Funds & Investment Management in Washington, DC: lateral monitor

From November 2025 to October 2026, Sartori & Partners recorded 31 lateral moves in Funds & Investment Management in Washington, DC, 5.2% of the practice's moves. Year on year the count held level (28 to 29 on settled windows, +3.6%). That trails the wider market, which moved +9.0%.

Over the three years to October 2026, 85 lawyers moved in Funds & Investment Management in Washington, DC, 35 of them partners (41.2%). They joined 42 different firms. 12.9% stepped up a level on the move and 16.4% changed city, against 12.3% and 21.6% across the market over the same three years. 79.0% came from firms with 1,000+ lawyers.

Partners make up 51.6% of arrivals, against 27.7% across the market: a partner-heavy flow. 16.1% of movers stepped up a level when they changed firm, against 12.9% for the market.

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 Washington, DC were spread across 42 firms. The ten firms at the head of the hiring table took 52.4% of arrivals (12.2% market-wide), so hiring here is concentrated. First on the hiring table is Kirkland & Ellis, with arrivals in the 6-10 band.

The practice accounts for 3.9% of all lateral moves in Washington, DC. Over the three years to October 2026, 71.8% of movers came from another firm in Washington, DC itself. A change of city came with 17.2% of moves (market 20.5%).

There were 23 open roles in Funds & Investment Management in Washington, DC on law-firm career pages on November 11, 2026.

With volume in Funds & Investment Management in Washington, DC 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 344 dated deals in Funds & Investment Management in Washington, DC in the 12 months to October 2026 and 870 over the three years to October 2026.

Fund formation work is involved in 28.0% of them and Capital markets in 10.5%.

By client industry, Asset Management & Funds comes first with 71.4%.

Dechert ranks first among advising firms over the period, in the 151-250 band.

Over the three years to October 2026, Investment Management Regulatory was involved in 49.4% of moves in Funds & Investment Management in Washington, DC, then Private Fund Formation with 36.5%.