Litigation & Disputes in Sydney: lateral monitor

Sartori & Partners data show 40 lateral moves in Litigation & Disputes in Sydney from November 2025 to October 2026, 0.7% of the practice's moves. On settled windows the count went from 43 to 40 (-7.0%), a change inside the noise of the two counts, so we read it as flat.

Over the three years to October 2026, 130 lawyers moved in Litigation & Disputes in Sydney, 28 of them partners (21.5%). They joined 37 different firms. 15.4% stepped up a level on the move and 13.0% changed city, against 12.3% and 21.6% across the market over the same three years. 46.8% came from firms with 1,000+ lawyers.

The partner share is 17.5%, below the market's 27.7%, so most movers are associates and counsel. A step up in title came with 27.5% of moves (market 12.9%).

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 Sydney were spread across 37 firms. Ten firms account for 53.0% of arrivals, against 12.2% across the market: concentrated. First on the hiring table is Corrs Chambers Westgarth, with arrivals in the 11-20 band.

The practice accounts for 36.7% of all lateral moves in Sydney. Over the three years to October 2026, 66.9% of movers came from another firm in Sydney itself.

With volume in Litigation & Disputes in Sydney holding level, a hire depends on a specific reason to move, which a firm has to put in front of the candidate.

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