Private Equity in Paris: lateral monitor

Sartori & Partners data show 50 lateral moves in Private Equity in Paris from November 2025 to October 2026, 4.0% of the practice's moves. On settled windows the count went from 62 to 51 (-17.7%), a change inside the noise of the two counts, so we read it as flat.

Over the three years to October 2026, 144 lawyers moved in Private Equity in Paris, 33 of them partners (22.9%). They joined 41 different firms. 14.6% stepped up a level on the move and 9.6% changed city, against 12.3% and 21.6% across the market over the same three years. 83.3% came from firms with 1,000+ lawyers.

Partners make up 34.0% of arrivals, against 27.7% across the market: a partner-heavy flow. A step up in title came with 18.0% of moves (market 12.9%).

22 firms hired at least one lateral in Private Equity in Paris in the window. The ten firms at the head of the hiring table took 72.0% of arrivals (12.9% market-wide), so hiring here is concentrated. Proskauer Rose ranks first by lateral arrivals, in the 6-10 band.

The practice accounts for 19.2% of all lateral moves in Paris. Over the three years to October 2026, 65.3% of movers came from another firm in Paris itself.

For a firm planning a hire in Private Equity in Paris, a flat market means candidates are not being pulled by a wave: the case for a move has to come from the platform.

Sartori & Partners data count 136 dated deals in Private Equity in Paris in the 12 months to October 2026 and 405 over the three years to October 2026.

Private equity work is involved in 44.0% of them and Venture & growth in 10.4%.

By client industry, Financial Sponsors comes first with 81.0%.

Latham & Watkins ranks first among advising firms over the period, in the 41-60 band.

Over the three years to October 2026, Buyouts was involved in 28.5% of moves in Private Equity in Paris.