Practice by city · November 2026
Employment & Labor in Paris: lateral monitor
Lawyers who changed firm in Employment & Labor 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
- 22
- Lateral moves, 12 monthsNovember 2025 to October 2026
- +4.8%
- Year on yearSettled 12-month windows
- 66
- Lateral moves, three yearsThree years to October 2026
What the data show
From November 2025 to October 2026, Sartori & Partners recorded 22 lateral moves in Employment & Labor in Paris, 1.5% of the practice's moves. Year on year the count held level (21 to 22 on settled windows, +4.8%). That is in step with the wider market, which moved +9.0%.
| Measure | Here | Employment & Labor | Paris | Market |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Partner share of moves (three years) | 9.1% | 21.3% | 20.3% | 26.9% |
| Counsel share of moves (three years) | 7.6% | 13.8% | 8.8% | 12.1% |
| Associate share of moves | 72.7% | 61.6% | 63.1% | 58.5% |
| Moved up a level (three years) | 9.1% | 12.4% | 11.8% | 12.3% |
| Changed city (three years) | 15.9% | 21.5% | 11.0% | 21.6% |
| Hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers | 95.2% | 46.9% | 86.4% | 53.6% |
| Year on year | flat (+4.8%) | rose (+6.9%) | 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 A dash is a value we do not publish.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 Employment & Labor practice as a whole, the widest gap is the share hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers, which is higher here: 95.2% against 46.9%. Against all moves in Paris, the widest gap is the partner share over three years, which is lower here: 9.1% against 20.3%. Year on year it held flat while the Employment & Labor practice as a whole rose.
Over the three years to October 2026, 66 lawyers moved in Employment & Labor in Paris. They joined 29 different firms. 9.1% stepped up a level on the move and 15.9% changed city, against 12.3% and 21.6% across the market over the same three years. 82.1% came from firms with 1,000+ lawyers.
- Partner9.1%
- Counsel7.6%
- Associate80.3%
The 12-month firm table is below our naming threshold, so this part reads the three years to October 2026. 29 firms hired at least one lateral in Employment & Labor in Paris in the window. The ten firms at the head of the hiring table took 65.6% of arrivals (12.2% market-wide), so hiring here is concentrated. First on the hiring table is Ogletree Deakins, with arrivals in the 6-10 band.
The practice accounts for 8.5% of all lateral moves in Paris. Over the three years to October 2026, 56.1% of movers came from another firm in Paris itself.
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 | Ogletree Deakins | 6-10 |
| 2 | CMS | 6-10 |
| 3 | Eversheds Sutherland | 3-5 |
| 4 | Bird & Bird | 3-5 |
| 5 | Simmons & Simmons | 3-5 |
| 6 | DLA Piper | 3-5 |
| 7 | Gide Loyrette Nouel A.A.R.P.I | 3-5 |
| 8 | Taylor Wessing | 3-5 |
| 9 | Fieldfisher | 3-5 |
Specialities in Employment & Labor in Paris
Over the three years to October 2026, Employment Advisory was involved in 68.2% of moves in Employment & Labor in Paris, then Employment Litigation with 62.1%.
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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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