Practice by city · November 2026
Funds & Investment Management in Boston: lateral monitor
Lawyers who changed firm in Funds & Investment Management in Boston over the last 12 months, set against the practice and the city as a whole.
The last 12 months: November 2025 to October 2026
- 29
- Lateral moves, 12 monthsNovember 2025 to October 2026
- +23.8%
- Year on yearSettled 12-month windows
- 27.6%
- Partner share of moves
- 65
- Lateral moves, three yearsThree years to October 2026
What the data show
From November 2025 to October 2026, Sartori & Partners recorded 29 lateral moves in Funds & Investment Management in Boston, 4.9% of the practice's moves. On settled windows the count went from 21 to 26 (+23.8%), a change inside the noise of the two counts, so we read it as flat.
| Measure | Here | Funds & Investment Management | Boston | Market |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Partner share of moves | 27.6% | 36.7% | 26.6% | 27.7% |
| Counsel share of moves | 17.2% | 11.1% | 12.9% | 12.7% |
| Associate share of moves | 55.2% | 51.7% | 57.5% | 58.5% |
| Moved up a level (three years) | 10.8% | 11.9% | 10.8% | 12.3% |
| Changed city (three years) | 13.5% | 19.7% | 15.2% | 21.6% |
| Hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers | 79.3% | 75.8% | 57.9% | 53.6% |
| Year on year | flat (+23.8%) | rose (+23.7%) | rose (+23.7%) | 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 A dash is a value we do not publish.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.
Set against the Funds & Investment Management practice as a whole, the partner share stands out most: 27.6% here against 36.7%, below it. Set against all moves in Boston, the share hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers stands out most: 79.3% here against 57.9%, above it. Year on year it held flat while the Funds & Investment Management practice as a whole rose.
- Partner27.6%
- Counsel17.2%
- Associate55.2%
Over the three years to October 2026, 65 lawyers moved in Funds & Investment Management in Boston. They joined 23 different firms. 10.8% stepped up a level on the move and 13.5% changed city, against 12.3% and 21.6% across the market over the same three years. 82.8% came from firms with 1,000+ lawyers.
- 1,000+ lawyers82.8%
- 400-999 lawyers9.4%
Partners account for 27.6% of movers, near the market's 27.7%.
The 12-month firm table is below our naming threshold, so this part reads the three years to October 2026. Lateral hires in Funds & Investment Management in Boston were spread across 23 firms. Ten firms account for 70.8% of arrivals, against 12.2% across the market: concentrated. Kirkland & Ellis ranks first by lateral arrivals, in the 11-20 band.
The practice accounts for 7.9% of all lateral moves in Boston. Over the three years to October 2026, 69.2% of movers came from another firm in Boston itself.
There were 21 open roles in Funds & Investment Management in Boston on law-firm career pages on November 11, 2026.
With volume in Funds & Investment Management in Boston holding level, a hire depends on a specific reason to move, which a firm has to put in front of the candidate.
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 | Kirkland & Ellis | 11-20 |
| 2 | Simpson Thacher & Bartlett | 6-10 |
| 3 | Ropes & Gray | 3-5 |
| 4 | Goodwin Procter | 3-5 |
| 5 | Proskauer Rose | 3-5 |
| 6 | DLA Piper | 3-5 |
| 7 | Morgan, Lewis & Bockius | 3-5 |
| 8 | K & L Gates | 3-5 |
Deals in Funds & Investment Management in Boston
Sartori & Partners data count 187 dated deals in Funds & Investment Management in Boston in the 12 months to October 2026 and 536 over the three years to October 2026.
Fund formation work is involved in 35.1% of them and M&A in 12.9%.
By client industry, Asset Management & Funds comes first with 66.2%.
Ropes & Gray ranks first among advising firms over the period, in the 101-150 band.
| Rank | Firm | Deals (band) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ropes & Gray | 101-150 |
| 2 | Dechert | 61-100 |
| 3 | Kirkland & Ellis | 61-100 |
| 4 | K & L Gates | 61-100 |
| 5 | Proskauer Rose | 41-60 |
| 6 | Goodwin Procter | 21-40 |
| 7 | Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian | 21-40 |
| 8 | Simpson Thacher & Bartlett | 11-20 |
| 9 | Cooley | 11-20 |
| 10 | Sidley Austin | 6-10 |
Time to partner in Funds & Investment Management in Boston
37 lawyers were promoted to partner in Funds & Investment Management in Boston 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. 82.9% made partner within 12 years.
These figures rest on 35 promotions.
Specialities in Funds & Investment Management in Boston
Over the three years to October 2026, Private Fund Formation was involved in 53.8% of moves in Funds & Investment Management in Boston, then Investment Management Regulatory with 30.8%.
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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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