Practice by city · November 2026
Projects & Infrastructure in Washington, DC: lateral monitor
Lawyers who changed firm in Projects & Infrastructure in Washington, DC over the last 12 months, set against the practice and the city as a whole.
The last 12 months: November 2025 to October 2026
- 33
- Lateral moves, 12 monthsNovember 2025 to October 2026
- 39.4%
- Partner share of moves
- 20
- Firms that hired
- 80
- Lateral moves, three yearsThree years to October 2026
What the data show
In the Sartori & Partners lateral record, 33 lawyers joined a new firm in Projects & Infrastructure in Washington, DC from November 2025 to October 2026, 6.3% of the practice's moves.
| Measure | Here | Projects & Infrastructure | Washington, DC | Market |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Partner share of moves | 39.4% | 38.6% | 37.7% | 27.7% |
| Counsel share of moves (three years) | 15.0% | 11.2% | 13.2% | 12.1% |
| Associate share of moves | 48.5% | 48.4% | 49.9% | 58.5% |
| Moved up a level | 24.2% | 15.1% | 12.2% | 12.9% |
| Changed city (three years) | 16.1% | 24.9% | 15.6% | 21.6% |
| Hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers | 78.8% | 71.1% | 67.1% | 53.6% |
| Year on year | - | flat (+1.3%) | rose (+12.4%) | 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 A dash is a value we do not publish.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 Projects & Infrastructure practice as a whole, the share who moved up a level stands out most: 24.2% here against 15.1%, above it. Set against all moves in Washington, DC, the share who moved up a level stands out most: 24.2% here against 12.2%, above it.
Over the three years to October 2026, 80 lawyers moved in Projects & Infrastructure in Washington, DC, 32 of them partners (40.0%). They joined 38 different firms. 20.0% stepped up a level on the move and 16.1% changed city, against 12.3% and 21.6% across the market over the same three years. 64.9% came from firms with 1,000+ lawyers.
- Partner39.4%
- Associate48.5%
Partners make up 39.4% of arrivals, against 27.7% across the market: a partner-heavy flow. 24.2% of movers stepped up a level when they changed firm, against 12.9% for the market.
- 1,000+ lawyers78.8%
- 400-999 lawyers15.2%
The 12-month firm table is below our naming threshold, so this part reads the three years to October 2026. Lateral hires in Projects & Infrastructure in Washington, DC were spread across 38 firms. The ten firms at the head of the hiring table took 53.2% of arrivals (12.2% market-wide), so hiring here is concentrated. First on the hiring table is Milbank, with arrivals in the 6-10 band.
- 1,000+ lawyers64.9%
- 400-999 lawyers20.8%
- 150-399 lawyers11.7%
There were 46 open roles in Projects & Infrastructure in Washington, DC on law-firm career pages on November 11, 2026.
The practice accounts for 4.2% of all lateral moves in Washington, DC. Over the three years to October 2026, 65.0% of movers came from another firm in Washington, DC itself.
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 | Milbank | 6-10 |
| 2 | Latham & Watkins | 6-10 |
| 3 | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe | 3-5 |
| 4 | Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld | 3-5 |
| 5 | White & Case | 3-5 |
| 6 | Steptoe | 3-5 |
| 7 | Greenberg Traurig | 3-5 |
| 8 | Holland & Knight | 3-5 |
Deals in Projects & Infrastructure in Washington, DC
Sartori & Partners data count 174 dated deals in Projects & Infrastructure in Washington, DC in the 12 months to October 2026 and 412 over the three years to October 2026.
Project & infrastructure finance work is involved in 70.9% of them and M&A in 9.0%.
By client industry, Power & Renewables comes first with 53.4%.
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 | Clifford Chance | 21-40 |
| 3 | Milbank | 21-40 |
| 4 | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe | 21-40 |
| 5 | Norton Rose Fulbright | 21-40 |
| 6 | White & Case | 21-40 |
| 7 | Kirkland & Ellis | 21-40 |
| 8 | Vinson & Elkins | 11-20 |
| 9 | Baker Botts | 11-20 |
| 10 | Sidley Austin | 6-10 |
Time to partner in Projects & Infrastructure in Washington, DC
21 lawyers were promoted to partner in Projects & Infrastructure in Washington, DC over five years, according to Sartori & Partners data.
Specialities in Projects & Infrastructure in Washington, DC
Over the three years to October 2026, Project Finance was involved in 42.5% of moves in Projects & Infrastructure in Washington, DC, then Project Development with 26.2%.
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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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