Practice by city · November 2026
Real Estate in Atlanta: lateral monitor
Lawyers who changed firm in Real Estate in Atlanta over the last 12 months, set against the practice and the city as a whole.
The last 12 months: November 2025 to October 2026
- 29
- Lateral moves, 12 monthsNovember 2025 to October 2026
- -27.5%
- Year on yearSettled 12-month windows
- 20.7%
- Partner share of moves
- 87
- Lateral moves, three yearsThree years to October 2026
What the data show
In the Sartori & Partners lateral record, 29 lawyers joined a new firm in Real Estate in Atlanta from November 2025 to October 2026, 1.9% of the practice's moves. On settled windows the count went from 40 to 29 (-27.5%), a change inside the noise of the two counts, so we read it as flat.
| Measure | Here | Real Estate | Atlanta | Market |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Partner share of moves | 20.7% | 28.9% | 24.9% | 27.7% |
| Counsel share of moves | 20.7% | 14.6% | 15.2% | 12.7% |
| Associate share of moves | 58.6% | 56.4% | 57.4% | 58.5% |
| Moved up a level (three years) | 9.2% | 14.2% | 12.1% | 12.3% |
| Changed city | 21.7% | 20.4% | 17.2% | 20.5% |
| Hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers | 37.9% | 44.0% | 41.4% | 53.6% |
| Year on year | flat (-27.5%) | rose (+7.9%) | flat (-10.4%) | 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 A dash is a value we do not publish.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.
Against the Real Estate practice as a whole, the widest gap is the partner share, which is lower here: 20.7% against 28.9%. Set against all moves in Atlanta, the counsel share stands out most: 20.7% here against 15.2%, above it. Year on year it held flat while the Real Estate practice as a whole rose.
Over the three years to October 2026, 87 lawyers moved in Real Estate in Atlanta, 27 of them partners (31.0%). They joined 27 different firms. 9.2% stepped up a level on the move and 12.9% changed city, against 12.3% and 21.6% across the market over the same three years. 67.6% came from firms with 1,000+ lawyers.
- Partner20.7%
- Counsel20.7%
- Associate58.6%
The partner share is 20.7%, below the market's 27.7%, so most movers are associates and counsel.
- 1,000+ lawyers37.9%
- 400-999 lawyers27.6%
- 150-399 lawyers31.0%
The 12-month firm table is below our naming threshold, so this part reads the three years to October 2026. 27 firms hired at least one lateral in Real Estate in Atlanta in the window. The ten firms at the head of the hiring table took 63.5% of arrivals (12.2% market-wide), so hiring here is concentrated. Seyfarth Shaw ranks first by lateral arrivals, in the 6-10 band.
- 1,000+ lawyers67.6%
- 400-999 lawyers8.8%
- 150-399 lawyers8.8%
- under 150 lawyers14.7%
The practice accounts for 12.2% of all lateral moves in Atlanta. Over the three years to October 2026, 70.1% of movers came from another firm in Atlanta itself. A change of city came with 21.7% of moves (market 20.5%).
There were 20 open roles in Real Estate in Atlanta on law-firm career pages on November 11, 2026.
For a firm planning a hire in Real Estate in Atlanta, a flat market means candidates are not being pulled by a wave: the case for a move has to come from the platform.
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 | Seyfarth Shaw | 6-10 |
| 2 | Barnes & Thornburg | 6-10 |
| 3 | Bradley Arant Boult Cummings | 3-5 |
| 4 | Clark Hill | 3-5 |
| 5 | Maynard Nexsen | 3-5 |
| 6 | Alston & Bird | 3-5 |
| 7 | Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough | 3-5 |
| 8 | Buchalter | 3-5 |
| 9 | Burr & Forman | 3-5 |
| 10 | Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein | 3-5 |
Deals in Real Estate in Atlanta
Sartori & Partners data count 24 dated deals in Real Estate in Atlanta in the 12 months to October 2026 and 50 over the three years to October 2026.
Real estate work is involved in 74.0% of them.
By client industry, Real Estate comes first with 52.0%.
Seyfarth Shaw ranks first among advising firms over the period, in the 11-20 band.
| Rank | Firm | Deals (band) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seyfarth Shaw | 11-20 |
| 2 | Jones Day | 11-20 |
| 3 | King & Spalding | 3-5 |
| 4 | Freeman Mathis & Gary | 3-5 |
Time to partner in Real Estate in Atlanta
30 lawyers were promoted to partner in Real Estate in Atlanta 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 10.0 years, against a market median of 10.0 years. 84.6% made partner within 12 years.
These figures rest on 26 promotions.
Specialities in Real Estate in Atlanta
Over the three years to October 2026, Commercial Real Estate Transactions was involved in 71.3% of moves in Real Estate in Atlanta, then Real Estate Finance with 57.5%.
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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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