Fund Finance: lateral monitor

From November 2025 to October 2026, Sartori & Partners recorded 119 lateral moves in Fund Finance. Measured on settled 12-month windows, 122 moves against 91 the year before, the count rose 34.1%. That runs ahead of the wider market, which moved +9.0%.

Over the three years to October 2026, 300 lawyers moved in Fund Finance, 103 of them partners (34.3%). They joined 98 different firms. 11.7% stepped up a level on the move and 19.6% changed city, against 12.3% and 21.6% across the market over the same three years. 68.0% came from firms with 1,000+ lawyers.

Partners make up 35.3% of arrivals, against 27.7% across the market: a partner-heavy flow. On settled windows partner moves alone went from 34 to 41 (+20.6%), a change inside the noise of the two counts, so we read it as flat. 12.6% of movers stepped up a level when they changed firm, against 12.9% for the market.

Lateral hires in Fund Finance were spread across 48 firms. Ten firms account for 56.3% of arrivals, against 12.9% across the market: concentrated. First on the hiring table is Sidley Austin, with arrivals in the 11-20 band.

New York ranks first among destination cities with 31.1% of arrivals, followed by London (26.1%). 18.0% of movers also changed city, against 20.5% market-wide.

There were 110 open roles in Fund Finance on law-firm career pages on November 11, 2026.

For a firm hiring in Fund Finance, the pool is moving and partners are part of it: expect competing offers and budget time for a contested process.

Sartori & Partners data count 51 over the three years to October 2026.

Banking & lending work is involved in 56.9% of them.

Davis Polk & Wardwell ranks first among advising firms over the period, in the 11-20 band.