Practice by city · November 2026
Private Client & Estates in New York: lateral monitor
Lawyers who changed firm in Private Client & Estates in New York 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
- -39.5%
- Year on yearSettled 12-month windows
- 43.5%
- Partner share of moves
- 23
- Firms that hired
What the data show
Sartori & Partners data show 23 lateral moves in Private Client & Estates in New York from November 2025 to October 2026, 6.9% of the practice's moves. Measured on settled 12-month windows, 23 moves against 38 the year before, the count fell 39.5%. That trails the wider market, which moved +9.0%.
| Measure | Here | Private Client & Estates | New York | Market |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Partner share of moves | 43.5% | 32.6% | 28.3% | 27.7% |
| Counsel share of moves | 21.7% | 12.7% | 12.6% | 12.7% |
| Associate share of moves | 34.8% | 54.7% | 58.4% | 58.5% |
| Moved up a level (three years) | 15.6% | 14.9% | 11.5% | 12.3% |
| Changed city (three years) | 17.1% | 28.1% | 12.4% | 21.6% |
| Hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers | 34.8% | 18.9% | 62.6% | 53.6% |
| Year on year | fell (-39.5%) | flat (+9.1%) | rose (+11.9%) | 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 A dash is a value we do not publish.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 Private Client & Estates practice as a whole, the associate share stands out most: 34.8% here against 54.7%, below it. Against all moves in New York, the widest gap is the share hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers, which is lower here: 34.8% against 62.6%. Year on year it fell while the Private Client & Estates practice as a whole held flat.
Over the three years to October 2026, 109 lawyers moved in Private Client & Estates in New York, 28 of them partners (25.7%). They joined 62 different firms. 15.6% stepped up a level on the move and 17.1% changed city, against 12.3% and 21.6% across the market over the same three years. 39.0% came from firms with 1,000+ lawyers.
- Partner43.5%
- Counsel21.7%
- Associate34.8%
Partners make up 43.5% of arrivals, against 27.7% across the market: a partner-heavy flow.
- 1,000+ lawyers34.8%
- 150-399 lawyers26.1%
- under 150 lawyers30.4%
The 12-month firm table is below our naming threshold, so this part reads the three years to October 2026. 62 firms hired at least one lateral in Private Client & Estates in New York in the window. The ten firms at the head of the hiring table took 37.6% of arrivals (12.2% market-wide), so hiring here is concentrated. First on the hiring table is Offit Kurman, with arrivals in the 6-10 band.
- 1,000+ lawyers39.0%
- 400-999 lawyers16.9%
- 150-399 lawyers25.4%
- under 150 lawyers18.6%
The practice accounts for 1.1% of all lateral moves in New York. Over the three years to October 2026, 57.8% of movers came from another firm in New York itself.
For a firm planning a hire in Private Client & Estates in New York, a quieter market means fewer competing processes but also fewer people already in motion: plan on direct approach.
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 | Offit Kurman | 6-10 |
| 2 | McDermott Will & Schulte | 3-5 |
| 3 | Wiggin & Dana | 3-5 |
| 4 | Greenberg Traurig | 3-5 |
| 5 | Withers Worldwide | 3-5 |
| 6 | Loeb & Loeb | 3-5 |
| 7 | Davis Polk & Wardwell | 3-5 |
Deals in Private Client & Estates in New York
Withers Worldwide ranks first among advising firms over the period, in the 6-10 band.
| Rank | Firm | Deals (band) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Withers Worldwide | 6-10 |
Time to partner in Private Client & Estates in New York
28 lawyers were promoted to partner in Private Client & Estates in New York 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 15.0 years, against a market median of 10.0 years. 56.0% made partner within 12 years.
These figures rest on 25 promotions.
Specialities in Private Client & Estates in New York
Over the three years to October 2026, Estate Planning was involved in 75.2% of moves in Private Client & Estates in New York, then Trusts & Estate Administration with 63.3%.
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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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