Practice by city · November 2026
Banking & Finance in Singapore: lateral monitor
Lawyers who changed firm in Banking & Finance in Singapore over the last 12 months, set against the practice and the city as a whole.
The last 12 months: November 2025 to October 2026
- 22
- Lateral moves, 12 monthsNovember 2025 to October 2026
- +27.3%
- Year on yearSettled 12-month windows
- 27.3%
- Partner share of moves
- 73
- Lateral moves, three yearsThree years to October 2026
What the data show
In the Sartori & Partners lateral record, 22 lawyers joined a new firm in Banking & Finance in Singapore from November 2025 to October 2026, 1.1% of the practice's moves. On settled windows the count went from 22 to 28 (+27.3%), a change inside the noise of the two counts, so we read it as flat.
| Measure | Here | Banking & Finance | Singapore | Market |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Partner share of moves | 27.3% | 30.8% | 26.4% | 27.7% |
| Counsel share of moves (three years) | 6.8% | 11.4% | 9.1% | 12.1% |
| Associate share of moves | 63.6% | 55.8% | 61.5% | 58.5% |
| Moved up a level (three years) | 15.1% | 12.2% | 15.3% | 12.3% |
| Changed city | - | 20.4% | 85.7% | 20.5% |
| Hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers | 77.3% | 63.8% | 80.2% | 53.6% |
| Year on year | flat (+27.3%) | rose (+14.1%) | flat (0.0%) | 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 A dash is a value we do not publish.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 share hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers stands out most: 77.3% here against 63.8%, above it. Against all moves in Singapore, the widest gap is the share hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers, which is lower here: 77.3% against 80.2%. Year on year it held flat while the Banking & Finance practice as a whole rose.
Over the three years to October 2026, 73 lawyers moved in Banking & Finance in Singapore, 23 of them partners (31.5%). They joined 33 different firms. 81.4% came from firms with 1,000+ lawyers.
- Partner27.3%
- Associate63.6%
With partners at 27.3% of arrivals, the mix is in line with the market's 27.7%.
- 1,000+ lawyers77.3%
- 400-999 lawyers22.7%
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 Singapore were spread across 33 firms. The ten firms at the head of the hiring table took 53.4% of arrivals (12.2% market-wide), so hiring here is concentrated. Mayer Brown ranks first by lateral arrivals, in the 6-10 band.
- 1,000+ lawyers81.4%
- 400-999 lawyers16.9%
The practice accounts for 24.2% of all lateral moves in Singapore.
With volume in Banking & Finance in Singapore holding level, a hire depends on a specific reason to move, which a firm has to put in front of the candidate.
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 | Mayer Brown | 6-10 |
| 2 | Norton Rose Fulbright | 3-5 |
| 3 | Squire Patton Boggs | 3-5 |
| 4 | Stephenson Harwood | 3-5 |
| 5 | K & L Gates | 3-5 |
| 6 | Reed Smith | 3-5 |
| 7 | Mishcon de Reya | 3-5 |
| 8 | Watson Farley & Williams | 3-5 |
| 9 | White & Case | 3-5 |
| 10 | Greenberg Traurig | 3-5 |
Deals in Banking & Finance in Singapore
Sartori & Partners data count 80 dated deals in Banking & Finance in Singapore in the 12 months to October 2026 and 191 over the three years to October 2026.
Banking & lending work is involved in 45.0% of them and Project & infrastructure finance in 17.8%.
By client industry, Banks & Financial Institutions comes first with 24.1%.
Stephenson Harwood ranks first among advising firms over the period, in the 21-40 band.
| Rank | Firm | Deals (band) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stephenson Harwood | 21-40 |
| 2 | Clifford Chance | 21-40 |
| 3 | Milbank | 21-40 |
| 4 | Linklaters | 11-20 |
| 5 | Watson Farley & Williams | 6-10 |
| 6 | Baker McKenzie | 6-10 |
| 7 | Trowers & Hamlins | 6-10 |
| 8 | Latham & Watkins | 6-10 |
| 9 | A&O Shearman | 6-10 |
| 10 | Sidley Austin | 6-10 |
Time to partner in Banking & Finance in Singapore
23 lawyers were promoted to partner in Banking & Finance in Singapore over five years, according to Sartori & Partners data.
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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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