Financial Services Regulatory in New York: lateral monitor

From November 2025 to October 2026, Sartori & Partners recorded 27 lateral moves in Financial Services Regulatory in New York, 11.5% of the practice's moves. On settled windows the count went from 27 to 29 (+7.4%), a change inside the noise of the two counts, so we read it as flat.

Over the three years to October 2026, 87 lawyers moved in Financial Services Regulatory in New York, 51 of them partners (58.6%). They joined 51 different firms. 20.7% stepped up a level on the move and 11.3% changed city, against 12.3% and 21.6% across the market over the same three years. 70.8% came from firms with 1,000+ lawyers.

This is a partner market: 63.0% of movers were partners, against 27.7% market-wide. A step up in title came with 25.9% of moves (market 12.9%).

The 12-month firm table is below our naming threshold, so this part reads the three years to October 2026. Lateral hires in Financial Services Regulatory in New York were spread across 51 firms. The ten firms at the head of the hiring table took 37.2% of arrivals (12.2% market-wide), so hiring here is concentrated. First on the hiring table is Hinshaw & Culbertson, with arrivals in the 6-10 band.

The practice accounts for 1.3% of all lateral moves in New York. Over the three years to October 2026, 72.4% of movers came from another firm in New York itself.

With volume in Financial Services Regulatory in New York holding level, a hire depends on a specific reason to move, which a firm has to put in front of the candidate.

Sartori & Partners data count 60 dated deals in Financial Services Regulatory in New York in the 12 months to October 2026 and 122 over the three years to October 2026.

Disputes & investigations work is involved in 41.8% of them and Regulatory & antitrust in 17.2%.

By client industry, Banks & Financial Institutions comes first with 47.5%.

Davis Polk & Wardwell ranks first among advising firms over the period, in the 6-10 band.