Practice by city · November 2026
Projects & Infrastructure in Houston: lateral monitor
Lawyers who changed firm in Projects & Infrastructure in Houston over the last 12 months, set against the practice and the city as a whole.
The last 12 months: November 2025 to October 2026
- 50
- Lateral moves, 12 monthsNovember 2025 to October 2026
- +100.0%
- Year on yearSettled 12-month windows
- 42.0%
- Partner share of moves
- 24
- Firms that hired
What the data show
From November 2025 to October 2026, Sartori & Partners recorded 50 lateral moves in Projects & Infrastructure in Houston, 9.6% of the practice's moves. Year on year, on windows that end a month early, the count grew 100.0% (26 to 52). It outpaced the market's own change of +9.0%.
| Measure | Here | Projects & Infrastructure | Houston | Market |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Partner share of moves | 42.0% | 38.6% | 29.6% | 27.7% |
| Counsel share of moves (three years) | 10.2% | 11.2% | 13.8% | 12.1% |
| Associate share of moves | 50.0% | 48.4% | 59.5% | 58.5% |
| Moved up a level (three years) | 10.2% | 13.8% | 11.5% | 12.3% |
| Changed city | 14.9% | 22.3% | 16.8% | 20.5% |
| Hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers | 87.8% | 71.1% | 58.9% | 53.6% |
| Year on year | rose (+100.0%) | flat (+1.3%) | rose (+51.1%) | 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 A dash is a value we do not publish.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.
Against the Projects & Infrastructure practice as a whole, the widest gap is the share hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers, which is higher here: 87.8% against 71.1%. Against all moves in Houston, the widest gap is the share hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers, which is higher here: 87.8% against 58.9%. Year on year it rose while the Projects & Infrastructure practice as a whole held flat.
Over the three years to October 2026, 108 lawyers moved in Projects & Infrastructure in Houston, 47 of them partners (43.5%). They joined 34 different firms. 10.2% stepped up a level on the move and 12.6% changed city, against 12.3% and 21.6% across the market over the same three years. 63.9% came from firms with 1,000+ lawyers.
- Partner42.0%
- Associate50.0%
This is a partner market: 42.0% of movers were partners, against 27.7% market-wide.
- 1,000+ lawyers63.9%
- 400-999 lawyers17.6%
- 150-399 lawyers9.3%
- under 150 lawyers9.3%
Lateral hires in Projects & Infrastructure in Houston were spread across 24 firms. Ten firms account for 70.0% of arrivals, against 12.9% across the market: concentrated. First on the hiring table is Kirkland & Ellis, with arrivals in the 6-10 band.
The practice accounts for 15.1% of all lateral moves in Houston. Over the three years to October 2026, 76.9% of movers came from another firm in Houston itself. 14.9% of movers also changed city, against 20.5% market-wide.
There were 34 open roles in Projects & Infrastructure in Houston on law-firm career pages on November 11, 2026.
A firm recruiting in Projects & Infrastructure in Houston is buying into a rising, partner-heavy flow, so the strongest candidates will hear from more than one firm.
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 | Kirkland & Ellis | 6-10 |
| 2 | White & Case | 6-10 |
| 3 | Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher | 3-5 |
| 4 | Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison | 3-5 |
| 5 | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe | 3-5 |
| 6 | Baker Botts | 3-5 |
| Rank | Firm | Moves (band) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | White & Case | 6-10 |
| 2 | Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld | 3-5 |
| 3 | Simpson Thacher & Bartlett | 3-5 |
| 4 | Kirkland & Ellis | 3-5 |
Deals in Projects & Infrastructure in Houston
Sartori & Partners data count 121 dated deals in Projects & Infrastructure in Houston in the 12 months to October 2026 and 319 over the three years to October 2026.
Project & infrastructure finance work is involved in 66.1% of them and M&A in 12.2%.
By client industry, Power & Renewables comes first with 48.6%.
Latham & Watkins ranks first among advising firms over the period, in the 41-60 band.
| Rank | Firm | Deals (band) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latham & Watkins | 41-60 |
| 2 | White & Case | 21-40 |
| 3 | Kirkland & Ellis | 21-40 |
| 4 | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe | 21-40 |
| 5 | Vinson & Elkins | 21-40 |
| 6 | Sidley Austin | 11-20 |
| 7 | Baker Botts | 11-20 |
| 8 | Clifford Chance | 11-20 |
| 9 | Norton Rose Fulbright | 11-20 |
| 10 | Mayer Brown | 11-20 |
Time to partner in Projects & Infrastructure in Houston
24 lawyers were promoted to partner in Projects & Infrastructure in Houston over five years, according to Sartori & Partners data.
The median time from first year of practice to partner is 10.0 years, with the middle half between 9.0 years and 13.0 years, against a market median of 10.0 years. 71.4% made partner within 12 years.
These figures rest on 21 promotions.
Specialities in Projects & Infrastructure in Houston
Over the three years to October 2026, Project Development was involved in 25.9% of moves in Projects & Infrastructure in Houston, then Project Finance with 19.4%.
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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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