White Collar, Investigations & Criminal in London: lateral monitor

From November 2025 to October 2026, Sartori & Partners recorded 27 lateral moves in White Collar, Investigations & Criminal in London, 5.7% of the practice's moves. On settled windows the count went from 32 to 28 (-12.5%), a change inside the noise of the two counts, so we read it as flat.

Over the three years to October 2026, 98 lawyers moved in White Collar, Investigations & Criminal in London, 42 of them partners (42.9%). They joined 58 different firms. 13.3% stepped up a level on the move and 6.9% changed city, against 12.3% and 21.6% across the market over the same three years. 62.2% came from firms with 1,000+ lawyers.

At 66.7%, the partner share of arrivals sits above the market's 27.7%. A step up in title came with 18.5% of moves (market 12.9%).

Lateral hires in White Collar, Investigations & Criminal in London were spread across 25 firms. 56.0% of arrivals went to firms with 1,000+ lawyers, against 53.6% market-wide.

The practice accounts for 2.1% of all lateral moves in London. Over the three years to October 2026, 68.4% of movers came from another firm in London itself.

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

62 lawyers were promoted to partner in White Collar, Investigations & Criminal in London over five years, according to Sartori & Partners data.

The median time from first year of practice to partner is 12.0 years, with the middle half between 9.5 years and 14.0 years, against a market median of 10.0 years. 64.1% made partner within 12 years.

These figures rest on 39 promotions.