Practice by city · November 2026
Litigation & Disputes in Bristol: lateral monitor
Lawyers who changed firm in Litigation & Disputes in Bristol over the last 12 months, set against the practice and the city as a whole.
The last 12 months: November 2025 to October 2026
- 33
- Lateral moves, 12 monthsNovember 2025 to October 2026
- 18.2%
- Partner share of moves
- 74
- Lateral moves, three yearsThree years to October 2026
What the data show
From November 2025 to October 2026, Sartori & Partners recorded 33 lateral moves in Litigation & Disputes in Bristol, 0.6% of the practice's moves.
| Measure | Here | Litigation & Disputes | Bristol | Market |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Partner share of moves | 18.2% | 27.4% | 20.3% | 27.7% |
| Counsel share of moves | - | 14.4% | 9.5% | 12.7% |
| Associate share of moves | 72.7% | 57.7% | 68.9% | 58.5% |
| Moved up a level (three years) | 9.5% | 13.2% | 10.5% | 12.3% |
| Changed city | 32.1% | 19.6% | 43.1% | 20.5% |
| Hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers | 48.5% | 43.3% | 36.5% | 53.6% |
| Year on year | - | rose (+7.5%) | rose (+38.2%) | 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 A dash is a value we do not publish.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.
Against the Litigation & Disputes practice as a whole, the widest gap is the associate share, which is higher here: 72.7% against 57.7%. Set against all moves in Bristol, the share hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers stands out most: 48.5% here against 36.5%, above it.
Over the three years to October 2026, 74 lawyers moved in Litigation & Disputes in Bristol. 9.5% stepped up a level on the move and 32.7% changed city, against 12.3% and 21.6% across the market over the same three years. 31.9% came from firms with 1,000+ lawyers.
- Partner18.2%
- Associate72.7%
Associates carry this flow: partners are 18.2% of arrivals, against 27.7% market-wide.
- 1,000+ lawyers48.5%
- 400-999 lawyers39.4%
The 12-month firm table is below our naming threshold, so this part reads the three years to October 2026. The ten firms at the head of the hiring table took 82.4% of arrivals (12.2% market-wide), so hiring here is concentrated. Burges Salmon ranks first by lateral arrivals, in the 6-10 band.
- 1,000+ lawyers31.9%
- 400-999 lawyers37.7%
- under 150 lawyers24.6%
The practice accounts for 44.6% of all lateral moves in Bristol. Over the three years to October 2026, 50.0% of movers came from another firm in Bristol itself. A change of city came with 32.1% of moves (market 20.5%).
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 | Burges Salmon | 6-10 |
| 2 | Reynolds Porter Chamberlain | 6-10 |
| 3 | DAC Beachcroft | 6-10 |
| 4 | Osborne Clarke | 6-10 |
| 5 | Birketts | 6-10 |
| 6 | Kennedys Law | 6-10 |
| 7 | TLT | 3-5 |
| 8 | Freeths | 3-5 |
| 9 | DWF | 3-5 |
| 10 | CMS | 3-5 |
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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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