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- 12.9% of Lateral Moves Bring a Higher Title, From Funds to Family
One lateral move in eight (12.9%) brings a higher title. The step-up rate runs from 11.4% in funds to 16.8% in construction and 20.5% in family law, and from 8.4% in Chicago to 20.8% in Minneapolis.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - 58.0% New York, 22.9% Washington: A Crypto Panel Needs Both Cities
Lawyers in New York worked on 58.0% of digital asset and crypto deals, the highest New York share of any sector, and Washington came second at 22.9%. Financial regulatory lawyers sit on many times the market's share of these deals, and the deal count held flat.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - 75.2% of Sponsor Lawyers Join Firms of 1,000+ Lawyers, One at a Time
Three in four moves by lawyers with a financial sponsors focus, 75.2%, go to firms of 1,000+ lawyers, far above the market, real estate or food, and almost none come as a team. A sponsor hiring in-house competes with the largest firms' pay for one lawyer at a time.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - A Nonprofit Lawyer Search Starts in Tax: 52.1% of Movers Carry It
Half of the lawyers with a nonprofit focus who changed firms carry tax work (52.1%) and 29.6% private client work, each at over ten times the market's share (indexes of 1,035 and 1,260). They join firms of 400-999 lawyers more often than the largest firms, and they change city more often than the market: a foundation hiring in-house counsel is hiring a tax and governance lawyer.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - Abuse of Dominance Lawyers: Technology Cases, Large-Firm Hiring
Abuse of dominance is contested work with technology companies at its center: disputes and investigations are 69.9% of the specialty's matters over 3 years, technology and software clients 28.0%. Year on year, lateral hiring held flat (-19.7%).
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - Administrative Law: Partners Held Flat as Hiring Fell 21.8%
Administrative and constitutional law moves numbered 104 in the settled 12 months against 133 a year earlier, so hiring fell 21.8%, while partner hiring held flat (-6.8%). Partners are now 39.6% of moves, against 34.1% in public law.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - Aerospace and Defense Deals Outpaced Capital Markets Work in 2026
Aerospace and defense deals rose 50.7% year on year against 10.0% for capital markets deals, and capital markets lawyers sit on 36.5% of the sector's work. Lateral hiring in the practice held flat (+6.7%).
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - Aerospace and Defense Lawyers: Hiring Is 2.9 Times as Concentrated
Over 36 months the top 10 hirers of aerospace and defense lawyers took 35.9% of the moves, 2.9 times the top-10 share across all lateral moves. The movers are senior, with 68.5% joining as partners and 53.3% joining a firm in Washington, DC.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - Aerospace and Defense Legal Work: Venture Work at 3.1 Times the Market
Venture and growth financings appear on 11.6% of aerospace and defense deals, 3.1 times their share of the whole market. The shift comes with the fastest deal growth of any sector we track, and with lawyers in Washington working on 26.7% of the sector's deals.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - Affordable Housing Lawyers Move Cities to Move Firms
Affordable housing laterals change city far more often than real estate laterals, 38.9% against 20.4%, and over three years Washington, DC took 16.2% of their moves. Hiring itself held flat.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - Aircraft Finance Counsel in 2026: The Movers Are Banking Lawyers
Capital markets lawyers work on 38.1% of aviation deals, more than any other practice. The aviation lawyers who changed firms are another bench: banking and finance lawyers at an index of 403 and London lawyers at 352, where the market's own share scores a hundred.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - AML and Financial Crime Hiring Starts in London
Over 3 years London drew 20.9% of AML and financial crime lateral moves, 2.9 times its share of white collar hiring. Volume held flat, and most of it is partner hiring.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - Amsterdam Partner Market 2026: Partners Are a Thin Slice of Hiring
Partners make 13.5% of lateral moves into Amsterdam firms, 48.7% of the market's partner share and far below London's 29.3%. Three years of moves say the same, and a small circle of large firms does most of the hiring.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - Anti-Bribery Hiring Is Partner Hiring: Partners Are 60.8% of Moves
Most anti-bribery laterals are partners: 60.8%, against 41.6% in white collar and 27.7% across the market. Over 3 years London and Paris sit beside Washington, DC, and hiring held flat (+17.4%).
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - Antitrust Lateral Hiring 2026: Top 10 Firms Take 32.5% of Partners
Antitrust partners move to a short list of firms: the top 10 hirers took 32.5% of partner moves, 2.4 times the market's 13.5%, and most arrivals land at firms of 1,000+ lawyers.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - Antitrust Litigation Hiring: Wider Than Merger Control
Antitrust litigation hiring reaches past the largest firms: firms of 1,000+ lawyers took 57.3% of moves against 85.2% in merger control, and the top 10 hirers took 28.0% against 50.0%. Year on year, hiring held flat (-3.8%).
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - Antitrust Matters in 2026: A $8,300 Million Median Disclosed Value
Antitrust work on the public record is small in count and very large per matter: the 8.7% of matters that disclose a value have a median of $8,300 million. Regulatory reviews, a sliver of the deal market, make up 30.7% of the practice.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - Antitrust Path to Partner 2026: Home-Grown and Finished on Time
Antitrust fills more of its partner seats by promotion than the average practice, and unlike employment law it does not keep associates waiting: 79.7% of its new partners got there within 12 years, against 75.4% market-wide.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - Appellate Lawyer Hiring in 2026: The Washington Bar
Appellate hiring centers on Washington, DC, at an index of 280 against New York's 93, and it is a partner market: 48.2% of moves, against 27.4% in litigation.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - Artificial Intelligence Lawyer Hiring Outruns the Market in 2026
Sartori & Partners data show artificial intelligence hiring rose 42.5% while the market rose 9.0%, with partners and London carrying more of it than anywhere else in the technology practice.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - Asset Finance Lawyers: Aircraft, Ships and London in 2026
Asset finance is transport work as much as bank work: aviation clients appear in 22.4% of the speciality's matters, transportation in 15.4% and shipping in 12.6%, beside banks at 30.4%. Lateral hiring rose 43.6%, and London's share of moves indexes at 360 against the market.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - Asset Management Legal Work Holds Flat in 2026: Room to Press on Fees
Deal work for asset managers and funds held flat while the whole deal market grew. The work splits across funds, M&A, capital markets and real estate, one firm sits alone in the highest adviser band, and disclosed values run high.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - Asset Manager Finance Counsel in 2026: Three Firms Sit on Both Lists
Only three firms appear on both the asset manager and the banking and finance adviser lists. The sector list opens with Dechert a band clear of the rest, the finance list with three firms sharing the 151-250 band.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - Asset Manager Fund Counsel in 2026: One Firm Alone in the Top Band
Asset managers buy their deal counsel from a short list. Dechert sits a band above every other adviser on the sector's list, two firms share the top band of the funds practice's list, and 27.0% of the sector's deals were handled with lawyers in Washington, 2.0 times the share for bank deals.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - Asset Manager M&A Counsel in 2026: A Rare Client for the M&A Bench
The pair runs below the market both ways. Corporate and M&A lawyers worked on 14.8% of asset manager deals over 12 months, against 23.3% of all dated deals, and asset managers were 3.1% of the M&A practice's deals, against 4.9% of all dated deals.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - Asset Managers and Funds on 12.3% of London Real Estate Deals
London real estate work leans on investor clients far more than New York's does. Lateral hiring into the London cell held flat (-10.1%) while hiring in the practice as a whole rose 7.9%.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - Associate to Partner Timeline by Practice: Deal Lawyers Go First
Deal practices promote a year sooner than the market's 10.0 years, immigration and family lawyers wait longer, and restructuring names only 0.47 partners from within for each lateral partner it hires.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - Atlanta Associate Hiring 2026: Partners Fall, Associates Hold the City
Atlanta's lateral count held flat while the market grew and partner hiring fell 25.9%, leaving lawyers below partner to carry the city. Atlanta firms also list fewer openings against their lateral volume than firms in Denver or San Diego.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - Atlanta Lateral Partner Market 2026: A Disputes Market That Promotes
Litigation is where Atlanta partner hiring runs above the market, at an index of 133, and insurance, product liability and construction over-index at every level. Atlanta firms also promote 0.90 partners for each lateral partner they hire, against 0.79 across the market.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - Atlanta Litigation Laterals 2026: A Local Market, Smaller Buyers
Atlanta litigation is hired from inside Atlanta: 8.8% of moves came with a change of city, against 19.6% for litigation across the practice and 17.2% for Atlanta as a whole. The buyers are smaller too: firms of 1,000+ lawyers took 30.2% of the moves, against 43.3% across litigation.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - Austin Associate Market 2026: More Postings per Hire Than Texas Peers
Austin's share of open law-firm roles is 1.1 times its share of lateral moves, while Dallas sits at 0.6 and Houston at 0.7. Associates make up most Austin moves, and litigation leads them.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - Austin Lateral Partner Market 2026: Companies and Mid-Size Rivals
Austin lawyers leave firms for companies at a higher rate than in the market or in Dallas, and firms of 150-399 lawyers take 2.3 times their market share of Austin lateral moves. A partner hire here competes on two fronts at once.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - Automotive IP Counsel in 2026: Litigators Lead a 28.1% Rise in Moves
Lawyers who focus on the automotive sector and changed firms rose 28.1% in a year, and they are litigators first: product liability lawyers are on 34.2% of those moves, at an index of 502 against the market. Lateral hiring of IP lawyers held flat (+7.2%), while IP lawyers sit on 13.0% of automotive deals.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - Automotive Legal Work Runs Through Germany: Five Cities in the Top 10
Lawyers in Frankfurt, Munich, Düsseldorf, Hamburg and Berlin all rank among the ten cities where automotive deals are handled, a German footprint no other sector matches. The mix of deal types sits near the market; product liability runs at 2.9 times its market share.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - Automotive Litigation Partners Are Moving: Partner Moves Up 43.8%
Partner moves among automotive lawyers rose 43.8% year on year while the market's rose 8.4%. The movers are litigators, heavy on product liability, and law firms are bidding for them.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - Automotive M&A Counsel in 2026: Clients Come Back More Often
Automotive clients averaged 2.4 deals each over 12 months, against 1.8 across corporate and M&A, and corporate lawyers worked on 28.0% of the sector's deals. Capital markets lawyers sit on slightly more.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - Aviation Lawyers Who Move Are Associates, Mostly Finance, Often London
About six in ten lawyers with an aviation focus who changed firms were associates (60.0%), while partners lead the transportation and aerospace benches. Banking & Finance appears on 56.2% of the moves and London took 32.5%: an airline or lessor hiring in-house will find finance associates in London, not senior partners.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - Bank Finance Counsel in 2026: Movers Over-Index in Charlotte, Milan
Banks are the banking and finance bench's largest client sector, on 17.8% of its deals. The bank-focused lawyers who change firms are mostly banking lawyers, 67.0% of them, and they join firms in Charlotte and Milan far above the market rate.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - Bank Litigation Counsel in 2026: A Flatter Firm Field Than Bank Deals
The firms on the most litigation matters sit one band step apart from first place to tenth; the firms on the most bank deals spread across three bands. Only Jones Day appears on both lists.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - Bank M&A Counsel in 2026: Bank Deals Carry 2.1 Times the M&A Median
Disclosed bank deals carry a median of $660 million, 2.1 times the corporate and M&A practice's $315 million. That median spans the sector's whole deal book, where capital markets lawyers sit on 51.0% of deals and M&A lawyers on 13.1%.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - Bank Outside Counsel in 2026: A Four-Way Top and Transatlantic Work
No single firm owns bank work: the four most active advisers sit in one band, and four of the ten cities where bank deals were handled are in Europe. Capital markets and lending are 56.5% of the deals.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - Bank Project Finance Counsel in 2026: Projects Outpaced Bank Work
The projects practice that banks hire rose 26.2% in deal count on settled 12-month windows, against 7.2% growth in bank deals. Banks sit on 10.2% of the practice's deals, so the team a bank calls for a financing got busier faster than the bank's own deal flow.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - Bank Regulatory Counsel in 2026: Leans on Banks, Rare on Bank Deals
Banks and financial institutions are on 51.5% of the financial services regulatory practice's deals, just over half. From the bank's side the same deals are only 3.6% of its deal work: a practice that leans on banks is a small part of what banks hire lawyers for.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - Banking and Finance Deals 2026: The Most Transparent Deal Flow
Banking and finance deals publish a value 1.6 times as often as capital markets deals, at a median of $545 million. Lending leads the mix, and deal counts rose 12.1% while lateral hiring in the practice rose 14.1%.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - Banking and Finance Lateral Hiring 2026: A New York-London Market
Banking and finance hiring runs on two cities. New York takes 21.5% of moves at an index of 145 and London 16.4% at 177, while Washington (50) and Los Angeles (67) sit well below their market weight.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - Banking and Finance Path to Partner: Bought More Often Than Made
Banking and finance promotes 0.57 lawyers to partner for each lateral partner it hires, against 0.79 across all practices, on a median track of 10.0 years that matches the market. The top 10 partner hirers take 25.1% of its partner moves.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - Banking Partner Track by US City: Chicago Runs Fast, DC Runs Slow
Chicago finance lawyers made partner within 12 years 89.2% of the time, against 59.5% in Washington, DC and 73.6% in New York. For banking associates, the city sets how long the wait can run.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - Beyond the All-Sector Table: Mining Has Its Own Map and Its Own Leader
In mining and metals, one firm sits alone in the 61-100 band of deals advised, and the work runs through Toronto, Vancouver, Perth and Sydney as well as New York and London. Sector deals rose 25.6% against 10.6% for the market, with capital markets and lending far above their market shares.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - Big Law Hiring Outside New York: Houston, Nashville, Miami, London
The busiest big-firm hirers place most of their lateral intake outside New York. Houston, Nashville, Miami and London weigh far more in their hiring than in the market as a whole.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - Biggest Lateral Hirers, 3 Years vs 12 Months: Eight of Ten Stay
Eight firms sit in the top 10 of lateral hirers over both 3 years and 12 months. The four that traded places at the edge of the list hire in the same band as their neighbors, so the turnover is decided on a narrow margin.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - Biggest Lateral Hiring Law Firms 2026: One Profile, One Outlier
The ten firms that hired the most lateral lawyers share a size class, a junior tilt and a big-firm supply line. One litigation firm builds from smaller firms instead.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - Boston Associate Market 2026: IP and Funds Run Far Above the Market
Boston lateral hiring over-indexes in intellectual property, at 236, and in funds, at 187, while firms of 150-399 lawyers take 1.8 times their national share of moves. Most of the year's added volume came from below partner.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - Boston Lateral Partner Hiring 2026: Top 10 Firms Take 50.0%
Boston partner hiring runs through a short list of firms: the top 10 hirers took 50.0% of lateral partner arrivals, 1.9 times the New York figure. Intellectual property partners are where that demand is sharpest.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - Boston Litigation: 46 Open Roles, More Than Houston or Seattle
Boston firm career pages listed 46 open litigation roles on the data date, against 29 in Houston and 31 in Seattle. Completed hiring held flat, the practice weighs less in the city than in the market, and firms of 150-399 lawyers buy an outsized share.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - Boston M&A Lateral Hiring Runs Through Firms of 1,000+ Lawyers
Boston corporate and M&A laterals join the largest firms far more often than M&A laterals elsewhere or Boston laterals in general. The pattern holds over 3 years, and the deal work behind it leans on biotech, software and venture clients.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - Boston Patent Lawyers: IP Hiring Runs Far Above Its Market Weight
Boston hires intellectual property lawyers at more than twice the market's weight, an index of 235, and partners tilt the scale further. The lawyers who move are patent prosecutors and life-science specialists, and the work behind them is pharma and biotech.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - Bring the Role to the Lawyer: Medical Device Lawyers Rarely Relocate
Lawyers with a medical device focus change city on far fewer of their moves than the rest of the market, over one year and over three. Most of those who move are partners, with litigation, patent and health care practices, so a device company has to recruit where they already work, starting in Washington.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - Bristol Lateral Partner Market 2026: London Feeds a Rising City
Bristol firms fill their benches with lawyers from other cities, London first: 43.1% of 12-month movers into the city also changed city, against 20.5% across the market. Lateral moves into Bristol rose 38.2% on the prior settled year.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - Brussels Associate Market 2026: Step-Ups Trail London and the Market
Associates make 66.9% of Brussels lateral moves, yet only 9.9% of the city's moves come with a step up in title, below both the market and London. Over three years the share is lower still, at 8.7%.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - Brussels Lateral Partner Market 2026: An Antitrust City
Antitrust and competition was involved in 36.4% of Brussels lateral moves over 12 months, an index of 1,260 against the market, where London sits at 128. Firms of 1,000+ lawyers made 74.4% of the hires.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026
Edition November 2026. Window: November 2025 to October 2026. Source: Sartori & Partners, from public law-firm announcements, firm websites and professional profiles, checked monthly. Methodology. Spot an error? [email protected].
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