Registered Funds: lateral monitor

From November 2025 to October 2026, Sartori & Partners recorded 36 lateral moves in Registered Funds. Year on year, on windows that end a month early, the count grew 53.8% (26 to 40). That runs ahead of the wider market, which moved +9.0%.

Over the three years to October 2026, 89 lawyers moved in Registered Funds, 42 of them partners (47.2%). They joined 47 different firms. 10.1% stepped up a level on the move and 19.3% changed city, against 12.3% and 21.6% across the market over the same three years. 81.9% came from firms with 1,000+ lawyers.

This is a partner market: 47.2% of movers were partners, against 27.7% market-wide. A step up in title came with 16.7% of moves (market 12.9%).

The 12-month firm table is below our naming threshold, so this part reads the three years to October 2026. 47 firms hired at least one lateral in Registered Funds in the window. The ten firms at the head of the hiring table took 52.8% of arrivals (12.2% market-wide), so hiring here is concentrated. First on the hiring table is Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, with arrivals in the 6-10 band.

City figures here cover the three years to October 2026. Washington, DC ranks first among destination cities with 27.0% of arrivals.

There were 46 open roles in Registered Funds on law-firm career pages on November 11, 2026.

A firm recruiting in Registered Funds is buying into a rising, partner-heavy flow, so the strongest candidates will hear from more than one firm.

Sartori & Partners data count 303 dated deals in Registered Funds in the 12 months to October 2026 and 924 over the three years to October 2026.

M&A work is involved in 26.5% of them and Capital markets in 16.8%.

By client industry, Asset Management & Funds comes first with 94.3%.

Dechert ranks first among advising firms over the period, in the 151-250 band.