Restructuring & Insolvency in New York: lateral monitor

Sartori & Partners data show 170 lateral moves in Restructuring & Insolvency in New York from November 2025 to October 2026, 24.4% of the practice's moves. On settled windows the count went from 147 to 165 (+12.2%), a change inside the noise of the two counts, so we read it as flat.

Over the three years to October 2026, 447 lawyers moved in Restructuring & Insolvency in New York, 192 of them partners (43.0%). They joined 138 different firms. 13.2% stepped up a level on the move and 7.8% changed city, against 12.3% and 21.6% across the market over the same three years. 70.8% came from firms with 1,000+ lawyers.

At 45.9%, the partner share of arrivals sits above the market's 27.7%. On settled windows partner moves alone went from 56 to 72 (+28.6%), a change inside the noise of the two counts, so we read it as flat. 15.9% of movers stepped up a level when they changed firm, against 12.9% for the market.

86 firms hired at least one lateral in Restructuring & Insolvency in New York in the window. Ten firms account for 36.9% of arrivals, against 12.9% across the market: concentrated. First on the hiring table is Latham & Watkins, with arrivals in the 11-20 band.

The practice accounts for 8.2% of all lateral moves in New York. Over the three years to October 2026, 74.5% of movers came from another firm in New York itself. 7.1% of movers also changed city, against 20.5% market-wide.

There were 20 open roles in Restructuring & Insolvency in New York on law-firm career pages on November 11, 2026.

For a firm planning a hire in Restructuring & Insolvency in New York, a flat market means candidates are not being pulled by a wave: the case for a move has to come from the platform.

Sartori & Partners data count 282 dated deals in Restructuring & Insolvency in New York in the 12 months to October 2026 and 818 over the three years to October 2026.

Restructuring & insolvency work is involved in 79.3% of them and Disputes & investigations in 6.4%.

By client industry, Consumer Goods & Retail comes first with 9.0%.

Davis Polk & Wardwell ranks first among advising firms over the period, in the 61-100 band.

Over the three years to October 2026, Corporate Restructuring was involved in 49.9% of moves in Restructuring & Insolvency in New York, then Insolvency Litigation with 24.8%.