Practice by city · November 2026
Corporate & M&A in Denver: lateral monitor
Lawyers who changed firm in Corporate & M&A in Denver over the last 12 months, set against the practice and the city as a whole.
The last 12 months: November 2025 to October 2026
- 38
- Lateral moves, 12 monthsNovember 2025 to October 2026
- 31.6%
- Partner share of moves
- 22
- Firms that hired
- 89
- Lateral moves, three yearsThree years to October 2026
What the data show
In the Sartori & Partners lateral record, 38 lawyers joined a new firm in Corporate & M&A in Denver from November 2025 to October 2026, 1.3% of the practice's moves.
| Measure | Here | Corporate & M&A | Denver | Market |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Partner share of moves | 31.6% | 29.9% | 30.5% | 27.7% |
| Counsel share of moves (three years) | 7.9% | 10.2% | 13.8% | 12.1% |
| Associate share of moves | 60.5% | 57.7% | 55.7% | 58.5% |
| Moved up a level | 13.2% | 12.4% | 15.0% | 12.9% |
| Changed city | 31.4% | 21.2% | 28.5% | 20.5% |
| Hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers | 45.9% | 62.6% | 45.1% | 53.6% |
| Year on year | - | rose (+15.8%) | flat (+6.7%) | 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 A dash is a value we do not publish.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 Corporate & M&A practice as a whole, the widest gap is the share hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers, which is lower here: 45.9% against 62.6%. Set against all moves in Denver, the counsel share over three years stands out most: 7.9% here against 13.8%, below it.
Over the three years to October 2026, 89 lawyers moved in Corporate & M&A in Denver, 33 of them partners (37.1%). They joined 39 different firms. 10.1% stepped up a level on the move and 32.4% changed city, against 12.3% and 21.6% across the market over the same three years. 60.6% came from firms with 1,000+ lawyers.
- Partner31.6%
- Associate60.5%
The level mix sits close to the market: partners are 31.6% of arrivals, against 27.7% market-wide. 13.2% of movers stepped up a level when they changed firm, against 12.9% for the market.
- 1,000+ lawyers45.9%
- 400-999 lawyers43.2%
The 12-month firm table is below our naming threshold, so this part reads the three years to October 2026. Lateral hires in Corporate & M&A in Denver were spread across 39 firms. Ten firms account for 59.3% of arrivals, against 12.2% across the market: concentrated. Vinson & Elkins ranks first by lateral arrivals, in the 6-10 band.
- 1,000+ lawyers60.6%
- 400-999 lawyers16.7%
- 150-399 lawyers16.7%
There were 29 open roles in Corporate & M&A in Denver on law-firm career pages on November 11, 2026.
The practice accounts for 22.8% of all lateral moves in Denver. Over the three years to October 2026, 53.9% of movers came from another firm in Denver itself. A change of city came with 31.4% of moves (market 20.5%).
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 | Vinson & Elkins | 6-10 |
| 2 | Holland & Hart | 6-10 |
| 3 | Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck | 3-5 |
| 4 | Ashurst Perkins Coie | 3-5 |
| 5 | Taft Stettinius & Hollister | 3-5 |
| 6 | Foley Hoag | 3-5 |
| 7 | Snell & Wilmer | 3-5 |
| 8 | Clark Hill | 3-5 |
| 9 | Polsinelli | 3-5 |
Deals in Corporate & M&A in Denver
Sartori & Partners data count 215 dated deals in Corporate & M&A in Denver in the 12 months to October 2026 and 505 over the three years to October 2026.
M&A work is involved in 81.8% of them and Private equity in 5.3%.
By client industry, Technology & Software comes first with 15.8%.
Holland & Hart ranks first among advising firms over the period, in the 21-40 band.
| Rank | Firm | Deals (band) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Holland & Hart | 21-40 |
| 2 | Cooley | 21-40 |
| 3 | Vinson & Elkins | 21-40 |
| 4 | Morrison & Foerster | 21-40 |
| 5 | WilmerHale | 21-40 |
| 6 | Holland & Knight | 21-40 |
| 7 | Haynes and Boone | 21-40 |
| 8 | Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath | 21-40 |
| 9 | Hogan Lovells Cadwalader | 21-40 |
| 10 | Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher | 11-20 |
Time to partner in Corporate & M&A in Denver
34 lawyers were promoted to partner in Corporate & M&A in Denver 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 9.0 years and 11.0 years, against a market median of 10.0 years. 84.8% made partner within 12 years.
These figures rest on 33 promotions.
Specialities in Corporate & M&A in Denver
Over the three years to October 2026, Private M&A was involved in 40.4% of moves in Corporate & M&A in Denver.
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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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