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Health Care Transactions: lateral monitor
Lawyers whose work centers on Health Care Transactions and who changed firm over the last 12 months, set against the Health Care practice and the market.
The last 12 months: November 2025 to October 2026
- 82
- Lateral moves, 12 monthsNovember 2025 to October 2026
- -6.7%
- Year on yearSettled 12-month windows
- 47.6%
- Partner share of moves
- 47
- Firms that hired
What the data show
Sartori & Partners data show 82 lateral moves in Health Care Transactions from November 2025 to October 2026. On settled windows the count went from 89 to 83 (-6.7%), a change inside the noise of the two counts, so we read it as flat.
| Measure | Here | Health Care | Market |
|---|---|---|---|
| Partner share of moves | 47.6% | 36.3% | 27.7% |
| Counsel share of moves (three years) | 13.9% | 13.8% | 12.1% |
| Associate share of moves | 48.8% | 50.1% | 58.5% |
| Moved up a level (three years) | 13.4% | 14.8% | 12.3% |
| Changed city | 22.0% | 17.3% | 20.5% |
| Hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers | 48.8% | 48.5% | 53.6% |
| Year on year | flat (-6.7%) | rose (+14.5%) | 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 A dash is a value we do not publish.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 Health Care practice as a whole, the partner share stands out most: 47.6% here against 36.3%, above it. Year on year it held flat while the Health Care practice as a whole rose.
Over the three years to October 2026, 238 lawyers moved in Health Care Transactions, 114 of them partners (47.9%). They joined 102 different firms. 13.4% stepped up a level on the move and 24.9% changed city, against 12.3% and 21.6% across the market over the same three years. 48.0% came from firms with 1,000+ lawyers.
- Partner47.6%
- Associate48.8%
At 47.6%, the partner share of arrivals sits above the market's 27.7%. On settled 12-month windows partner moves alone showed no clear change: 40 against 41 (-2.4%).
- 1,000+ lawyers48.8%
- 400-999 lawyers28.0%
- 150-399 lawyers19.5%
47 firms hired at least one lateral in Health Care Transactions in the window. Ten firms account for 51.2% of arrivals, against 12.9% across the market: concentrated. First on the hiring table is Polsinelli, with arrivals in the 6-10 band.
- 1,000+ lawyers48.0%
- 400-999 lawyers23.8%
- 150-399 lawyers16.3%
- under 150 lawyers11.9%
City figures here cover the three years to October 2026. New York ranks first among destination cities with 12.6% of arrivals. 22.0% of movers also changed city, against 20.5% market-wide.
There were 39 open roles in Health Care Transactions on law-firm career pages on November 11, 2026.
With volume in Health Care Transactions holding level, a hire depends on a specific reason to move, which a firm has to put in front of the candidate.
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 | Polsinelli | 6-10 |
| 2 | Bass, Berry & Sims | 6-10 |
| 3 | Hall Render Killian Heath & Lyman | 6-10 |
| 4 | McDermott Will & Schulte | 3-5 |
| 5 | Goodwin Procter | 3-5 |
| 6 | Holland & Knight | 3-5 |
| 7 | Norton Rose Fulbright | 3-5 |
| 8 | Barnes & Thornburg | 3-5 |
| 9 | Epstein Becker & Green | 3-5 |
| 10 | Bradley Arant Boult Cummings | 3-5 |
| Rank | Firm | Moves (band) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton | 6-10 |
| 2 | Epstein Becker & Green | 6-10 |
| 3 | Polsinelli | 6-10 |
| 4 | Holland & Knight | 3-5 |
| 5 | McDermott Will & Schulte | 3-5 |
| 6 | Greenberg Traurig | 3-5 |
| 7 | Bass, Berry & Sims | 3-5 |
| 8 | Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough | 3-5 |
| 9 | Taft Stettinius & Hollister | 3-5 |
| 10 | Barnes & Thornburg | 3-5 |
Deals in Health Care Transactions
Sartori & Partners data count 45 dated deals in Health Care Transactions in the 12 months to October 2026 and 117 over the three years to October 2026.
M&A work is involved in 75.2% of them.
By client industry, Healthcare Providers & Payors comes first with 95.7%.
Bass, Berry & Sims ranks first among advising firms over the period, in the 21-40 band.
| Rank | Firm | Deals (band) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bass, Berry & Sims | 21-40 |
| 2 | Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton | 11-20 |
| 3 | Polsinelli | 6-10 |
| 4 | Dykema Gossett | 6-10 |
| 5 | Robinson & Cole | 3-5 |
| 6 | Kaufman & Canoles | 3-5 |
| 7 | Foley & Lardner | 3-5 |
| 8 | Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath | 3-5 |
| 9 | Ropes & Gray | 3-5 |
| 10 | Jones Day | 3-5 |
Time to partner in Health Care Transactions
27 lawyers were promoted to partner in Health Care Transactions in the 12 months to May 2026, 148 over five years, according to Sartori & Partners data.
The median time from first year of practice to partner is 9.0 years, with the middle half between 8.0 years and 11.0 years, against a market median of 10.0 years. 85.3% made partner within 12 years.
These figures rest on 136 promotions.
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Reports
- Health Care Transactions Partners Are Made Sooner: 9.0 years
Health care transactions lawyers reach partner at a median of 9.0 years, against 10.0 years in health care and 10.0 years market-wide. Firms buy them as well: partners are 47.6% of lateral moves.
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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