Environment & Sustainability · speciality monitor
Waste & Remediation: lateral monitor
Lawyers whose work centers on Waste & Remediation and who changed firm over the last 12 months, set against the Environment & Sustainability practice and the market.
The last 12 months: November 2025 to October 2026
- 62
- Lateral moves, 12 monthsNovember 2025 to October 2026
- -15.6%
- Year on yearSettled 12-month windows
- 41.9%
- Partner share of moves
- 53
- Firms that hired
What the data show
In the Sartori & Partners lateral record, 62 lawyers joined a new firm in Waste & Remediation from November 2025 to October 2026. On settled windows the count went from 77 to 65 (-15.6%), a change inside the noise of the two counts, so we read it as flat.
| Measure | Here | Environment & Sustainability | Market |
|---|---|---|---|
| Partner share of moves | 41.9% | 32.9% | 27.7% |
| Counsel share of moves | 22.6% | 19.5% | 12.7% |
| Associate share of moves | 35.5% | 46.4% | 58.5% |
| Moved up a level | 16.1% | 16.8% | 12.9% |
| Changed city | 10.2% | 20.2% | 20.5% |
| Hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers | 29.0% | 44.0% | 53.6% |
| Year on year | flat (-15.6%) | flat (+7.1%) | 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 A dash is a value we do not publish.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 Environment & Sustainability practice as a whole, the widest gap is the share hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers, which is lower here: 29.0% against 44.0%. Year on year it moved with the Environment & Sustainability practice as a whole: both flat.
Over the three years to October 2026, 233 lawyers moved in Waste & Remediation, 99 of them partners (42.5%). They joined 141 different firms. 15.0% stepped up a level on the move and 20.8% changed city, against 12.3% and 21.6% across the market over the same three years. 38.1% came from firms with 1,000+ lawyers.
- Partner41.9%
- Counsel22.6%
- Associate35.5%
This is a partner market: 41.9% of movers were partners, against 27.7% market-wide. On settled windows partner moves alone went from 38 to 25 (-34.2%), a change inside the noise of the two counts, so we read it as flat. 16.1% of movers stepped up a level when they changed firm, against 12.9% for the market.
- 1,000+ lawyers29.0%
- 400-999 lawyers35.5%
- 150-399 lawyers25.8%
- under 150 lawyers9.7%
The 12-month firm table is below our naming threshold, so this part reads the three years to October 2026. Lateral hires in Waste & Remediation were spread across 141 firms. The ten firms at the head of the hiring table took 22.5% of arrivals (12.2% market-wide), so hiring here is moderately concentrated. First on the hiring table is Stoel Rives, with arrivals in the 6-10 band.
- 1,000+ lawyers38.1%
- 400-999 lawyers23.8%
- 150-399 lawyers22.5%
- under 150 lawyers15.6%
City figures here cover the three years to October 2026. New York ranks first among destination cities with 10.7% of arrivals. 10.2% of movers also changed city, against 20.5% market-wide.
There were 33 open roles in Waste & Remediation on law-firm career pages on November 11, 2026.
With volume in Waste & Remediation 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 | Stoel Rives | 6-10 |
| 2 | Holland & Knight | 3-5 |
| 3 | McCarter & English | 3-5 |
| 4 | Troutman Pepper Locke | 3-5 |
| 5 | Jones Day | 3-5 |
| 6 | Holland & Hart | 3-5 |
| 7 | Fox Rothschild | 3-5 |
| 8 | Dentons | 3-5 |
| 9 | Dorsey & Whitney | 3-5 |
| 10 | Nixon Peabody | 3-5 |
Deals in Waste & Remediation
Sartori & Partners data count 36 over the three years to October 2026.
Disputes & investigations work is involved in 63.9% of them.
Time to partner in Waste & Remediation
100 lawyers were promoted to partner in Waste & Remediation 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 9.0 years and 13.0 years, against a market median of 10.0 years. 71.6% made partner within 12 years.
These figures rest on 81 promotions.
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Reports
- Waste and Remediation Lawyers Move Without Moving City in 2026
Waste and remediation laterals changed city at 10.2% against 20.5% for the market, and most joined firms outside the 1,000+ lawyers class. Hiring held flat, so a search here is local and slow by nature.
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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