Practice by city · November 2026
Litigation & Disputes in Calgary: lateral monitor
Lawyers who changed firm in Litigation & Disputes in Calgary over the last 12 months, set against the practice and the city as a whole.
The last 12 months: November 2025 to October 2026
- 24
- Lateral moves, 12 monthsNovember 2025 to October 2026
- +14.3%
- Year on yearSettled 12-month windows
- 20.8%
- Partner share of moves
- 64
- Lateral moves, three yearsThree years to October 2026
What the data show
From November 2025 to October 2026, Sartori & Partners recorded 24 lateral moves in Litigation & Disputes in Calgary, 0.4% of the practice's moves. On settled windows the count went from 21 to 24 (+14.3%), a change inside the noise of the two counts, so we read it as flat.
| Measure | Here | Litigation & Disputes | Calgary | Market |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Partner share of moves | 20.8% | 27.4% | 31.6% | 27.7% |
| Counsel share of moves | - | 14.4% | - | 12.7% |
| Associate share of moves | 70.8% | 57.7% | 64.9% | 58.5% |
| Moved up a level | - | 13.4% | - | 12.9% |
| Changed city (three years) | 18.9% | 20.3% | 16.1% | 21.6% |
| Hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers | 45.5% | 43.3% | 29.1% | 53.6% |
| Year on year | flat (+14.3%) | rose (+7.5%) | flat (+20.0%) | 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 A dash is a value we do not publish.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: 70.8% against 57.7%. Against all moves in Calgary, the widest gap is the share hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers, which is higher here: 45.5% against 29.1%. Year on year it held flat while the Litigation & Disputes practice as a whole rose.
Over the three years to October 2026, 64 lawyers moved in Litigation & Disputes in Calgary. 28.6% came from firms with 1,000+ lawyers.
- Partner20.8%
- Associate70.8%
The partner share is 20.8%, below the market's 27.7%, so most movers are associates and counsel.
- 1,000+ lawyers45.5%
- 400-999 lawyers36.4%
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 79.0% of arrivals (12.2% market-wide), so hiring here is concentrated. Clyde & Co ranks first by lateral arrivals, in the 6-10 band.
- 1,000+ lawyers28.6%
- 400-999 lawyers57.1%
- under 150 lawyers12.2%
The practice accounts for 42.1% of all lateral moves in Calgary. Over the three years to October 2026, 67.2% of movers came from another firm in Calgary itself.
With volume in Litigation & Disputes in Calgary 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 | Clyde & Co | 6-10 |
| 2 | Osler Hoskin & Harcourt | 6-10 |
| 3 | Fasken Martineau DuMoulin | 6-10 |
| 4 | McCarthy Tétrault | 6-10 |
| 5 | Gowling WLG | 3-5 |
| 6 | Norton Rose Fulbright | 3-5 |
| 7 | Stikeman Elliott | 3-5 |
| 8 | DLA Piper | 3-5 |
Time to partner in Litigation & Disputes in Calgary
39 lawyers were promoted to partner in Litigation & Disputes in Calgary over five years, according to Sartori & Partners data.
The median time from first year of practice to partner is 9.0 years, with the middle half between 8.0 years and 9.0 years, against a market median of 10.0 years. 93.9% made partner within 12 years.
These figures rest on 33 promotions.
Specialities in Litigation & Disputes in Calgary
Over the three years to October 2026, Commercial Litigation was involved in 48.4% of moves in Litigation & Disputes in Calgary.
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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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