Practice by city · November 2026
Banking & Finance in Paris: lateral monitor
Lawyers who changed firm in Banking & Finance in Paris over the last 12 months, set against the practice and the city as a whole.
The last 12 months: November 2025 to October 2026
- 40
- Lateral moves, 12 monthsNovember 2025 to October 2026
- -32.8%
- Year on yearSettled 12-month windows
- 25.0%
- Partner share of moves
- 21
- Firms that hired
What the data show
Sartori & Partners data show 40 lateral moves in Banking & Finance in Paris from November 2025 to October 2026, 2.0% of the practice's moves. On settled windows the count went from 64 to 43, down 32.8% year on year. It fell behind the market's own change of +9.0%.
| Measure | Here | Banking & Finance | Paris | Market |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Partner share of moves | 25.0% | 30.8% | 26.2% | 27.7% |
| Counsel share of moves (three years) | 10.2% | 11.4% | 8.8% | 12.1% |
| Associate share of moves | 62.5% | 55.8% | 63.1% | 58.5% |
| Moved up a level | 17.5% | 13.1% | 11.5% | 12.9% |
| Changed city (three years) | 12.1% | 21.0% | 11.0% | 21.6% |
| Hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers | 80.0% | 63.8% | 86.4% | 53.6% |
| Year on year | fell (-32.8%) | rose (+14.1%) | fell (-20.5%) | 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 A dash is a value we do not publish.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 share hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers, which is higher here: 80.0% against 63.8%. Set against all moves in Paris, the share hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers stands out most: 80.0% here against 86.4%, below it. Year on year it fell while the Banking & Finance practice as a whole rose.
Over the three years to October 2026, 157 lawyers moved in Banking & Finance in Paris, 41 of them partners (26.1%). They joined 45 different firms. 13.4% stepped up a level on the move and 12.1% changed city, against 12.3% and 21.6% across the market over the same three years. 77.9% came from firms with 1,000+ lawyers.
- Partner25.0%
- Associate62.5%
The level mix sits close to the market: partners are 25.0% of arrivals, against 27.7% market-wide. 17.5% of movers stepped up a level when they changed firm, against 12.9% for the market.
- 1,000+ lawyers80.0%
- 400-999 lawyers15.0%
The 12-month firm table is below our naming threshold, so this part reads the three years to October 2026. 45 firms hired at least one lateral in Banking & Finance in Paris in the window. The ten firms at the head of the hiring table took 54.4% of arrivals (12.2% market-wide), so hiring here is concentrated. Linklaters ranks first by lateral arrivals, in the 11-20 band.
- 1,000+ lawyers77.9%
- 400-999 lawyers10.1%
- under 150 lawyers9.4%
The practice accounts for 15.4% of all lateral moves in Paris. Over the three years to October 2026, 65.0% of movers came from another firm in Paris itself.
For a firm planning a hire in Banking & Finance in Paris, a quieter market means fewer competing processes but also fewer people already in motion: plan on direct approach.
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 | Linklaters | 11-20 |
| 2 | Norton Rose Fulbright | 11-20 |
| 3 | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe | 6-10 |
| 4 | Simmons & Simmons | 6-10 |
| 5 | Willkie Farr & Gallagher | 6-10 |
| 6 | Jones Day | 6-10 |
| 7 | Clifford Chance | 6-10 |
| 8 | White & Case | 6-10 |
| 9 | Gide Loyrette Nouel A.A.R.P.I | 6-10 |
| 10 | Stephenson Harwood | 3-5 |
Deals in Banking & Finance in Paris
Sartori & Partners data count 261 dated deals in Banking & Finance in Paris in the 12 months to October 2026 and 643 over the three years to October 2026.
Banking & lending work is involved in 29.1% of them and Leveraged & acquisition finance in 21.2%.
By client industry, Banks & Financial Institutions comes first with 17.3%.
White & Case ranks first among advising firms over the period, in the 61-100 band.
| Rank | Firm | Deals (band) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | White & Case | 61-100 |
| 2 | Hogan Lovells Cadwalader | 61-100 |
| 3 | Clifford Chance | 41-60 |
| 4 | Linklaters | 41-60 |
| 5 | A&O Shearman | 41-60 |
| 6 | DLA Piper | 21-40 |
| 7 | Gide Loyrette Nouel A.A.R.P.I | 21-40 |
| 8 | Latham & Watkins | 21-40 |
| 9 | Watson Farley & Williams | 21-40 |
| 10 | Ashurst Perkins Coie | 21-40 |
Time to partner in Banking & Finance in Paris
26 lawyers were promoted to partner in Banking & Finance in Paris over five years, according to Sartori & Partners data.
The median time from first year of practice to partner is 13.0 years, with the middle half between 11.8 years and 14.2 years, against a market median of 10.0 years. 45.0% made partner within 12 years.
These figures rest on 20 promotions.
Specialities in Banking & Finance in Paris
Over the three years to October 2026, Acquisition & Leveraged Finance was involved in 31.8% of moves in Banking & Finance in Paris.
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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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