Litigation & Disputes in Paris: lateral monitor

From November 2025 to October 2026, Sartori & Partners recorded 56 lateral moves in Litigation & Disputes in Paris, 1.0% of the practice's moves. Year on year, on windows that end a month early, the count eased 32.2% (87 to 59). That trails the wider market, which moved +9.0%.

Over the three years to October 2026, 212 lawyers moved in Litigation & Disputes in Paris, 38 of them partners (17.9%). They joined 62 different firms. 12.3% stepped up a level on the move and 14.3% changed city, against 12.3% and 21.6% across the market over the same three years. 79.3% came from firms with 1,000+ lawyers.

At 19.6%, partners are a smaller slice of arrivals than in the market as a whole (27.7%).

Lateral hires in Litigation & Disputes in Paris were spread across 32 firms. Ten firms account for 53.6% of arrivals, against 12.9% across the market: concentrated. First on the hiring table is Osborne Clarke, with arrivals in the 6-10 band.

The practice accounts for 21.5% of all lateral moves in Paris. Over the three years to October 2026, 62.3% of movers came from another firm in Paris itself. 20.0% of movers also changed city, against 20.5% market-wide.

As moves in Litigation & Disputes in Paris ease, the candidates worth hiring are mostly not looking, so a search here starts with outreach rather than inbound.

47 lawyers were promoted to partner in Litigation & Disputes in Paris over five years, according to Sartori & Partners data.

The median time from first year of practice to partner is 11.0 years, with the middle half between 10.0 years and 12.0 years, against a market median of 10.0 years. 75.9% made partner within 12 years.

These figures rest on 29 promotions.