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Consumer Protection: lateral monitor
Lawyers whose work centers on Consumer Protection and who changed firm over the last 12 months, set against the Regulatory & Compliance practice and the market.
The last 12 months: November 2025 to October 2026
- 74
- Lateral moves, 12 monthsNovember 2025 to October 2026
- +40.4%
- Year on yearSettled 12-month windows
- 59.5%
- Partner share of moves
- 48
- Firms that hired
What the data show
From November 2025 to October 2026, Sartori & Partners recorded 74 lateral moves in Consumer Protection. On settled windows the count went from 52 to 73, up 40.4% year on year. The market as a whole moved +9.0%, so this flow outpaced it.
| Measure | Here | Regulatory & Compliance | Market |
|---|---|---|---|
| Partner share of moves | 59.5% | 42.5% | 27.7% |
| Counsel share of moves | 12.2% | 16.0% | 12.7% |
| Associate share of moves | 28.4% | 40.5% | 58.5% |
| Moved up a level | 16.2% | 14.7% | 12.9% |
| Changed city | 20.7% | 18.4% | 20.5% |
| Hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers | 66.2% | 53.1% | 53.6% |
| Year on year | rose (+40.4%) | flat (+0.5%) | 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 A dash is a value we do not publish.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.
Set against the Regulatory & Compliance practice as a whole, the partner share stands out most: 59.5% here against 42.5%, above it. Year on year it rose while the Regulatory & Compliance practice as a whole held flat.
Over the three years to October 2026, 193 lawyers moved in Consumer Protection, 99 of them partners (51.3%). They joined 97 different firms. 16.6% stepped up a level on the move and 21.5% changed city, against 12.3% and 21.6% across the market over the same three years. 61.3% came from firms with 1,000+ lawyers.
- Partner59.5%
- Counsel12.2%
- Associate28.4%
This is a partner market: 59.5% of movers were partners, against 27.7% market-wide. Year on year, on windows that end a month early, partner moves alone grew 68.0% (25 to 42). A step up in title came with 16.2% of moves (market 12.9%).
Lateral hires in Consumer Protection were spread across 48 firms. The ten firms at the head of the hiring table took 44.4% of arrivals (12.9% market-wide), so hiring here is concentrated. First on the hiring table is Womble Bond Dickinson, with arrivals in the 6-10 band.
- 1,000+ lawyers61.3%
- 400-999 lawyers24.5%
- 150-399 lawyers4.9%
- under 150 lawyers9.2%
City figures here cover the three years to October 2026. Washington, DC ranks first among destination cities with 16.6% of arrivals, followed by New York (11.9%). 20.7% of movers also changed city, against 20.5% market-wide.
There were 61 open roles in Consumer Protection on law-firm career pages on November 11, 2026.
For a firm hiring in Consumer Protection, the pool is moving and partners are part of it: expect competing offers and budget time for a contested process.
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 | Womble Bond Dickinson | 6-10 |
| 2 | Goodwin Procter | 6-10 |
| 3 | Hogan Lovells Cadwalader | 3-5 |
| 4 | Hinshaw & Culbertson | 3-5 |
| 5 | Eversheds Sutherland | 3-5 |
| Rank | Firm | Moves (band) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Womble Bond Dickinson | 6-10 |
| 2 | Goodwin Procter | 3-5 |
Time to partner in Consumer Protection
31 lawyers were promoted to partner in Consumer Protection in the 12 months to May 2026, 130 over five years, according to Sartori & Partners data.
The median time from first year of practice to partner is 10.0 years, with the middle half between 9.0 years and 13.0 years, against a market median of 10.0 years. 73.5% made partner within 12 years.
These figures rest on 102 promotions.
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- Consumer Protection Lawyer Hiring Rose 40.4%, Led by Partners
Lateral moves by consumer protection lawyers rose 40.4%, from 52 to 73, in a year when their regulatory and compliance practice held flat (+0.5%). Partners carried the rise: partner moves went from 25 to 42.
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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