Banking & Finance in New York: lateral monitor

Sartori & Partners data show 423 lateral moves in Banking & Finance in New York from November 2025 to October 2026, 21.5% of the practice's moves. On settled windows the count went from 340 to 437, up 28.5% year on year. The market as a whole moved +9.0%, so this flow outpaced it.

Over the three years to October 2026, 1,080 lawyers moved in Banking & Finance in New York, 356 of them partners (33.0%). They joined 161 different firms. 12.4% stepped up a level on the move and 11.4% changed city, against 12.3% and 21.6% across the market over the same three years. 73.1% came from firms with 1,000+ lawyers.

At 34.8%, the partner share of arrivals sits above the market's 27.7%. Year on year, on windows that end a month early, partner moves alone grew 32.7% (113 to 150). 13.5% of movers stepped up a level when they changed firm, against 12.9% for the market.

Lateral hires in Banking & Finance in New York were spread across 116 firms. The ten firms at the head of the hiring table took 36.0% of arrivals (12.9% market-wide), so hiring here is concentrated. First on the hiring table is Sidley Austin, with arrivals in the 21-40 band.

The practice accounts for 20.3% of all lateral moves in New York. Over the three years to October 2026, 71.3% of movers came from another firm in New York itself. A change of city came with 9.8% of moves (market 20.5%).

There were 123 open roles in Banking & Finance in New York on law-firm career pages on November 11, 2026.

For a firm hiring in Banking & Finance in New York, the pool is moving and partners are part of it: expect competing offers and budget time for a contested process.

Sartori & Partners data count 1,126 dated deals in Banking & Finance in New York in the 12 months to October 2026 and 3,015 over the three years to October 2026.

Banking & lending work is involved in 48.0% of them and Leveraged & acquisition finance in 27.9%.

By client industry, Banks & Financial Institutions comes first with 11.1%.

Cahill Gordon & Reindel ranks first among advising firms over the period, in the 401-700 band.

Over the three years to October 2026, Acquisition & Leveraged Finance was involved in 18.2% of moves in Banking & Finance in New York, then Corporate Lending with 16.8%.