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Public Company Reporting: lateral monitor
Lawyers whose work centers on Public Company Reporting and who changed firm over the last 12 months, set against the Capital Markets practice and the market.
The last 12 months: November 2025 to October 2026
- 131
- Lateral moves, 12 monthsNovember 2025 to October 2026
- -2.2%
- Year on yearSettled 12-month windows
- 25.2%
- Partner share of moves
- 83
- Firms that hired
What the data show
Sartori & Partners data show 131 lateral moves in Public Company Reporting from November 2025 to October 2026. Year on year the count held level (134 to 131 on settled windows, -2.2%). That trails the wider market, which moved +9.0%.
| Measure | Here | Capital Markets | Market |
|---|---|---|---|
| Partner share of moves | 25.2% | 31.5% | 27.7% |
| Counsel share of moves | 13.7% | 11.5% | 12.7% |
| Associate share of moves | 61.1% | 56.5% | 58.5% |
| Moved up a level | 11.5% | 15.1% | 12.9% |
| Changed city | 24.5% | 23.8% | 20.5% |
| Hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers | 59.5% | 69.1% | 53.6% |
| Year on year | flat (-2.2%) | flat (+6.7%) | 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 A dash is a value we do not publish.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 Capital Markets practice as a whole, the share hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers stands out most: 59.5% here against 69.1%, below it. Year on year it moved with the Capital Markets practice as a whole: both flat.
Over the three years to October 2026, 368 lawyers moved in Public Company Reporting, 112 of them partners (30.4%). They joined 141 different firms. 13.0% stepped up a level on the move and 22.4% changed city, against 12.3% and 21.6% across the market over the same three years. 68.6% came from firms with 1,000+ lawyers.
- Partner25.2%
- Counsel13.7%
- Associate61.1%
Partners account for 25.2% of movers, near the market's 27.7%. On settled windows partner moves alone went from 44 to 33 (-25.0%), a change inside the noise of the two counts, so we read it as flat. 11.5% of movers stepped up a level when they changed firm, against 12.9% for the market.
- 1,000+ lawyers59.5%
- 400-999 lawyers26.7%
- 150-399 lawyers10.7%
Lateral hires in Public Company Reporting were spread across 83 firms. Ten firms account for 29.8% of arrivals, against 12.9% across the market: moderately concentrated. First on the hiring table is Cooley, with arrivals in the 6-10 band.
- 1,000+ lawyers68.6%
- 400-999 lawyers19.0%
- 150-399 lawyers7.3%
- under 150 lawyers5.1%
New York ranks first among destination cities with 33.6% of arrivals. A change of city came with 24.5% of moves (market 20.5%).
There were 130 open roles in Public Company Reporting on law-firm career pages on November 11, 2026.
With volume in Public Company Reporting 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 | Cooley | 6-10 |
| 2 | Loeb & Loeb | 3-5 |
| 3 | Paul Hastings | 3-5 |
| 4 | Latham & Watkins | 3-5 |
| 5 | Jones Day | 3-5 |
| 6 | Baker McKenzie | 3-5 |
| 7 | Sidley Austin | 3-5 |
| 8 | White & Case | 3-5 |
| 9 | Ashurst Perkins Coie | 3-5 |
| 10 | Ropes & Gray | 3-5 |
Deals in Public Company Reporting
Sartori & Partners data count 2,940 dated deals in Public Company Reporting in the 12 months to October 2026 and 8,312 over the three years to October 2026.
Capital markets work is involved in 98.1% of them.
By client industry, Pharma & Biotech comes first with 18.7%.
Ellenoff Grossman & Schole ranks first among advising firms over the period, in the 401-700 band.
| Rank | Firm | Deals (band) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ellenoff Grossman & Schole | 401-700 |
| 2 | Sichenzia Ross Ference Carmel | 401-700 |
| 3 | Davis Polk & Wardwell | 251-400 |
| 4 | Latham & Watkins | 251-400 |
| 5 | Cooley | 251-400 |
| 6 | Sullivan & Worcester | 251-400 |
| 7 | Simpson Thacher & Bartlett | 151-250 |
| 8 | Lucosky Brookman | 151-250 |
| 9 | Goodwin Procter | 151-250 |
| 10 | Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates | 151-250 |
Time to partner in Public Company Reporting
39 lawyers were promoted to partner in Public Company Reporting in the 12 months to May 2026, 226 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. 84.4% made partner within 12 years.
These figures rest on 186 promotions.
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Reports
- Public Company Reporting Hiring Is Associate-Led: 61.1% of Moves
Associates were 61.1% of public company reporting moves and partners 25.2%, against 31.5% partners in capital markets and 27.7% market-wide. Partner hiring held flat (-25.0%).
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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