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Bank Regulatory: lateral monitor
Lawyers whose work centers on Bank Regulatory and who changed firm over the last 12 months, set against the Financial Services Regulatory practice and the market.
The last 12 months: November 2025 to October 2026
- 34
- Lateral moves, 12 monthsNovember 2025 to October 2026
- -23.5%
- Year on yearSettled 12-month windows
- 38.2%
- Partner share of moves
- 28
- Firms that hired
What the data show
From November 2025 to October 2026, Sartori & Partners recorded 34 lateral moves in Bank Regulatory. On settled windows the count went from 51 to 39 (-23.5%), a change inside the noise of the two counts, so we read it as flat.
| Measure | Here | Financial Services Regulatory | Market |
|---|---|---|---|
| Partner share of moves | 38.2% | 47.9% | 27.7% |
| Counsel share of moves | 14.7% | 14.5% | 12.7% |
| Associate share of moves | 47.1% | 37.6% | 58.5% |
| Moved up a level (three years) | 16.8% | 13.8% | 12.3% |
| Changed city (three years) | 15.7% | 18.3% | 21.6% |
| Hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers | 88.2% | 66.7% | 53.6% |
| Year on year | flat (-23.5%) | rose (+19.6%) | rose (+9.0%) |
12 months to October 2026 unless the row says three years; a row switches to three years for every column when this page's 12-month value is not published. A dash is a value we do not publish. Flat means a change under 5% or inside the noise of the two counts.
Against the Financial Services Regulatory practice as a whole, the widest gap is the share hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers, which is higher here: 88.2% against 66.7%. Year on year it held flat while the Financial Services Regulatory practice as a whole rose.
Over the three years to October 2026, 125 lawyers moved in Bank Regulatory, 44 of them partners (35.2%). They joined 68 different firms. 16.8% stepped up a level on the move and 15.7% changed city, against 12.3% and 21.6% across the market over the same three years. 69.7% came from firms with 1,000+ lawyers.
- Partner38.2%
- Counsel14.7%
- Associate47.1%
Partners make up 38.2% of arrivals, against 27.7% across the market: a partner-heavy flow.
- 1,000+ lawyers69.7%
- 400-999 lawyers20.2%
- 150-399 lawyers4.6%
- under 150 lawyers5.5%
The 12-month firm table is below our naming threshold, so this part reads the three years to October 2026. Lateral hires in Bank Regulatory were spread across 68 firms. The ten firms at the head of the hiring table took 33.6% of arrivals (12.2% market-wide), so hiring here is concentrated. A&O Shearman ranks first by lateral arrivals, in the 6-10 band.
There were 27 open roles in Bank Regulatory on law-firm career pages on November 11, 2026.
For a firm planning a hire in Bank Regulatory, a flat market means candidates are not being pulled by a wave: the case for a move has to come from the platform.
Firms by rank and band
Each firm appears as a rank and a band, never an exact count, and only with at least 10 moves in the window.
| Rank | Firm | Moves (band) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | A&O Shearman | 6-10 |
| 2 | CMS | 3-5 |
| 3 | DLA Piper | 3-5 |
| 4 | White & Case | 3-5 |
| 5 | Linklaters | 3-5 |
| 6 | Dentons | 3-5 |
| 7 | Bird & Bird | 3-5 |
| 8 | Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates | 3-5 |
| 9 | Debevoise & Plimpton | 3-5 |
| 10 | Morgan, Lewis & Bockius | 3-5 |
Deals in Bank Regulatory
Sartori & Partners data count 25 dated deals in Bank Regulatory in the 12 months to October 2026 and 44 over the three years to October 2026.
By client industry, Banks & Financial Institutions comes first with 65.9%.
Davis Polk & Wardwell ranks first among advising firms over the period, in the 6-10 band.
| Rank | Firm | Deals (band) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Davis Polk & Wardwell | 6-10 |
| 2 | Sidley Austin | 3-5 |
| 3 | Jones Day | 3-5 |
| 4 | White & Case | 3-5 |
| 5 | Heuking | 3-5 |
Time to partner in Bank Regulatory
42 lawyers were promoted to partner in Bank Regulatory over five years, according to Sartori & Partners data.
The median time from first year of practice to partner is 11.0 years, with the middle half between 9.0 years and 16.0 years, against a market median of 10.0 years. 54.5% made partner within 12 years.
These figures rest on 22 promotions.
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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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