Practice by city · November 2026
Real Estate in Miami: lateral monitor
Lawyers who changed firm in Real Estate in Miami over the last 12 months, set against the practice and the city as a whole.
The last 12 months: November 2025 to October 2026
- 38
- Lateral moves, 12 monthsNovember 2025 to October 2026
- +34.5%
- Year on yearSettled 12-month windows
- 36.8%
- Partner share of moves
- 22
- Firms that hired
What the data show
From November 2025 to October 2026, Sartori & Partners recorded 38 lateral moves in Real Estate in Miami, 2.5% of the practice's moves. On settled windows the count went from 29 to 39 (+34.5%), a change inside the noise of the two counts, so we read it as flat.
| Measure | Here | Real Estate | Miami | Market |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Partner share of moves | 36.8% | 28.9% | 30.5% | 27.7% |
| Counsel share of moves | 18.4% | 14.6% | 11.9% | 12.7% |
| Associate share of moves | 44.7% | 56.4% | 57.6% | 58.5% |
| Moved up a level | 18.4% | 13.6% | 16.2% | 12.9% |
| Changed city | 22.2% | 20.4% | 28.7% | 20.5% |
| Hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers | 51.4% | 44.0% | 50.7% | 53.6% |
| Year on year | flat (+34.5%) | rose (+7.9%) | rose (+34.4%) | 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 A dash is a value we do not publish.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 associate share, which is lower here: 44.7% against 56.4%. Against all moves in Miami, the widest gap is the associate share, which is lower here: 44.7% against 57.6%. Year on year it held flat while the Real Estate practice as a whole rose.
Over the three years to October 2026, 98 lawyers moved in Real Estate in Miami, 42 of them partners (42.9%). They joined 42 different firms. 19.4% stepped up a level on the move and 23.6% changed city, against 12.3% and 21.6% across the market over the same three years. 42.2% came from firms with 1,000+ lawyers.
- Partner36.8%
- Counsel18.4%
- Associate44.7%
Partners make up 36.8% of arrivals, against 27.7% across the market: a partner-heavy flow. A step up in title came with 18.4% of moves (market 12.9%).
- 1,000+ lawyers51.4%
- 150-399 lawyers28.6%
The 12-month firm table is below our naming threshold, so this part reads the three years to October 2026. Lateral hires in Real Estate in Miami were spread across 42 firms. Ten firms account for 50.0% of arrivals, against 12.2% across the market: concentrated. Greenberg Traurig ranks first by lateral arrivals, in the 6-10 band.
- 1,000+ lawyers42.2%
- 400-999 lawyers21.9%
- 150-399 lawyers21.9%
- under 150 lawyers14.1%
The practice accounts for 12.6% of all lateral moves in Miami. Over the three years to October 2026, 56.1% of movers came from another firm in Miami itself. 22.2% of movers also changed city, against 20.5% market-wide.
With volume in Real Estate in Miami holding level, a hire depends on a specific reason to move, which a firm has to put in front of the candidate.
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 | Greenberg Traurig | 6-10 |
| 2 | Holland & Knight | 6-10 |
| 3 | Shutts & Bowen | 3-5 |
| 4 | Gunster | 3-5 |
| 5 | Polsinelli | 3-5 |
| 6 | Becker & Poliakoff | 3-5 |
| 7 | Akerman | 3-5 |
| 8 | McCarter & English | 3-5 |
| 9 | McDonald Hopkins | 3-5 |
| 10 | Greenspoon Marder | 3-5 |
Deals in Real Estate in Miami
Sartori & Partners data count 43 dated deals in Real Estate in Miami in the 12 months to October 2026 and 100 over the three years to October 2026.
Real estate work is involved in 73.0% of them.
By client industry, Real Estate comes first with 66.0%.
Greenberg Traurig ranks first among advising firms over the period, in the 21-40 band.
| Rank | Firm | Deals (band) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greenberg Traurig | 21-40 |
| 2 | Holland & Knight | 11-20 |
| 3 | Akerman | 6-10 |
| 4 | Cole Scott & Kissane | 6-10 |
| 5 | Sidley Austin | 3-5 |
| 6 | Foley & Lardner | 3-5 |
| 7 | Greenspoon Marder | 3-5 |
| 8 | McDermott Will & Schulte | 3-5 |
| 9 | Vedder | 3-5 |
Time to partner in Real Estate in Miami
31 lawyers were promoted to partner in Real Estate in Miami over five years, according to Sartori & Partners data.
The median time from first year of practice to partner is 9.0 years, with the middle half between 8.0 years and 12.0 years, against a market median of 10.0 years. 79.3% made partner within 12 years.
These figures rest on 29 promotions.
Specialities in Real Estate in Miami
Over the three years to October 2026, Commercial Real Estate Transactions was involved in 46.9% of moves in Real Estate in Miami, then Real Estate Finance with 41.8%.
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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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