Funds & Investment Management in New York: lateral monitor

Sartori & Partners data show 161 lateral moves in Funds & Investment Management in New York from November 2025 to October 2026, 27.1% of the practice's moves. Measured on settled 12-month windows, 172 moves against 125 the year before, the count rose 37.6%. The market as a whole moved +9.0%, so this flow outpaced it.

Over the three years to October 2026, 394 lawyers moved in Funds & Investment Management in New York, 136 of them partners (34.5%). They joined 90 different firms. 10.2% stepped up a level on the move and 8.1% changed city, against 12.3% and 21.6% across the market over the same three years. 79.6% came from firms with 1,000+ lawyers.

At 36.0%, the partner share of arrivals sits above the market's 27.7%. Year on year, on windows that end a month early, partner moves alone grew 53.8% (39 to 60). A step up in title came with 11.2% of moves (market 12.9%).

Lateral hires in Funds & Investment Management in New York were spread across 65 firms. The ten firms at the head of the hiring table took 44.1% of arrivals (12.9% market-wide), so hiring here is concentrated. Proskauer Rose ranks first by lateral arrivals, in the 6-10 band.

The practice accounts for 7.7% of all lateral moves in New York. Over the three years to October 2026, 77.9% of movers came from another firm in New York itself. 7.9% of movers also changed city, against 20.5% market-wide.

There were 62 open roles in Funds & Investment Management in New York on law-firm career pages on November 11, 2026.

For a firm hiring in Funds & Investment Management in New York, the pool is moving and partners are part of it: expect competing offers and budget time for a contested process.

Sartori & Partners data count 522 dated deals in Funds & Investment Management in New York in the 12 months to October 2026 and 1,440 over the three years to October 2026.

Fund formation work is involved in 37.4% of them and M&A in 7.4%.

By client industry, Asset Management & Funds comes first with 65.4%.

Kirkland & Ellis ranks first among advising firms over the period, in the 251-400 band.

Over the three years to October 2026, Private Fund Formation was involved in 46.7% of moves in Funds & Investment Management in New York, then Secondaries & Fund Transactions with 16.2%.