Projects & Infrastructure in London: lateral monitor

From November 2025 to October 2026, Sartori & Partners recorded 71 lateral moves in Projects & Infrastructure in London, 13.6% of the practice's moves. On settled windows the count went from 93 to 75 (-19.4%), a change inside the noise of the two counts, so we read it as flat.

Over the three years to October 2026, 243 lawyers moved in Projects & Infrastructure in London, 85 of them partners (35.0%). They joined 67 different firms. 14.0% 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. 68.9% came from firms with 1,000+ lawyers.

At 39.4%, the partner share of arrivals sits above the market's 27.7%. On settled windows partner moves alone went from 33 to 32 (-3.0%), which we read as flat. 18.3% of movers stepped up a level when they changed firm, against 12.9% for the market.

The 12-month firm table is below our naming threshold, so this part reads the three years to October 2026. 67 firms hired at least one lateral in Projects & Infrastructure in London in the window. The ten firms at the head of the hiring table took 38.3% of arrivals (12.2% market-wide), so hiring here is concentrated. TLT ranks first by lateral arrivals, in the 11-20 band.

The practice accounts for 5.5% of all lateral moves in London. Over the three years to October 2026, 61.7% of movers came from another firm in London itself. 16.7% of movers also changed city, against 20.5% market-wide.

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

Sartori & Partners data count 297 dated deals in Projects & Infrastructure in London in the 12 months to October 2026 and 720 over the three years to October 2026.

Project & infrastructure finance work is involved in 68.1% of them and M&A in 9.2%.

By client industry, Power & Renewables comes first with 51.9%.

Clifford Chance ranks first among advising firms over the period, in the 61-100 band.

Over the three years to October 2026, Project Finance was involved in 27.6% of moves in Projects & Infrastructure in London, then Project Development with 15.6%.