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Reinsurance: lateral monitor
Lawyers whose work centers on Reinsurance and who changed firm over the last 12 months, set against the Insurance & Reinsurance practice and the market.
The last 12 months: November 2025 to October 2026
- 47
- Lateral moves, 12 monthsNovember 2025 to October 2026
- -7.7%
- Year on yearSettled 12-month windows
- 36.2%
- Partner share of moves
- 31
- Firms that hired
What the data show
From November 2025 to October 2026, Sartori & Partners recorded 47 lateral moves in Reinsurance. On settled windows the count went from 52 to 48 (-7.7%), a change inside the noise of the two counts, so we read it as flat.
| Measure | Here | Insurance & Reinsurance | Market |
|---|---|---|---|
| Partner share of moves | 36.2% | 30.5% | 27.7% |
| Counsel share of moves | 10.6% | 16.2% | 12.7% |
| Associate share of moves | 53.2% | 52.7% | 58.5% |
| Moved up a level (three years) | 13.3% | 14.2% | 12.3% |
| Changed city (three years) | 10.7% | 18.2% | 21.6% |
| Hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers | 58.7% | 46.1% | 53.6% |
| Year on year | flat (-7.7%) | flat (+2.5%) | 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 A dash is a value we do not publish.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 Insurance & Reinsurance practice as a whole, the share hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers stands out most: 58.7% here against 46.1%, above it. Year on year it moved with the Insurance & Reinsurance practice as a whole: both flat.
Over the three years to October 2026, 150 lawyers moved in Reinsurance, 58 of them partners (38.7%). They joined 78 different firms. 13.3% stepped up a level on the move and 10.7% changed city, against 12.3% and 21.6% across the market over the same three years. 63.2% came from firms with 1,000+ lawyers.
- Partner36.2%
- Counsel10.6%
- Associate53.2%
Partners make up 36.2% of arrivals, against 27.7% across the market: a partner-heavy flow.
The 12-month firm table is below our naming threshold, so this part reads the three years to October 2026. 78 firms hired at least one lateral in Reinsurance in the window. Ten firms account for 36.9% of arrivals, against 12.2% across the market: concentrated. DAC Beachcroft ranks first by lateral arrivals, in the 6-10 band.
- 1,000+ lawyers63.2%
- 400-999 lawyers15.8%
- 150-399 lawyers9.6%
- under 150 lawyers11.4%
City figures here cover the three years to October 2026. By city, London comes first (29.3% of arrivals), then New York (19.3%).
There were 54 open roles in Reinsurance on law-firm career pages on November 11, 2026.
For a firm planning a hire in Reinsurance, 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 | DAC Beachcroft | 6-10 |
| 2 | DWF | 6-10 |
| 3 | Clyde & Co | 6-10 |
| 4 | Kennedys Law | 6-10 |
| 5 | Dentons | 6-10 |
| 6 | Norton Rose Fulbright | 3-5 |
| 7 | Simmons & Simmons | 3-5 |
| 8 | Troutman Pepper Locke | 3-5 |
| 9 | Debevoise & Plimpton | 3-5 |
| 10 | Mayer Brown | 3-5 |
Deals in Reinsurance
Sartori & Partners data count 32 dated deals in Reinsurance in the 12 months to October 2026 and 75 over the three years to October 2026.
By client industry, Insurance comes first with 84.0%.
Debevoise & Plimpton ranks first among advising firms over the period, in the 11-20 band.
| Rank | Firm | Deals (band) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Debevoise & Plimpton | 11-20 |
| 2 | Sidley Austin | 11-20 |
| 3 | Willkie Farr & Gallagher | 6-10 |
| 4 | Linklaters | 3-5 |
| 5 | Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates | 3-5 |
| 6 | Hogan Lovells Cadwalader | 3-5 |
| 7 | Mayer Brown | 3-5 |
| 8 | Latham & Watkins | 3-5 |
| 9 | Holman Fenwick Willan | 3-5 |
Time to partner in Reinsurance
87 lawyers were promoted to partner in Reinsurance over five years, according to Sartori & Partners data.
The median time from first year of practice to partner is 11.0 years, with the middle half between 10.0 years and 13.0 years, against a market median of 10.0 years. 70.5% made partner within 12 years.
These figures rest on 61 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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