White Collar, Investigations & Criminal: lateral market monitor

In the Sartori & Partners lateral record, 476 lawyers joined a new firm in White Collar, Investigations & Criminal from November 2025 to October 2026, 3.4% of all lateral moves we tracked. On settled windows the count went from 437 to 473 (+8.2%), a change inside the noise of the two counts, so we read it as flat.

This is a partner market: 41.6% of movers were partners, against 27.7% market-wide. On settled windows partner moves alone went from 181 to 191 (+5.5%), a change inside the noise of the two counts, so we read it as flat. A step up in title came with 13.4% of moves (market 12.9%).

Lateral hires in White Collar, Investigations & Criminal were spread across 218 firms. The ten firms at the head of the hiring table took 21.2% of arrivals (12.9% market-wide), so hiring here is moderately concentrated. First on the hiring table is Greenberg Traurig, with arrivals in the 11-20 band.

Washington, DC ranks first among destination cities with 19.7% of arrivals, followed by New York (17.4%). 15.6% of movers also changed city, against 20.5% market-wide.

1.1% of moves came as part of a group, against 1.5% market-wide. Over the last 6 months, 42 lawyers left for an in-house role: 16.2 for every 100 lateral moves, against 13.1 market-wide.

With volume in White Collar, Investigations & Criminal holding level, a hire depends on a specific reason to move, which a firm has to put in front of the candidate.