Practice by city · November 2026
Banking & Finance in Boston: lateral monitor
Lawyers who changed firm in Banking & Finance in Boston over the last 12 months, set against the practice and the city as a whole.
The last 12 months: November 2025 to October 2026
- 43
- Lateral moves, 12 monthsNovember 2025 to October 2026
- +78.3%
- Year on yearSettled 12-month windows
- 23.3%
- Partner share of moves
- 32
- Firms that hired
What the data show
From November 2025 to October 2026, Sartori & Partners recorded 43 lateral moves in Banking & Finance in Boston, 2.2% of the practice's moves. Measured on settled 12-month windows, 41 moves against 23 the year before, the count rose 78.3%. It outpaced the market's own change of +9.0%.
| Measure | Here | Banking & Finance | Boston | Market |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Partner share of moves | 23.3% | 30.8% | 26.6% | 27.7% |
| Counsel share of moves | 14.0% | 12.7% | 12.9% | 12.7% |
| Associate share of moves | 60.5% | 55.8% | 57.5% | 58.5% |
| Moved up a level (three years) | 7.4% | 12.2% | 10.8% | 12.3% |
| Changed city | 13.2% | 20.4% | 14.6% | 20.5% |
| Hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers | 61.0% | 63.8% | 57.9% | 53.6% |
| Year on year | rose (+78.3%) | rose (+14.1%) | rose (+23.7%) | 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 A dash is a value we do not publish.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.
Against the Banking & Finance practice as a whole, the widest gap is the partner share, which is lower here: 23.3% against 30.8%. Against all moves in Boston, the widest gap is the share who moved up a level over three years, which is lower here: 7.4% against 10.8%. Year on year it moved with the Banking & Finance practice as a whole: both rose.
Over the three years to October 2026, 94 lawyers moved in Banking & Finance in Boston, 35 of them partners (37.2%). They joined 45 different firms. 7.4% 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. 63.4% came from firms with 1,000+ lawyers.
- Partner23.3%
- Counsel14.0%
- Associate60.5%
The level mix sits close to the market: partners are 23.3% of arrivals, against 27.7% market-wide.
- 1,000+ lawyers61.0%
- 150-399 lawyers29.3%
32 firms hired at least one lateral in Banking & Finance in Boston in the window. Firms in the 1,000+ lawyers class took 61.0% of arrivals, against 53.6% across the market.
- 1,000+ lawyers63.4%
- 150-399 lawyers28.2%
The practice accounts for 11.8% of all lateral moves in Boston. Over the three years to October 2026, 76.6% of movers came from another firm in Boston itself. 13.2% of movers also changed city, against 20.5% market-wide.
There were 25 open roles in Banking & Finance in Boston on law-firm career pages on November 11, 2026.
For a firm hiring in Banking & Finance in Boston, a rising market means candidates have options: move quickly once a shortlist exists.
Deals in Banking & Finance in Boston
Sartori & Partners data count 142 dated deals in Banking & Finance in Boston in the 12 months to October 2026 and 327 over the three years to October 2026.
Banking & lending work is involved in 47.4% of them and Leveraged & acquisition finance in 26.0%.
By client industry, Pharma & Biotech comes first with 14.7%.
Goodwin Procter ranks first among advising firms over the period, in the 61-100 band.
| Rank | Firm | Deals (band) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Goodwin Procter | 61-100 |
| 2 | Latham & Watkins | 21-40 |
| 3 | Ropes & Gray | 21-40 |
| 4 | Jones Day | 21-40 |
| 5 | Simpson Thacher & Bartlett | 21-40 |
| 6 | Kirkland & Ellis | 11-20 |
| 7 | Proskauer Rose | 11-20 |
| 8 | WilmerHale | 11-20 |
| 9 | Cooley | 6-10 |
| 10 | Brown Rudnick | 6-10 |
Time to partner in Banking & Finance in Boston
36 lawyers were promoted to partner in Banking & Finance in Boston 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 8.5 years and 12.0 years, against a market median of 10.0 years. 74.3% made partner within 12 years.
These figures rest on 35 promotions.
Specialities in Banking & Finance in Boston
Over the three years to October 2026, Corporate Lending was involved in 21.3% of moves in Banking & Finance in Boston.
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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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