Practice by city · November 2026
Employment & Labor in Toronto: lateral monitor
Lawyers who changed firm in Employment & Labor in Toronto 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
- 54
- 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 Toronto, 1.5% of the practice's moves.
| Measure | Here | Employment & Labor | Toronto | Market |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Partner share of moves (three years) | 14.8% | 21.3% | 29.6% | 26.9% |
| Counsel share of moves (three years) | 11.1% | 13.8% | 7.8% | 12.1% |
| Associate share of moves | 59.1% | 61.6% | 62.3% | 58.5% |
| Moved up a level (three years) | 11.1% | 12.4% | 9.3% | 12.3% |
| Changed city | - | 20.6% | 15.5% | 20.5% |
| Hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers | 85.0% | 46.9% | 38.2% | 53.6% |
| Year on year | - | rose (+6.9%) | flat (+18.4%) | 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 A dash is a value we do not publish.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: 85.0% against 46.9%. Set against all moves in Toronto, the share hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers stands out most: 85.0% here against 38.2%, above it.
Over the three years to October 2026, 54 lawyers moved in Employment & Labor in Toronto. 48.3% came from firms with 1,000+ lawyers.
- Partner14.8%
- Counsel11.1%
- Associate70.4%
The 12-month firm table is below our naming threshold, so this part reads the three years to October 2026. The ten firms at the head of the hiring table took 88.9% of arrivals (12.2% market-wide), so hiring here is concentrated. Littler Mendelson ranks first by lateral arrivals, in the 11-20 band.
- 1,000+ lawyers48.3%
- 400-999 lawyers44.8%
The practice accounts for 15.9% of all lateral moves in Toronto. Over the three years to October 2026, 70.4% of movers came from another firm in Toronto 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 | Littler Mendelson | 11-20 |
| 2 | Dentons | 6-10 |
| 3 | Fasken Martineau DuMoulin | 6-10 |
| 4 | McCarthy Tétrault | 3-5 |
| 5 | Borden Ladner Gervais | 3-5 |
| 6 | Miller Thomson | 3-5 |
| 7 | Ogletree Deakins | 3-5 |
Time to partner in Employment & Labor in Toronto
24 lawyers were promoted to partner in Employment & Labor in Toronto over five years, according to Sartori & Partners data.
Specialities in Employment & Labor in Toronto
Over the three years to October 2026, Employment Litigation was involved in 70.4% of moves in Employment & Labor in Toronto, then Labor & Union Relations with 66.7%.
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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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