Practice by city · November 2026
Litigation & Disputes in Brussels: lateral monitor
Lawyers who changed firm in Litigation & Disputes in Brussels over the last 12 months, set against the practice and the city as a whole.
The last 12 months: November 2025 to October 2026
- 28
- Lateral moves, 12 monthsNovember 2025 to October 2026
- 0.0%
- Year on yearSettled 12-month windows
- 35.7%
- Partner share of moves
- 78
- Lateral moves, three yearsThree years to October 2026
What the data show
Sartori & Partners data show 28 lateral moves in Litigation & Disputes in Brussels from November 2025 to October 2026, 0.5% of the practice's moves. On settled windows the count went from 29 to 29 (0.0%), which we read as flat. The market as a whole moved +9.0%, so this flow lagged it.
| Measure | Here | Litigation & Disputes | Brussels | Market |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Partner share of moves | 35.7% | 27.4% | 24.0% | 27.7% |
| Counsel share of moves (three years) | 6.4% | 13.4% | 7.2% | 12.1% |
| Associate share of moves | 57.1% | 57.7% | 66.9% | 58.5% |
| Moved up a level (three years) | 10.3% | 13.2% | 8.7% | 12.3% |
| Changed city | 27.3% | 19.6% | 27.5% | 20.5% |
| Hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers | 67.9% | 43.3% | 74.4% | 53.6% |
| Year on year | flat (0.0%) | rose (+7.5%) | flat (-1.6%) | 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 A dash is a value we do not publish.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 share hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers, which is higher here: 67.9% against 43.3%. Set against all moves in Brussels, the partner share stands out most: 35.7% here against 24.0%, above it. Year on year it held flat while the Litigation & Disputes practice as a whole rose.
Over the three years to October 2026, 78 lawyers moved in Litigation & Disputes in Brussels. They joined 31 different firms. 10.3% stepped up a level on the move and 26.2% changed city, against 12.3% and 21.6% across the market over the same three years. 75.4% came from firms with 1,000+ lawyers.
- Partner35.7%
- Associate57.1%
At 35.7%, the partner share of arrivals sits above the market's 27.7%.
- 1,000+ lawyers67.9%
- 400-999 lawyers28.6%
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 Brussels were spread across 31 firms. Ten firms account for 57.1% of arrivals, against 12.2% across the market: concentrated. Dentons ranks first by lateral arrivals, in the 6-10 band.
- 1,000+ lawyers75.4%
- 400-999 lawyers11.5%
- under 150 lawyers8.2%
The practice accounts for 23.1% of all lateral moves in Brussels. Over the three years to October 2026, 61.5% of movers came from another firm in Brussels itself. A change of city came with 27.3% of moves (market 20.5%).
With volume in Litigation & Disputes in Brussels 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 | Dentons | 6-10 |
| 2 | Baker McKenzie | 6-10 |
| 3 | Crowell & Moring | 6-10 |
| 4 | Kirkland & Ellis | 3-5 |
| 5 | CMS | 3-5 |
| 6 | A&O Shearman | 3-5 |
| 7 | NautaDutilh | 3-5 |
| 8 | Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison | 3-5 |
| 9 | Fieldfisher | 3-5 |
| 10 | Simmons & Simmons | 3-5 |
Time to partner in Litigation & Disputes in Brussels
21 lawyers were promoted to partner in Litigation & Disputes in Brussels over five years, according to Sartori & Partners data.
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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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