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Supply Chain & Manufacturing: lateral monitor
Lawyers whose work centers on Supply Chain & Manufacturing and who changed firm over the last 12 months, set against the Commercial Contracts practice and the market.
The last 12 months: November 2025 to October 2026
- 31
- Lateral moves, 12 monthsNovember 2025 to October 2026
- 51.6%
- Partner share of moves
- 26
- Firms that hired
- 76
- Lateral moves, three yearsThree years to October 2026
What the data show
From November 2025 to October 2026, Sartori & Partners recorded 31 lateral moves in Supply Chain & Manufacturing.
| Measure | Here | Commercial Contracts | Market |
|---|---|---|---|
| Partner share of moves | 51.6% | 32.2% | 27.7% |
| Counsel share of moves (three years) | 13.2% | 11.8% | 12.1% |
| Associate share of moves | 38.7% | 53.4% | 58.5% |
| Moved up a level | 22.6% | 18.6% | 12.9% |
| Changed city (three years) | 25.0% | 24.4% | 21.6% |
| Hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers | 56.7% | 45.3% | 53.6% |
| Year on year | - | flat (+15.7%) | 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 A dash is a value we do not publish.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 Commercial Contracts practice as a whole, the partner share stands out most: 51.6% here against 32.2%, above it.
Over the three years to October 2026, 76 lawyers moved in Supply Chain & Manufacturing, 39 of them partners (51.3%). They joined 55 different firms. 23.7% stepped up a level on the move and 25.0% changed city, against 12.3% and 21.6% across the market over the same three years. 64.4% came from firms with 1,000+ lawyers.
- Partner51.6%
- Associate38.7%
Partners make up 51.6% of arrivals, against 27.7% across the market: a partner-heavy flow. 22.6% of movers stepped up a level when they changed firm, against 12.9% for the market.
- 1,000+ lawyers56.7%
- 400-999 lawyers26.7%
There were 54 open roles in Supply Chain & Manufacturing on law-firm career pages on November 11, 2026.
- 1,000+ lawyers64.4%
- 400-999 lawyers13.6%
- 150-399 lawyers15.3%
Lateral hires in Supply Chain & Manufacturing were spread across 26 firms. Firms in the 1,000+ lawyers class took 56.7% of arrivals, against 53.6% across the market.
Deals in Supply Chain & Manufacturing
Sartori & Partners data count 36 over the three years to October 2026.
Other work is involved in 58.3% of them.
Time to partner in Supply Chain & Manufacturing
56 lawyers were promoted to partner in Supply Chain & Manufacturing over five years, according to Sartori & Partners data.
The median time from first year of practice to partner is 10.0 years, with the middle half between 8.0 years and 13.0 years, against a market median of 10.0 years. 73.0% made partner within 12 years.
These figures rest on 37 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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