Tax in New York: lateral monitor

From November 2025 to October 2026, Sartori & Partners recorded 97 lateral moves in Tax in New York, 13.7% of the practice's moves. Measured on settled 12-month windows, 102 moves against 79 the year before, the count rose 29.1%. The market as a whole moved +9.0%, so this flow outpaced it.

Over the three years to October 2026, 280 lawyers moved in Tax in New York, 92 of them partners (32.9%). They joined 122 different firms. 13.2% stepped up a level on the move and 13.4% changed city, against 12.3% and 21.6% across the market over the same three years. 64.6% came from firms with 1,000+ lawyers.

Partners make up 40.2% of arrivals, against 27.7% across the market: a partner-heavy flow. On settled windows partner moves alone went from 23 to 38, up 65.2% year on year. A step up in title came with 13.4% of moves (market 12.9%).

64 firms hired at least one lateral in Tax in New York in the window. The ten firms at the head of the hiring table took 33.3% of arrivals (12.9% market-wide), so hiring here is concentrated. First on the hiring table is Milbank, with arrivals in the 6-10 band.

The practice accounts for 4.7% of all lateral moves in New York. Over the three years to October 2026, 67.1% of movers came from another firm in New York itself. 16.2% of movers also changed city, against 20.5% market-wide.

There were 41 open roles in Tax in New York on law-firm career pages on November 11, 2026.

For a firm hiring in Tax in New York, the pool is moving and partners are part of it: expect competing offers and budget time for a contested process.

Sartori & Partners data count 23 dated deals in Tax in New York in the 12 months to October 2026 and 62 over the three years to October 2026.

Disputes & investigations work is involved in 43.5% of them.

Hughes Hubbard & Reed ranks first among advising firms over the period, in the 6-10 band.

Over the three years to October 2026, Corporate & M&A Tax was involved in 21.8% of moves in Tax in New York, then Tax Controversy with 12.9%.