Practice by city · November 2026
Real Estate in Los Angeles: lateral monitor
Lawyers who changed firm in Real Estate in Los Angeles over the last 12 months, set against the practice and the city as a whole.
The last 12 months: November 2025 to October 2026
- 75
- Lateral moves, 12 monthsNovember 2025 to October 2026
- +17.2%
- Year on yearSettled 12-month windows
- 32.0%
- Partner share of moves
- 43
- Firms that hired
What the data show
Sartori & Partners data show 75 lateral moves in Real Estate in Los Angeles from November 2025 to October 2026, 5.0% of the practice's moves. On settled windows the count went from 64 to 75 (+17.2%), a change inside the noise of the two counts, so we read it as flat.
| Measure | Here | Real Estate | Los Angeles | Market |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Partner share of moves | 32.0% | 28.9% | 27.9% | 27.7% |
| Counsel share of moves | 16.0% | 14.6% | 13.9% | 12.7% |
| Associate share of moves | 52.0% | 56.4% | 57.4% | 58.5% |
| Moved up a level | 10.7% | 13.6% | 13.8% | 12.9% |
| Changed city | 12.3% | 20.4% | 16.4% | 20.5% |
| Hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers | 38.7% | 44.0% | 47.0% | 53.6% |
| Year on year | flat (+17.2%) | rose (+7.9%) | rose (+21.0%) | 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 A dash is a value we do not publish.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 Real Estate practice as a whole, the share who changed city stands out most: 12.3% here against 20.4%, below it. Set against all moves in Los Angeles, the share hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers stands out most: 38.7% here against 47.0%, below it. Year on year it held flat while the Real Estate practice as a whole rose.
Over the three years to October 2026, 200 lawyers moved in Real Estate in Los Angeles, 70 of them partners (35.0%). They joined 87 different firms. 13.0% stepped up a level on the move and 10.6% changed city, against 12.3% and 21.6% across the market over the same three years. 54.7% came from firms with 1,000+ lawyers.
- Partner32.0%
- Counsel16.0%
- Associate52.0%
With partners at 32.0% of arrivals, the mix is in line with the market's 27.7%. Year on year partner moves alone held level (23 to 23 on settled windows, 0.0%). 10.7% of movers stepped up a level when they changed firm, against 12.9% for the market.
- 1,000+ lawyers38.7%
- 400-999 lawyers29.3%
- 150-399 lawyers21.3%
- under 150 lawyers10.7%
Lateral hires in Real Estate in Los Angeles were spread across 43 firms. The ten firms at the head of the hiring table took 44.0% of arrivals (12.9% market-wide), so hiring here is concentrated. Mayer Brown ranks first by lateral arrivals, in the 6-10 band.
- 1,000+ lawyers54.7%
- 400-999 lawyers18.0%
- 150-399 lawyers9.3%
- under 150 lawyers18.0%
The practice accounts for 10.5% of all lateral moves in Los Angeles. Over the three years to October 2026, 67.5% of movers came from another firm in Los Angeles itself. A change of city came with 12.3% of moves (market 20.5%).
There were 32 open roles in Real Estate in Los Angeles on law-firm career pages on November 11, 2026.
For a firm planning a hire in Real Estate in Los Angeles, 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 | Mayer Brown | 6-10 |
| 2 | Holland & Knight | 3-5 |
| 3 | Dorsey & Whitney | 3-5 |
| 4 | Allen Matkins | 3-5 |
| 5 | Snell & Wilmer | 3-5 |
| 6 | Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo | 3-5 |
| 7 | Glaser Weil Fink Howard Jordan & Shapiro | 3-5 |
Deals in Real Estate in Los Angeles
Sartori & Partners data count 47 dated deals in Real Estate in Los Angeles in the 12 months to October 2026 and 121 over the three years to October 2026.
Real estate work is involved in 58.7% of them.
By client industry, Real Estate comes first with 53.7%.
Latham & Watkins ranks first among advising firms over the period, in the 11-20 band.
| Rank | Firm | Deals (band) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latham & Watkins | 11-20 |
| 2 | Sidley Austin | 6-10 |
| 3 | Loeb & Loeb | 6-10 |
| 4 | Kirkland & Ellis | 6-10 |
| 5 | O'Melveny & Myers | 3-5 |
| 6 | Morrison & Foerster | 3-5 |
| 7 | Greenberg Traurig | 3-5 |
| 8 | Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher | 3-5 |
| 9 | Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton | 3-5 |
| 10 | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe | 3-5 |
Time to partner in Real Estate in Los Angeles
37 lawyers were promoted to partner in Real Estate in Los Angeles 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 8.8 years and 12.0 years, against a market median of 10.0 years. 84.4% made partner within 12 years.
These figures rest on 32 promotions.
Specialities in Real Estate in Los Angeles
Over the three years to October 2026, Real Estate Finance was involved in 44.5% of moves in Real Estate in Los Angeles, then Commercial Real Estate Transactions with 41.5%.
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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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