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International Tax & Transfer Pricing: lateral monitor
Lawyers whose work centers on International Tax & Transfer Pricing and who changed firm over the last 12 months, set against the Tax practice and the market.
The last 12 months: November 2025 to October 2026
- 46
- Lateral moves, 12 monthsNovember 2025 to October 2026
- +14.6%
- Year on yearSettled 12-month windows
- 60.9%
- Partner share of moves
- 38
- Firms that hired
What the data show
Sartori & Partners data show 46 lateral moves in International Tax & Transfer Pricing from November 2025 to October 2026. On settled windows the count went from 41 to 47 (+14.6%), a change inside the noise of the two counts, so we read it as flat.
| Measure | Here | Tax | Market |
|---|---|---|---|
| Partner share of moves | 60.9% | 37.9% | 27.7% |
| Counsel share of moves | 15.2% | 12.6% | 12.7% |
| Associate share of moves | 23.9% | 48.5% | 58.5% |
| Moved up a level | 19.6% | 15.5% | 12.9% |
| Changed city | 16.2% | 21.1% | 20.5% |
| Hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers | 56.5% | 49.9% | 53.6% |
| Year on year | flat (+14.6%) | rose (+23.8%) | 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 A dash is a value we do not publish.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 Tax practice as a whole, the widest gap is the associate share, which is lower here: 23.9% against 48.5%. Year on year it held flat while the Tax practice as a whole rose.
Over the three years to October 2026, 129 lawyers moved in International Tax & Transfer Pricing, 69 of them partners (53.5%). They joined 84 different firms. 20.9% stepped up a level on the move and 19.8% changed city, against 12.3% and 21.6% across the market over the same three years. 52.4% came from firms with 1,000+ lawyers.
- Partner60.9%
- Counsel15.2%
- Associate23.9%
This is a partner market: 60.9% of movers were partners, against 27.7% market-wide. 19.6% of movers stepped up a level when they changed firm, against 12.9% for the market.
- 1,000+ lawyers56.5%
- 400-999 lawyers30.4%
The 12-month firm table is below our naming threshold, so this part reads the three years to October 2026. 84 firms hired at least one lateral in International Tax & Transfer Pricing in the window. Ten firms account for 30.2% of arrivals, against 12.2% across the market: concentrated. First on the hiring table is DLA Piper, with arrivals in the 6-10 band.
- 1,000+ lawyers52.4%
- 400-999 lawyers22.9%
- 150-399 lawyers13.3%
- under 150 lawyers11.4%
16.2% of movers also changed city, against 20.5% market-wide.
There were 58 open roles in International Tax & Transfer Pricing on law-firm career pages on November 11, 2026.
For a firm planning a hire in International Tax & Transfer Pricing, 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 | DLA Piper | 6-10 |
| 2 | Greenberg Traurig | 3-5 |
| 3 | White & Case | 3-5 |
| 4 | Baker McKenzie | 3-5 |
| 5 | Ashurst Perkins Coie | 3-5 |
| 6 | McDermott Will & Schulte | 3-5 |
| 7 | CMS | 3-5 |
| 8 | Baker Botts | 3-5 |
| 9 | Morgan, Lewis & Bockius | 3-5 |
Deals in International Tax & Transfer Pricing
Sartori & Partners data count 33 over the three years to October 2026.
Time to partner in International Tax & Transfer Pricing
71 lawyers were promoted to partner in International Tax & Transfer Pricing 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 11.5 years, against a market median of 10.0 years. 79.1% made partner within 12 years.
These figures rest on 43 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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