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- Nashville Associate Hiring 2026: Only 34 Firms Made a Lateral Hire
Only 34 firms hired laterally in Nashville over 12 months, and the most active of them held 73.3% of the city's moves, 5.7 times the market's concentration. With associates at 62.9% of the moves, a firm hiring associates in Nashville is bidding against a short list of repeat buyers.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - Nashville Lateral Partner Market 2026: The Growth Came Below Partner
Nashville firms hired 112 lateral lawyers in the 12 months to September 2026, up from 80, a rise of 40.0% against the market's 9.0%. Partner hiring held flat (+10.3%), and a short list of firms made most of those hires.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - Nashville Litigation: Few Firms Hire, Small Firms Supply the Laterals
Nashville litigation hiring sits with very few buyers: 22 firms hired 55 lateral lawyers, and the ten most active took 78.2% of the moves against 12.0% across the practice. The talent comes from a wider base, with small firms an unusually large source.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - Net Partner Gains 2026: Only Four of the Top 10 Hirers Make the List
Hiring the most partners and growing the partner bench produce different lists. The top net partner gainer, Greenberg Traurig, sits in the 41-60 band, and only four of the ten busiest partner hirers also make the top 10 by net partner flow.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - New York Antitrust Hires Arrive in Teams at 9.3 Times the City Rate
12.1% of antitrust lateral moves into New York came as part of a team, against 4.4% across the practice and 1.3% for the city. Partners make up 43.9% of the moves, and hiring rose 42.9% while antitrust across the practice held flat (+7.7%).
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - New York Associate Hiring 2026: Firms of 1,000+ Lawyers Set the Pace
New York associates make up almost exactly the market's share of moves, but they move into much larger firms: firms of 1,000+ lawyers took 62.6% of the city's lateral hires against 53.6% in the market, and New York firms had more roles open on their career pages in November 2026 than firms in any other city.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - New York Capital Markets Hiring Tilts to IPO and Reporting Lawyers
New York takes a far larger share of public company reporting and IPO lawyer moves than of capital markets moves overall, with indexes of 227 and 181 against 169. Those hires also stay local: 7.5% changed city, against 23.8% across the practice.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - New York Construction Hiring Fell in 2026 as the City Grew
Construction lateral moves into New York firms fell 27.8% while the city's lateral hiring rose 11.9% and the practice held flat (-1.8%). Mid-size firms, not the largest, do the most buying.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - New York Employment Lateral Hiring Rose 25.4% From a Low Base
New York employment hiring rose 25.4% over the settled 12 months, while the practice rose 6.9% and the city as a whole rose 11.9%. The climb starts from a share below New York's weight in the market: an index of 68.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - New York Finance Partner Hiring Rose 32.7% as the City Held Flat
Finance partner moves into New York rose 32.7% while partner hiring across the city was flat and finance partners across the market rose 10.6%. Partners are 34.8% of finance moves into the city, against 28.3% of all New York moves.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - New York Funds Laterals: 7.9% Changed City, Against 20.4%
Funds lawyers who joined New York firms changed city far less often than funds lawyers across the practice, and less often than New York's own lateral market. The cell still grew faster than both: the bench is home-grown, and it is getting busier.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - New York Insurance: M&A-Heavy Matters, Coverage-Heavy Hiring
New York insurance work leans to deals, while the lawyers who change firms are coverage litigators, many from small firms: M&A is 37.0% of the city's insurance matters over three years, against 18.9% of the practice's deals over 12 months.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - New York IP Leans to Media Clients and Copyright Hiring
Media and entertainment companies are the client on 10.3% of New York IP matters over 3 years, against 4.8% of the practice's matters in the latest 12 months. Copyright hiring in the city scores 141 on our market index, while IP as a whole sits under the market at 93.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - New York Lateral Partner Market 2026: More Leave the City Than Arrive
New York sent 248 lawyers to other cities in 12 months and took in 189, with Washington, Miami, Newark and London the main destinations over 3 years. The partners it does hire over-index in restructuring and banking.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - New York Litigation Hires Like Litigation, Not Like New York
New York litigators move on the pattern of litigation everywhere, not the city's big-firm one: firms of 1,000+ lawyers take 43.8% of them against 62.6% for New York as a whole, and smaller firms pick up the difference.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - New York M&A Lateral Hiring: Ten Firms Take 35.5% of Moves
A short list of large firms does most of the lateral buying in New York M&A. The ten most active hirers took 35.5% of moves, against 21.6% for the practice as a whole and 21.5% for New York, and firms of 1,000+ lawyers took 73.7%.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - New York Privacy Hiring: 60 Open Roles, 66 Moves in 12 Months
New York firms list 60 open technology and privacy roles against 66 lateral hires in 12 months, and hiring in the city grew faster than across the practice. Cybersecurity, not AI, is the largest specialty in the mix.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - New York Private Equity Hiring: Counsel Take 18.6% of Laterals
Counsel made 18.6% of New York private equity lateral moves over 12 months, against 11.2% for the practice as a whole and 12.6% across New York. Total moves rose 22.8%, to 232 from 189, while partner moves held steady at 88 against 88.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - New York Product Liability Laterals Rarely Step Up a Title
A smaller share of New York product liability laterals join at a higher title than across the practice. Over the settled 12 months the cell fell 27.3%, while the practice held flat (+2.3%) and New York rose 11.9%.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - New York Projects Hiring 2026: Partners Take 44.3% of Lateral Moves
New York projects and infrastructure hires partners at a far higher rate than the city around it, and 90.2% of its lateral moves land at firms of 1,000+ lawyers.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - New York Real Estate Hiring Rose 28.4% as Partner Moves Held Flat
Real estate lateral moves into New York rose 28.4%, well ahead of the practice across the market (7.9%) and of the city (11.9%). Partner hiring held flat (+3.4%), so the growth sits below partner level.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - New York Takes 24.4% of Restructuring Lateral Moves, Mostly Local
New York takes 24.4% of all restructuring lateral moves, an index of 165, rising to 178 among the city's partner moves. Partners are 45.9% of these hires against 28.3% citywide, and only 7.1% changed city.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - New York White Collar Laterals Trade Big Firms for Smaller Ones
New York white collar lawyers leave the largest firms more often than they join them: over 3 years firms of 1,000+ lawyers supplied 60.3% of laterals and hired 45.8%, while firms of under 150 lawyers took 15.1% after supplying 10.3%.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - Niche Specialties Where a Few Firms Dominate Lateral Hiring, 2026
In fund finance, insurance defense, debt capital markets, secondaries and merger control the top 10 hirers took between 47.5% and 56.3% of lateral moves. A niche hire competes with a short, named list of firms: firms outside the market's top 10 head fund finance and insurance defense, while firms from it head the other three, Latham & Watkins two of them.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - Non-Compete Lawyer Hiring in 2026: Why Chicago Over-Indexes
Restrictive covenant hiring is a Chicago market and a partner market: Chicago over-indexes at 208, New York sits at 83, and partners take 42.7% of hires against 22.4% in employment law.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - Nonprofits Go to Law Firms for Disputes: One Matter at a Time
Nonprofits buy litigation, not transactions: disputes and investigations were 70.5% of the sector's deals, public law lawyers worked on 25.5% of them, and each client brought 1.4 deals, the fewest of any sector.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - Northeast Time to Partner 2026: Newark and Pittsburgh Run Slower
Newark made 60.0% of its new partners within 12 years and Pittsburgh 65.2%, against 80.5% in Philadelphia and 78.7% in Boston. New York, at 73.2%, sits close to the market: the corridor's slow partner clocks run beside its largest market, not inside it.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - Of Counsel Meaning: The Tier Gaining on Partner Promotions
Of counsel is the senior tier between associate and partner. Counsel promotions rose from 46.8% of partner promotions in 2022 to 55.1% in 2025, and counsel now run a lateral market and a route in-house of their own.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - Oil and Gas Capital Markets Counsel: Houston Ahead of New York
Oil and gas deal work runs through Houston before New York: 48.2% of the sector's deals against 42.0%. Capital markets lawyers sit on 41.5% of those deals, against 26.4% of all deals.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - Oil and Gas In-House Lawyers: Houston First, and Mostly Partners
Lawyers whose work centers on oil and gas chose Houston 11.9 times as often as the market did, and their moves rose 27.6% year on year, with partners 56.2% of the movers. An energy company hiring in-house should start its search there and price for seniority.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - Oil and Gas Legal Work in 2026: Few Repeat Clients, Big Tickets
Oil and gas deal work comes from a small group of companies that return often and deal large: 2.5 deals for every client, more than in technology or power, and a median disclosed value of $750 million. That gives a repeat client more leverage with its firm than most sectors allow.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - Oil and Gas M&A Counsel in 2026: More Sector Lawyers Change Firms
Lawyers whose focus is oil and gas changed firms more often: their moves rose 27.6% and Houston firms drew them at an index of 1,162, while the sector's deals held flat (+5.3%). Corporate and M&A lawyers sit on 32.3% of those deals.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - Only 136 Clients Behind 302 Aviation Deals: Buyers Hold the Leverage
Aviation deals in 12 months trace back to 136 clients, fewer than in any other industry we track, and each returned for 2.2 deals on average. The work leans on financing and the most active firms sit close together, so an airline or lessor that buys repeat financings holds the leverage to consolidate its panel and press on rates.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - Orlando Lateral Partner Market 2026: A Product Liability City
Product liability is involved in 35.1% of Orlando lateral moves, about a third, at an index of 515 against the market and above Miami's 292. Construction runs strong over three years, and firms of 1,000+ lawyers take only 17.8% of moves.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - Paris Associate Market 2026: The Big-Firm Share Tops London's
In Paris, 86.4% of lateral moves in the past 12 months went to firms of 1,000+ lawyers, about six in seven, against 68.5% in London and 53.6% across the market. Associates make 63.1% of those moves, and only 12.2% of Paris movers changed city.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - Paris Lateral Partner Market 2026: Steady Partners, Shrinking Market
Lateral hiring in Paris fell 20.5% across all levels, yet partner hiring held steady at 69 hires against 61, so partners now make 25.0% of a smaller market. Almost all of it runs through firms of 1,000+ lawyers.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - Paris M&A Hiring Fell 29.7% as the Practice Rose 15.8%
Corporate and M&A lateral hiring in Paris dropped to 71 moves from 101 while the practice grew market-wide. The deal work did not go away: Paris M&A lawyers were on 652 deals in 12 months.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - Partner Hiring vs Total Hiring by Practice: Where the Lines Split
Market-wide, partner hires rose 8.4% and all lateral moves rose 9.0%. Inside practices the two lines split: projects partner hiring held flat (+16.5%) on a flat practice, while litigation and real estate grew only below partner level.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - Partner Promotion Calendar 2026: January Carries Most of the Year
Law firms announced 56.4% of the last 12 months' partner promotions in January 2026. May is a smaller second round, and June and August barely register, the same shape as in 2024 and 2025.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - Partner Share of Lateral Moves: 33.4% in February, 25.1% in August
Partners take a larger slice of lateral moves in winter than in summer, and 2026 stretched both ends against 2025. Measured over a full year, their share of moves was 27.0%, against 27.1% a year earlier.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - Partner Track Spread by Practice: 7 Years in Immigration, 3 in M&A
The fastest quarter of new partners is named at much the same point in every practice; the slowest quarter is not. In immigration it waited 16.0 years or more, against 11.0 years in corporate and M&A and 12.0 years market-wide, so the spread, more than the median, says how far a firm can plan a partner pipeline.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - Partner vs Associate Lateral Moves: Partners Gain Share Since 2022
Associates are still most of the lawyers who change firms. What has changed since 2022 is the mix: partners now make up a larger slice of lateral moves, even though the past 12 months grew at the market's pace.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - Partner-Heavy Lateral Hiring and Partner Growth: 2026 Firm Data
Four firms where partners make up 45% to 55% of lateral hires, against 27.7% market-wide, all rank in the top 10 for net partner gain. Three volume hirers whose intake is mostly associates sit outside it.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - Partners Made or Bought: Chicago 0.94, Dallas 0.49, Seattle 0.39
Chicago firms make 0.94 partners for each lateral partner they hire; Los Angeles and Dallas make 0.49 and Seattle 0.39. New York, at 0.76, sits next to the market's 0.79.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - Patent Litigation Moves in Teams: 2026 Lateral Hiring Data
Patent litigators change firms as groups: 9.3% of moves were part of a team, 6.2 times the market rate, and few of them arrive with a higher title.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - Patent Prosecution Lawyers Change Cities More Than Most: 2026 Data
Patent prosecution lawyers move further than most: 30.2% of moves also changed city, against 20.5% market-wide and 15.9% in intellectual property, while hiring held flat (-12.8%). And 10.4% came as part of a team, against 1.5%.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - Path to Partner in Regulatory Law: 11.0 years, Not 10.0 years
The median regulatory partner is promoted 11.0 years after the first year of practice, 1 year later than the market median of 10.0 years. Fewer make it early, and firms fill more of the gap with lateral partners.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - Payments and Fintech Regulation: Where Crypto Meets Payments
Fintech and payments clients appear on 49.4% of the speciality's matters and crypto clients on 28.9%, while 86.8% of its lateral moves went to firms of 1,000+ lawyers.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - Personal Injury Lawyers Move to Move Up: 19.5% Gained a Title
A lateral move in personal injury and wrongful death is a promotion more often than in the wider market: 19.5% of movers stepped up a title, against 15.7% for the practice and 12.9% for all lawyers.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - Pharma & Biotech Capital Markets Counsel: Smaller Deals, Other Leaders
Pharma and biotech deals are small tickets for the capital markets bench: a $250 million median against $563.2 million for the practice. The two firms the sector uses most are not the practice's two busiest desks.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - Pharma and Biotech Counsel in 2026: Deals Grow, Specialists Stay
Pharma and biotech companies buy mostly financing work from a small group of firms, and lawyers in Boston and San Diego work on far more of those deals than in technology. The lawyers with real sector depth are patent, litigation and regulatory specialists, and they rarely change firms.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - Pharma In-House Hiring: Associates Are Only 30.5% of Movers
Partners are 49.1% of the pharma and biotech lawyers who changed firms in 12 months, associates 30.5%. Companies that recruit out of law firms take mostly associates, so a junior in-house specialist comes from a narrow flow that firms also bid for.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - Pharma IP Counsel in 2026: One Firm on Both the Pharma and IP Lists
The firms most active on pharma and biotech deals and the firms most active on intellectual property deals form two almost separate lists: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati is the only name on both. The sector list follows a deal flow where capital markets lawyers sit on 53.1% of deals and IP lawyers on 10.3%.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - Pharma M&A Counsel in 2026: Corporate Lawyers on 23.4% of Deals
Corporate and M&A lawyers sat on 23.4% of pharma and biotech deals, against 47.8% of technology deals. A drug company's deal work runs through capital markets lawyers first, and the M&A bench it hires is a smaller one, shared with every other sector.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - Philadelphia Associate Market 2026: Growth at 2.7 Times the Market
Philadelphia lateral moves rose 24.5% between the settled 12-month windows, 2.7 times the market's 9.0%, with associates at 61.5% of moves. Companies also hire the city's lawyers at a higher rate than the market.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - Philadelphia Lateral Partner Market 2026: Small Firms Are Real Bidders
Firms under 150 lawyers took 2.0 times their market share of Philadelphia lateral moves, and team moves ran at 6.7% against 1.5% nationally.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - Phoenix Lateral Partner Market 2026: Litigation Runs Above Denver
Litigation is involved in 57.4% of lateral moves into Phoenix firms, an index of 144 against 136 in Denver, and in 62.6% over three years. Partner moves held steady at 22 against 22 while market partner hiring rose 8.4%, and partners are 34.4% of Phoenix hires against 27.7% across the market.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - Pittsburgh Lateral Partner Market 2026: 1.20 Promotions per Hire
Pittsburgh firms made 1.20 partner promotions for each lateral partner they hired, against 1.00 in Philadelphia and 0.79 across the market, while lateral volume into the city held flat.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - Power and Gas Regulation Lawyers: Hiring Beyond the Largest Firms
Firms of 150-399 lawyers hired 25.5% of power and gas regulation laterals in 12 months, 2.1 times their share in the regulatory practice. Hiring in the field held flat (+14.0%) year on year.
November 11, 2026 · November 2026 - Power Capital Markets Counsel: Fastest Growth of Six Largest Sectors
Of the six client sectors that carry the most capital markets deals, power grew fastest, rising 27.6% against 14.5% for pharma and biotech. Capital markets partner hiring held flat (+1.1%) over the same windows.
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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