Banking & Finance in Atlanta, 26 of them partners (28.9%). They joined 32 different firms. 8.9% stepped up a level on the move and 13.3% changed city, against 12.3% and 21.6% across the market over the same three years. 73.8% came from firms with 1,000+ lawyers.
- Partner19.4%
- Counsel19.4%
- Associate61.3%
Associates carry this flow: partners are 19.4% of arrivals, against 27.7% market-wide.
- 1,000+ lawyers58.1%
- 400-999 lawyers25.8%
- 150-399 lawyers16.1%
The 12-month firm table is below our naming threshold, so this part reads the three years to October 2026. Lateral hires in Banking & Finance in Atlanta were spread across 32 firms. The ten firms at the head of the hiring table took 62.2% of arrivals (12.2% market-wide), so hiring here is concentrated. First on the hiring table is Alston & Bird, with arrivals in the 6-10 band.
- 1,000+ lawyers73.8%
- 400-999 lawyers8.8%
- under 150 lawyers12.5%
The practice accounts for 13.1% of all lateral moves in Atlanta. Over the three years to October 2026, 72.2% of movers came from another firm in Atlanta itself. 17.2% of movers also changed city, against 20.5% market-wide.
For a firm planning a hire in Banking & Finance in Atlanta, a flat market means candidates are not being pulled by a wave: the case for a move has to come from the platform.
Firms by rank and band
Each firm appears as a rank and a band, never an exact count, and only with at least 10 moves in the window.
| Rank | Firm | Moves (band) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alston & Bird | 6-10 |
| 2 | Holland & Knight | 6-10 |
| 3 | Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough | 3-5 |
| 4 | Maynard Nexsen | 3-5 |
| 5 | Barnes & Thornburg | 3-5 |
| 6 | Burr & Forman | 3-5 |
| 7 | Reed Smith | 3-5 |
| 8 | Bradley Arant Boult Cummings | 3-5 |
| 9 | Taft Stettinius & Hollister | 3-5 |
Deals in Banking & Finance in Atlanta
Sartori & Partners data count 43 dated deals in Banking & Finance in Atlanta in the 12 months to October 2026 and 115 over the three years to October 2026.
Banking & lending work is involved in 70.4% of them.
By client industry, Banks & Financial Institutions comes first with 46.1%.
Jones Day ranks first among advising firms over the period, in the 61-100 band.
| Rank | Firm | Deals (band) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jones Day | 61-100 |
| 2 | King & Spalding | 6-10 |
| 3 | Eversheds Sutherland | 6-10 |
| 4 | Alston & Bird | 6-10 |
| 5 | Troutman Pepper Locke | 3-5 |
| 6 | Paul Hastings | 3-5 |
| 7 | Greenberg Traurig | 3-5 |
| 8 | Dentons | 3-5 |
Time to partner in Banking & Finance in Atlanta
26 lawyers were promoted to partner in Banking & Finance in Atlanta over five years, according to Sartori & Partners data.
The median time from first year of practice to partner is 10.0 years, with the middle half between 9.0 years and 11.0 years, against a market median of 10.0 years. 87.5% made partner within 12 years.
These figures rest on 24 promotions.
Specialities in Banking & Finance in Atlanta
Over the three years to October 2026, Corporate Lending was involved in 25.6% of moves in Banking & Finance in Atlanta.
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Edition November 2026. Window: November 2025 to October 2026. Source: Sartori & Partners, from public law-firm announcements, firm websites and professional profiles, checked monthly. Methodology. Spot an error? [email protected].
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