Practice by city · November 2026
Real Estate in Paris: lateral monitor
Lawyers who changed firm in Real Estate in Paris over the last 12 months, set against the practice and the city as a whole.
The last 12 months: November 2025 to October 2026
- 21
- Lateral moves, 12 monthsNovember 2025 to October 2026
- -13.0%
- Year on yearSettled 12-month windows
- 38.1%
- Partner share of moves
- 62
- Lateral moves, three yearsThree years to October 2026
What the data show
In the Sartori & Partners lateral record, 21 lawyers joined a new firm in Real Estate in Paris from November 2025 to October 2026, 1.4% of the practice's moves. On settled windows the count went from 23 to 20 (-13.0%), a change inside the noise of the two counts, so we read it as flat.
| Measure | Here | Real Estate | Paris | Market |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Partner share of moves | 38.1% | 28.9% | 26.2% | 27.7% |
| Counsel share of moves | - | 14.6% | 10.0% | 12.7% |
| Associate share of moves | 61.9% | 56.4% | 63.1% | 58.5% |
| Moved up a level (three years) | 16.1% | 14.2% | 11.8% | 12.3% |
| Changed city (three years) | 13.6% | 21.2% | 11.0% | 21.6% |
| Hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers | 85.7% | 44.0% | 86.4% | 53.6% |
| Year on year | flat (-13.0%) | rose (+7.9%) | fell (-20.5%) | 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 A dash is a value we do not publish.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 hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers stands out most: 85.7% here against 44.0%, above it. Set against all moves in Paris, the partner share stands out most: 38.1% here against 26.2%, above it. Year on year it held flat while the Real Estate practice as a whole rose.
- Partner38.1%
- Associate61.9%
Over the three years to October 2026, 62 lawyers moved in Real Estate in Paris. They joined 25 different firms. 16.1% stepped up a level on the move and 13.6% changed city, against 12.3% and 21.6% across the market over the same three years. 76.8% came from firms with 1,000+ lawyers.
- 1,000+ lawyers76.8%
- 400-999 lawyers8.9%
- under 150 lawyers8.9%
At 38.1%, the partner share of arrivals sits above the market's 27.7%.
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 Paris were spread across 25 firms. Ten firms account for 69.0% of arrivals, against 12.2% across the market: concentrated. First on the hiring table is Gide Loyrette Nouel A.A.R.P.I, with arrivals in the 6-10 band.
The practice accounts for 8.1% of all lateral moves in Paris. Over the three years to October 2026, 61.3% of movers came from another firm in Paris itself.
With volume in Real Estate in Paris 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 | Gide Loyrette Nouel A.A.R.P.I | 6-10 |
| 2 | CMS | 6-10 |
| 3 | Norton Rose Fulbright | 3-5 |
| 4 | White & Case | 3-5 |
| 5 | Simmons & Simmons | 3-5 |
| 6 | DLA Piper | 3-5 |
| 7 | Eversheds Sutherland | 3-5 |
| 8 | Clifford Chance | 3-5 |
Deals in Real Estate in Paris
Sartori & Partners data count 46 dated deals in Real Estate in Paris in the 12 months to October 2026 and 141 over the three years to October 2026.
Real estate work is involved in 83.0% of them.
By client industry, Real Estate comes first with 44.7%.
Gide Loyrette Nouel A.A.R.P.I ranks first among advising firms over the period, in the 21-40 band.
| Rank | Firm | Deals (band) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gide Loyrette Nouel A.A.R.P.I | 21-40 |
| 2 | CMS | 11-20 |
| 3 | Osborne Clarke | 11-20 |
| 4 | Clifford Chance | 11-20 |
| 5 | White & Case | 6-10 |
| 6 | Jones Day | 6-10 |
| 7 | DLA Piper | 6-10 |
| 8 | Eversheds Sutherland | 3-5 |
| 9 | Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner | 3-5 |
| 10 | Addleshaw Goddard | 3-5 |
Specialities in Real Estate in Paris
Over the three years to October 2026, Commercial Real Estate Transactions was involved in 46.8% of moves in Real Estate in Paris, then Real Estate Leasing with 41.9%.
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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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