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Charities & Philanthropy: lateral monitor
Lawyers whose work centers on Charities & Philanthropy and who changed firm over the last 12 months, set against the Private Client & Estates practice and the market.
The last 12 months: November 2025 to October 2026
- 21
- Lateral moves, 12 monthsNovember 2025 to October 2026
- +15.0%
- Year on yearSettled 12-month windows
- 57.1%
- Partner share of moves
- 59
- Lateral moves, three yearsThree years to October 2026
What the data show
From November 2025 to October 2026, Sartori & Partners recorded 21 lateral moves in Charities & Philanthropy. On settled windows the count went from 20 to 23 (+15.0%), a change inside the noise of the two counts, so we read it as flat.
| Measure | Here | Private Client & Estates | Market |
|---|---|---|---|
| Partner share of moves | 57.1% | 32.6% | 27.7% |
| Counsel share of moves | - | 12.7% | 12.7% |
| Associate share of moves | 42.9% | 54.7% | 58.5% |
| Moved up a level (three years) | 16.9% | 14.9% | 12.3% |
| Changed city (three years) | 36.2% | 28.1% | 21.6% |
| Hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers (three years) | 33.3% | 19.3% | 52.5% |
| Year on year | flat (+15.0%) | flat (+9.1%) | 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 A dash is a value we do not publish.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 Private Client & Estates practice as a whole, the widest gap is the partner share, which is higher here: 57.1% against 32.6%. Year on year it moved with the Private Client & Estates practice as a whole: both flat.
Over the three years to October 2026, 59 lawyers moved in Charities & Philanthropy, 28 of them partners (47.5%). They joined 41 different firms. 16.9% stepped up a level on the move and 36.2% changed city, against 12.3% and 21.6% across the market over the same three years. 59.0% came from firms with 1,000+ lawyers.
- Partner57.1%
- Associate42.9%
At 57.1%, the partner share of arrivals sits above the market's 27.7%.
- 1,000+ lawyers59.0%
- 400-999 lawyers23.1%
- 150-399 lawyers15.4%
Firms in the 400-999 lawyers class took 60.0% of arrivals, against 23.4% across the market.
With volume in Charities & Philanthropy holding level, a hire depends on a specific reason to move, which a firm has to put in front of the candidate.
Time to partner in Charities & Philanthropy
41 lawyers were promoted to partner in Charities & Philanthropy 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 14.0 years, against a market median of 10.0 years. 64.7% made partner within 12 years.
These figures rest on 34 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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