Corporate & M&A in Singapore: lateral monitor

In the Sartori & Partners lateral record, 27 lawyers joined a new firm in Corporate & M&A in Singapore from November 2025 to October 2026, 0.9% of the practice's moves. On settled windows the count went from 35 to 32 (-8.6%), a change inside the noise of the two counts, so we read it as flat.

Over the three years to October 2026, 89 lawyers moved in Corporate & M&A in Singapore, 31 of them partners (34.8%). They joined 40 different firms. 74.3% came from firms with 1,000+ lawyers.

Partners make up 37.0% of arrivals, against 27.7% across the market: a partner-heavy flow. 25.9% of movers stepped up a level when they changed firm, against 12.9% for the market.

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 Singapore were spread across 40 firms. The ten firms at the head of the hiring table took 49.4% of arrivals (12.2% market-wide), so hiring here is concentrated. First on the hiring table is Greenberg Traurig, with arrivals in the 6-10 band.

The practice accounts for 29.7% of all lateral moves in Singapore.

For a firm planning a hire in Corporate & M&A in Singapore, a flat market means candidates are not being pulled by a wave: the case for a move has to come from the platform.

Sartori & Partners data count 167 dated deals in Corporate & M&A in Singapore in the 12 months to October 2026 and 421 over the three years to October 2026.

M&A work is involved in 74.3% of them and Venture & growth in 7.4%.

By client industry, Technology & Software comes first with 11.6%.

Latham & Watkins ranks first among advising firms over the period, in the 61-100 band.

Over the three years to October 2026, Private M&A was involved in 53.9% of moves in Corporate & M&A in Singapore, then Joint Ventures with 27.0%.