Construction in New York: lateral monitor

In the Sartori & Partners lateral record, 72 lawyers joined a new firm in Construction in New York from November 2025 to October 2026, 8.5% of the practice's moves. Measured on settled 12-month windows, 70 moves against 97 the year before, the count fell 27.8%. It fell behind the market's own change of +9.0%.

Over the three years to October 2026, 271 lawyers moved in Construction in New York, 89 of them partners (32.8%). They joined 102 different firms. 14.8% stepped up a level on the move and 12.2% changed city, against 12.3% and 21.6% across the market over the same three years. 28.0% came from firms with 1,000+ lawyers.

This is a partner market: 34.7% of movers were partners, against 27.7% market-wide. On settled windows partner moves alone went from 30 to 23 (-23.3%), a change inside the noise of the two counts, so we read it as flat. 11.1% of movers stepped up a level when they changed firm, against 12.9% for the market.

Lateral hires in Construction in New York were spread across 49 firms. Ten firms account for 43.1% of arrivals, against 12.9% across the market: concentrated. First on the hiring table is Cullen and Dykman, with arrivals in the 6-10 band.

The practice accounts for 3.5% of all lateral moves in New York. Over the three years to October 2026, 69.0% of movers came from another firm in New York itself. 11.1% of movers also changed city, against 20.5% market-wide.

As moves in Construction in New York ease, the candidates worth hiring are mostly not looking, so a search here starts with outreach rather than inbound.

Sartori & Partners data count 24 over the three years to October 2026.

Cullen and Dykman ranks first among advising firms over the period, in the 6-10 band.

Over the three years to October 2026, Construction Disputes was involved in 44.3% of moves in Construction in New York, then Construction Contracts with 10.7%.