Practice by city · November 2026
Litigation & Disputes in Amsterdam: lateral monitor
Lawyers who changed firm in Litigation & Disputes in Amsterdam over the last 12 months, set against the practice and the city as a whole.
The last 12 months: November 2025 to October 2026
- 30
- Lateral moves, 12 monthsNovember 2025 to October 2026
- +30.4%
- Year on yearSettled 12-month windows
- 82
- Lateral moves, three yearsThree years to October 2026
What the data show
Sartori & Partners data show 30 lateral moves in Litigation & Disputes in Amsterdam from November 2025 to October 2026, 0.5% of the practice's moves. On settled windows the count went from 23 to 30 (+30.4%), a change inside the noise of the two counts, so we read it as flat.
| Measure | Here | Litigation & Disputes | Amsterdam | Market |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Partner share of moves (three years) | 12.2% | 27.3% | 12.9% | 26.9% |
| Counsel share of moves | 20.0% | 14.4% | 14.6% | 12.7% |
| Associate share of moves | 63.3% | 57.7% | 68.8% | 58.5% |
| Moved up a level (three years) | 9.8% | 13.2% | 11.8% | 12.3% |
| Changed city (three years) | 20.4% | 20.3% | 23.8% | 21.6% |
| Hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers | 86.2% | 43.3% | 71.6% | 53.6% |
| Year on year | flat (+30.4%) | rose (+7.5%) | flat (-9.9%) | 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 A dash is a value we do not publish.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 Litigation & Disputes practice as a whole, the share hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers stands out most: 86.2% here against 43.3%, above it. Set against all moves in Amsterdam, the share hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers stands out most: 86.2% here against 71.6%, above it. Year on year it held flat while the Litigation & Disputes practice as a whole rose.
Over the three years to October 2026, 82 lawyers moved in Litigation & Disputes in Amsterdam. They joined 27 different firms. 9.8% stepped up a level on the move and 20.4% changed city, against 12.3% and 21.6% across the market over the same three years. 49.3% came from firms with 1,000+ lawyers.
- Counsel20.0%
- Associate63.3%
The 12-month firm table is below our naming threshold, so this part reads the three years to October 2026. Lateral hires in Litigation & Disputes in Amsterdam were spread across 27 firms. The ten firms at the head of the hiring table took 64.6% of arrivals (12.2% market-wide), so hiring here is concentrated. First on the hiring table is Freshfields, with arrivals in the 6-10 band.
- 1,000+ lawyers49.3%
- 400-999 lawyers17.4%
- 150-399 lawyers24.6%
- under 150 lawyers8.7%
The practice accounts for 31.2% of all lateral moves in Amsterdam. Over the three years to October 2026, 52.4% of movers came from another firm in Amsterdam 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 | Freshfields | 6-10 |
| 2 | CMS | 6-10 |
| 3 | Addleshaw Goddard | 6-10 |
| 4 | Dentons | 6-10 |
| 5 | Bird & Bird | 3-5 |
| 6 | DLA Piper | 3-5 |
| 7 | Clifford Chance | 3-5 |
| 8 | Winston Taylor | 3-5 |
| 9 | Jones Day | 3-5 |
| 10 | Simmons & Simmons | 3-5 |
Time to partner in Litigation & Disputes in Amsterdam
26 lawyers were promoted to partner in Litigation & Disputes in Amsterdam over five years, according to Sartori & Partners data.
Specialities in Litigation & Disputes in Amsterdam
Over the three years to October 2026, Commercial Litigation was involved in 37.8% of moves in Litigation & Disputes in Amsterdam.
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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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