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- Who Borrows: Banks Are 2.4 Times Their Market Share in Lending
Bank lending work follows banks and real assets: banks and financial institutions sit on 16.8% of lending deals against 7.1% of all deals. Lending work rose 11.4% and lateral banking partner hiring rose 10.6%, almost in step.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - Who Hires Criminal Defense Lawyers in 2026: A Fragmented Field
Criminal defense hiring has no dominant buyer: 100 firms hired in 12 months, and over three years the ten busiest took 17.6% of moves, against 24.4% in anti-bribery and 21.8% in securities enforcement. Partner hiring fell 24.0%, while hiring at all levels held flat (-15.2%).
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - Who Hires Cybersecurity Lawyers: A Short List That Keeps Rotating
A small group of firms takes 28.7% of cybersecurity and data breach hires, against 12.9% in the market, yet four of this year's top 10 are not on the 3-year list, and Washington, DC indexes at 210.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - Who Hires Discrimination and Harassment Lawyers: Top 10 Take 39.2%
Discrimination and harassment defense is hired by a narrow group: the top 10 firms took 39.2% of lateral moves in the past 12 months, against 30.0% across employment and labor and 32.6% in employment litigation.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - Who Hires From Whom by Firm Size: 39.0% of Moves Stay in Big Law
Big law recruits mostly from big law: 39.0% of moves with both firm sizes known stay inside the 1,000+ lawyers class. Midsize firms send 1,200 lawyers up and take 1,117 back, so the 400-999 lawyers class feeds the largest one, by a narrow margin.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - Why Utilities Hire Capital Markets Lawyers: 60.9% of Their Deals
Capital markets work was 60.9% of utility deals, 2.4 times its share of the whole deal market, and one firm advises on far more of the sector's deals than any rival. Lawyers in Houston and Dallas worked on a larger share of utility deals than of power or bank deals; only oil and gas runs higher.
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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