Immigration: promotions and time to partner

Sartori & Partners data record 23 partner promotions in Immigration from June 2025 to May 2026. Promotions are confirmed about five months late, so this window ends earlier than the lateral figures. Over the same 12 months that is 1.00 promotions for every lateral partner hired, against 0.79 across the market: more of the partner bench here is made than bought.

Across five years of promotions, the median time from first year of practice to partner is 12.0 years, with the middle half between 9.0 years and 16.0 years. The market median is 10.0 years, so the track here runs longer. The median rests on 88 promotions.

On settled windows lateral partner moves in Immigration went from 29 to 21 (-27.6%), a change inside the noise of the two counts, so we read it as flat.

Firms in Immigration lean on internal promotion; a lateral partner here is an exception to plan and justify.