Practice by city · November 2026
Litigation & Disputes in Leeds: lateral monitor
Lawyers who changed firm in Litigation & Disputes in Leeds over the last 12 months, set against the practice and the city as a whole.
The last 12 months: November 2025 to October 2026
- 23
- Lateral moves, 12 monthsNovember 2025 to October 2026
- +19.0%
- Year on yearSettled 12-month windows
- 21.7%
- Partner share of moves
- 70
- Lateral moves, three yearsThree years to October 2026
What the data show
Sartori & Partners data show 23 lateral moves in Litigation & Disputes in Leeds from November 2025 to October 2026, 0.4% of the practice's moves. On settled windows the count went from 21 to 25 (+19.0%), a change inside the noise of the two counts, so we read it as flat.
| Measure | Here | Litigation & Disputes | Leeds | Market |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Partner share of moves | 21.7% | 27.4% | 35.3% | 27.7% |
| Counsel share of moves | - | 14.4% | 10.3% | 12.7% |
| Associate share of moves | 69.6% | 57.7% | 54.4% | 58.5% |
| Moved up a level (three years) | 15.7% | 13.2% | 13.0% | 12.3% |
| Changed city (three years) | 28.8% | 20.3% | 31.5% | 21.6% |
| Hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers | 22.7% | 43.3% | 32.3% | 53.6% |
| Year on year | flat (+19.0%) | rose (+7.5%) | flat (+9.2%) | 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 A dash is a value we do not publish.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.
Set against the Litigation & Disputes practice as a whole, the share hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers stands out most: 22.7% here against 43.3%, below it. Against all moves in Leeds, the widest gap is the associate share, which is higher here: 69.6% against 54.4%. Year on year it held flat while the Litigation & Disputes practice as a whole rose.
Over the three years to October 2026, 70 lawyers moved in Litigation & Disputes in Leeds. They joined 21 different firms. 15.7% stepped up a level on the move and 28.8% changed city, against 12.3% and 21.6% across the market over the same three years. 43.1% came from firms with 1,000+ lawyers.
- Partner21.7%
- Associate69.6%
The partner share is 21.7%, below the market's 27.7%, so most movers are associates and counsel.
- 1,000+ lawyers22.7%
- 400-999 lawyers59.1%
The 12-month firm table is below our naming threshold, so this part reads the three years to October 2026. 21 firms hired at least one lateral in Litigation & Disputes in Leeds in the window. The ten firms at the head of the hiring table took 73.9% of arrivals (12.2% market-wide), so hiring here is concentrated. Hill Dickinson ranks first by lateral arrivals, in the 6-10 band.
- 1,000+ lawyers43.1%
- 400-999 lawyers41.2%
- under 150 lawyers9.8%
The practice accounts for 33.8% of all lateral moves in Leeds. Over the three years to October 2026, 52.9% of movers came from another firm in Leeds itself.
For a firm planning a hire in Litigation & Disputes in Leeds, a flat market means candidates are not being pulled by a wave: the case for a move has to come from the platform.
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 | Hill Dickinson | 6-10 |
| 2 | Addleshaw Goddard | 6-10 |
| 3 | DAC Beachcroft | 3-5 |
| 4 | Gateley | 3-5 |
| 5 | Shoosmiths | 3-5 |
| 6 | Weightmans | 3-5 |
| 7 | Lewis Silkin | 3-5 |
| 8 | Freeths | 3-5 |
| 9 | Brodies | 3-5 |
| 10 | Mills & Reeve | 3-5 |
Time to partner in Litigation & Disputes in Leeds
28 lawyers were promoted to partner in Litigation & Disputes in Leeds 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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