https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/ Legal hiring research: pay, lateral moves, in-house search and law firm markets. en-us https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/market/lateral-move-title-step-up-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/market/lateral-move-title-step-up-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT One lateral move in eight (12.9%) brings a higher title. The step-up rate runs from 11.4% in funds to 16.8% in construction and 20.5% in family law, and from 8.4% in Chicago to 20.8% in Minneapolis. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/digital-assets-and-crypto/digital-assets-crypto-law-firms-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/digital-assets-and-crypto/digital-assets-crypto-law-firms-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Lawyers in New York worked on 58.0% of digital asset and crypto deals, the highest New York share of any sector, and Washington came second at 22.9%. Financial regulatory lawyers sit on many times the market's share of these deals, and the deal count held flat. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/financial-sponsors/private-equity-sponsor-in-house-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/financial-sponsors/private-equity-sponsor-in-house-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Three in four moves by lawyers with a financial sponsors focus, 75.2%, go to firms of 1,000+ lawyers, far above the market, real estate or food, and almost none come as a team. A sponsor hiring in-house competes with the largest firms' pay for one lawyer at a time. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/nonprofits-and-charities/nonprofit-tax-lawyer-bench-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/nonprofits-and-charities/nonprofit-tax-lawyer-bench-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Half of the lawyers with a nonprofit focus who changed firms carry tax work (52.1%) and 29.6% private client work, each at over ten times the market's share (indexes of 1,035 and 1,260). They join firms of 400-999 lawyers more often than the largest firms, and they change city more often than the market: a foundation hiring in-house counsel is hiring a tax and governance lawyer. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/abuse-of-dominance/abuse-of-dominance-lawyers-tech-matters-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/abuse-of-dominance/abuse-of-dominance-lawyers-tech-matters-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Abuse of dominance is contested work with technology companies at its center: disputes and investigations are 69.9% of the specialty's matters over 3 years, technology and software clients 28.0%. Year on year, lateral hiring held flat (-19.7%). https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/administrative-and-constitutional-law/administrative-law-partner-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/administrative-and-constitutional-law/administrative-law-partner-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Administrative and constitutional law moves numbered 104 in the settled 12 months against 133 a year earlier, so hiring fell 21.8%, while partner hiring held flat (-6.8%). Partners are now 39.6% of moves, against 34.1% in public law. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/aerospace-defence-capital-markets-counsel-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/aerospace-defence-capital-markets-counsel-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Aerospace and defense deals rose 50.7% year on year against 10.0% for capital markets deals, and capital markets lawyers sit on 36.5% of the sector's work. Lateral hiring in the practice held flat (+6.7%). https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/aerospace-and-defence/aerospace-defense-lawyer-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/aerospace-and-defence/aerospace-defense-lawyer-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Over 36 months the top 10 hirers of aerospace and defense lawyers took 35.9% of the moves, 2.9 times the top-10 share across all lateral moves. The movers are senior, with 68.5% joining as partners and 53.3% joining a firm in Washington, DC. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/aerospace-and-defence/aerospace-defense-law-firms-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/aerospace-and-defence/aerospace-defense-law-firms-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Venture and growth financings appear on 11.6% of aerospace and defense deals, 3.1 times their share of the whole market. The shift comes with the fastest deal growth of any sector we track, and with lawyers in Washington working on 26.7% of the sector's deals. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/affordable-housing/affordable-housing-lawyers-relocate-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/affordable-housing/affordable-housing-lawyers-relocate-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Affordable housing laterals change city far more often than real estate laterals, 38.9% against 20.4%, and over three years Washington, DC took 16.2% of their moves. Hiring itself held flat. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/aviation-capital-markets-counsel-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/aviation-capital-markets-counsel-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Capital markets lawyers work on 38.1% of aviation deals, more than any other practice. The aviation lawyers who changed firms are another bench: banking and finance lawyers at an index of 403 and London lawyers at 352, where the market's own share scores a hundred. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/aml-and-financial-crime/aml-lawyers-london-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/aml-and-financial-crime/aml-lawyers-london-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Over 3 years London drew 20.9% of AML and financial crime lateral moves, 2.9 times its share of white collar hiring. Volume held flat, and most of it is partner hiring. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/amsterdam/amsterdam-partner-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/amsterdam/amsterdam-partner-market-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Partners make 13.5% of lateral moves into Amsterdam firms, 48.7% of the market's partner share and far below London's 29.3%. Three years of moves say the same, and a small circle of large firms does most of the hiring. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/anti-bribery-and-corruption/anti-bribery-partner-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/anti-bribery-and-corruption/anti-bribery-partner-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Most anti-bribery laterals are partners: 60.8%, against 41.6% in white collar and 27.7% across the market. Over 3 years London and Paris sit beside Washington, DC, and hiring held flat (+17.4%). https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/antitrust-and-competition/antitrust-lateral-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/antitrust-and-competition/antitrust-lateral-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Antitrust partners move to a short list of firms: the top 10 hirers took 32.5% of partner moves, 2.4 times the market's 13.5%, and most arrivals land at firms of 1,000+ lawyers. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/antitrust-litigation/antitrust-litigation-hiring-by-firm-size-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/antitrust-litigation/antitrust-litigation-hiring-by-firm-size-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Antitrust litigation hiring reaches past the largest firms: firms of 1,000+ lawyers took 57.3% of moves against 85.2% in merger control, and the top 10 hirers took 28.0% against 50.0%. Year on year, hiring held flat (-3.8%). https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/antitrust-and-competition/antitrust-deals-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/antitrust-and-competition/antitrust-deals-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Antitrust work on the public record is small in count and very large per matter: the 8.7% of matters that disclose a value have a median of $8,300 million. Regulatory reviews, a sliver of the deal market, make up 30.7% of the practice. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/antitrust-and-competition/antitrust-path-to-partner-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/antitrust-and-competition/antitrust-path-to-partner-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Antitrust fills more of its partner seats by promotion than the average practice, and unlike employment law it does not keep associates waiting: 79.7% of its new partners got there within 12 years, against 75.4% market-wide. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/appellate/appellate-lawyers-washington-dc-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/appellate/appellate-lawyers-washington-dc-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Appellate hiring centers on Washington, DC, at an index of 280 against New York's 93, and it is a partner market: 48.2% of moves, against 27.4% in litigation. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/artificial-intelligence/ai-lawyers-hiring-growth-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/artificial-intelligence/ai-lawyers-hiring-growth-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Sartori & Partners data show artificial intelligence hiring rose 42.5% while the market rose 9.0%, with partners and London carrying more of it than anywhere else in the technology practice. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/asset-finance/asset-finance-lawyers-aviation-work-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/asset-finance/asset-finance-lawyers-aviation-work-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Asset finance is transport work as much as bank work: aviation clients appear in 22.4% of the speciality's matters, transportation in 15.4% and shipping in 12.6%, beside banks at 30.4%. Lateral hiring rose 43.6%, and London's share of moves indexes at 360 against the market. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/asset-management-and-funds/asset-management-funds-legal-work-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/asset-management-and-funds/asset-management-funds-legal-work-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Deal work for asset managers and funds held flat while the whole deal market grew. The work splits across funds, M&A, capital markets and real estate, one firm sits alone in the highest adviser band, and disclosed values run high. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/asset-manager-finance-counsel-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/asset-manager-finance-counsel-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Only three firms appear on both the asset manager and the banking and finance adviser lists. The sector list opens with Dechert a band clear of the rest, the finance list with three firms sharing the 151-250 band. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/asset-manager-fund-counsel-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/asset-manager-fund-counsel-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Asset managers buy their deal counsel from a short list. Dechert sits a band above every other adviser on the sector's list, two firms share the top band of the funds practice's list, and 27.0% of the sector's deals were handled with lawyers in Washington, 2.0 times the share for bank deals. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/asset-manager-ma-counsel-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/asset-manager-ma-counsel-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT The pair runs below the market both ways. Corporate and M&A lawyers worked on 14.8% of asset manager deals over 12 months, against 23.3% of all dated deals, and asset managers were 3.1% of the M&A practice's deals, against 4.9% of all dated deals. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/real-estate/real-estate-london-client-mix-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/real-estate/real-estate-london-client-mix-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT London real estate work leans on investor clients far more than New York's does. Lateral hiring into the London cell held flat (-10.1%) while hiring in the practice as a whole rose 7.9%. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/guides/time-to-partner-by-practice-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/guides/time-to-partner-by-practice-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Deal practices promote a year sooner than the market's 10.0 years, immigration and family lawyers wait longer, and restructuring names only 0.47 partners from within for each lateral partner it hires. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/atlanta/atlanta-associate-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/atlanta/atlanta-associate-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Atlanta's lateral count held flat while the market grew and partner hiring fell 25.9%, leaving lawyers below partner to carry the city. Atlanta firms also list fewer openings against their lateral volume than firms in Denver or San Diego. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/atlanta/atlanta-partner-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/atlanta/atlanta-partner-market-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Litigation is where Atlanta partner hiring runs above the market, at an index of 133, and insurance, product liability and construction over-index at every level. Atlanta firms also promote 0.90 partners for each lateral partner they hire, against 0.79 across the market. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/litigation-and-disputes/litigation-atlanta-local-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/litigation-and-disputes/litigation-atlanta-local-market-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Atlanta litigation is hired from inside Atlanta: 8.8% of moves came with a change of city, against 19.6% for litigation across the practice and 17.2% for Atlanta as a whole. The buyers are smaller too: firms of 1,000+ lawyers took 30.2% of the moves, against 43.3% across litigation. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/austin/austin-associate-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/austin/austin-associate-market-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Austin's share of open law-firm roles is 1.1 times its share of lateral moves, while Dallas sits at 0.6 and Houston at 0.7. Associates make up most Austin moves, and litigation leads them. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/austin/austin-partner-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/austin/austin-partner-market-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Austin lawyers leave firms for companies at a higher rate than in the market or in Dallas, and firms of 150-399 lawyers take 2.3 times their market share of Austin lateral moves. A partner hire here competes on two fronts at once. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/automotive-ip-counsel-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/automotive-ip-counsel-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Lawyers who focus on the automotive sector and changed firms rose 28.1% in a year, and they are litigators first: product liability lawyers are on 34.2% of those moves, at an index of 502 against the market. Lateral hiring of IP lawyers held flat (+7.2%), while IP lawyers sit on 13.0% of automotive deals. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/automotive/automotive-industry-law-firms-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/automotive/automotive-industry-law-firms-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Lawyers in Frankfurt, Munich, Düsseldorf, Hamburg and Berlin all rank among the ten cities where automotive deals are handled, a German footprint no other sector matches. The mix of deal types sits near the market; product liability runs at 2.9 times its market share. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/automotive/automotive-litigation-partners-moving-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/automotive/automotive-litigation-partners-moving-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Partner moves among automotive lawyers rose 43.8% year on year while the market's rose 8.4%. The movers are litigators, heavy on product liability, and law firms are bidding for them. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/automotive-ma-counsel-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/automotive-ma-counsel-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Automotive clients averaged 2.4 deals each over 12 months, against 1.8 across corporate and M&A, and corporate lawyers worked on 28.0% of the sector's deals. Capital markets lawyers sit on slightly more. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/aviation/aviation-finance-lawyer-bench-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/aviation/aviation-finance-lawyer-bench-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT About six in ten lawyers with an aviation focus who changed firms were associates (60.0%), while partners lead the transportation and aerospace benches. Banking & Finance appears on 56.2% of the moves and London took 32.5%: an airline or lessor hiring in-house will find finance associates in London, not senior partners. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/bank-finance-counsel-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/bank-finance-counsel-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Banks are the banking and finance bench's largest client sector, on 17.8% of its deals. The bank-focused lawyers who change firms are mostly banking lawyers, 67.0% of them, and they join firms in Charlotte and Milan far above the market rate. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/bank-litigation-counsel-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/bank-litigation-counsel-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT The firms on the most litigation matters sit one band step apart from first place to tenth; the firms on the most bank deals spread across three bands. Only Jones Day appears on both lists. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/bank-ma-counsel-deal-size-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/bank-ma-counsel-deal-size-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Disclosed bank deals carry a median of $660 million, 2.1 times the corporate and M&A practice's $315 million. That median spans the sector's whole deal book, where capital markets lawyers sit on 51.0% of deals and M&A lawyers on 13.1%. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/banks-and-financial-institutions/banks-financial-institutions-outside-counsel-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/banks-and-financial-institutions/banks-financial-institutions-outside-counsel-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT No single firm owns bank work: the four most active advisers sit in one band, and four of the ten cities where bank deals were handled are in Europe. Capital markets and lending are 56.5% of the deals. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/bank-project-finance-counsel-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/bank-project-finance-counsel-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT The projects practice that banks hire rose 26.2% in deal count on settled 12-month windows, against 7.2% growth in bank deals. Banks sit on 10.2% of the practice's deals, so the team a bank calls for a financing got busier faster than the bank's own deal flow. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/bank-regulatory-counsel-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/bank-regulatory-counsel-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Banks and financial institutions are on 51.5% of the financial services regulatory practice's deals, just over half. From the bank's side the same deals are only 3.6% of its deal work: a practice that leans on banks is a small part of what banks hire lawyers for. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/banking-and-finance/banking-finance-deals-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/banking-and-finance/banking-finance-deals-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Banking and finance deals publish a value 1.6 times as often as capital markets deals, at a median of $545 million. Lending leads the mix, and deal counts rose 12.1% while lateral hiring in the practice rose 14.1%. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/banking-and-finance/banking-finance-lateral-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/banking-and-finance/banking-finance-lateral-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Banking and finance hiring runs on two cities. New York takes 21.5% of moves at an index of 145 and London 16.4% at 177, while Washington (50) and Los Angeles (67) sit well below their market weight. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/banking-and-finance/banking-finance-path-to-partner-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/banking-and-finance/banking-finance-path-to-partner-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Banking and finance promotes 0.57 lawyers to partner for each lateral partner it hires, against 0.79 across all practices, on a median track of 10.0 years that matches the market. The top 10 partner hirers take 25.1% of its partner moves. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/promotions/banking-finance-partner-track-by-us-city-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/promotions/banking-finance-partner-track-by-us-city-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Chicago finance lawyers made partner within 12 years 89.2% of the time, against 59.5% in Washington, DC and 73.6% in New York. For banking associates, the city sets how long the wait can run. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/mining-and-metals/mining-metals-outside-counsel-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/mining-and-metals/mining-metals-outside-counsel-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT In mining and metals, one firm sits alone in the 61-100 band of deals advised, and the work runs through Toronto, Vancouver, Perth and Sydney as well as New York and London. Sector deals rose 25.6% against 10.6% for the market, with capital markets and lending far above their market shares. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/firms/big-law-lateral-hiring-outside-new-york-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/firms/big-law-lateral-hiring-outside-new-york-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT The busiest big-firm hirers place most of their lateral intake outside New York. Houston, Nashville, Miami and London weigh far more in their hiring than in the market as a whole. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/firms/top-lateral-hirers-three-years-vs-12-months-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/firms/top-lateral-hirers-three-years-vs-12-months-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Eight firms sit in the top 10 of lateral hirers over both 3 years and 12 months. The four that traded places at the edge of the list hire in the same band as their neighbors, so the turnover is decided on a narrow margin. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/firms/most-active-lateral-hiring-firms-profile-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/firms/most-active-lateral-hiring-firms-profile-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT The ten firms that hired the most lateral lawyers share a size class, a junior tilt and a big-firm supply line. One litigation firm builds from smaller firms instead. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/boston/boston-associate-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/boston/boston-associate-market-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Boston lateral hiring over-indexes in intellectual property, at 236, and in funds, at 187, while firms of 150-399 lawyers take 1.8 times their national share of moves. Most of the year's added volume came from below partner. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/boston/boston-partner-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/boston/boston-partner-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Boston partner hiring runs through a short list of firms: the top 10 hirers took 50.0% of lateral partner arrivals, 1.9 times the New York figure. Intellectual property partners are where that demand is sharpest. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/litigation-and-disputes/litigation-boston-open-roles-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/litigation-and-disputes/litigation-boston-open-roles-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Boston firm career pages listed 46 open litigation roles on the data date, against 29 in Houston and 31 in Seattle. Completed hiring held flat, the practice weighs less in the city than in the market, and firms of 150-399 lawyers buy an outsized share. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/corporate-and-ma/corporate-ma-boston-large-firm-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/corporate-and-ma/corporate-ma-boston-large-firm-market-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Boston corporate and M&A laterals join the largest firms far more often than M&A laterals elsewhere or Boston laterals in general. The pattern holds over 3 years, and the deal work behind it leans on biotech, software and venture clients. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/intellectual-property/intellectual-property-boston-patent-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/intellectual-property/intellectual-property-boston-patent-market-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Boston hires intellectual property lawyers at more than twice the market's weight, an index of 235, and partners tilt the scale further. The lawyers who move are patent prosecutors and life-science specialists, and the work behind them is pharma and biotech. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/medical-devices/medical-device-lawyers-stay-put-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/medical-devices/medical-device-lawyers-stay-put-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Lawyers with a medical device focus change city on far fewer of their moves than the rest of the market, over one year and over three. Most of those who move are partners, with litigation, patent and health care practices, so a device company has to recruit where they already work, starting in Washington. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/bristol/bristol-partner-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/bristol/bristol-partner-market-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Bristol firms fill their benches with lawyers from other cities, London first: 43.1% of 12-month movers into the city also changed city, against 20.5% across the market. Lateral moves into Bristol rose 38.2% on the prior settled year. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/brussels/brussels-associate-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/brussels/brussels-associate-market-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Associates make 66.9% of Brussels lateral moves, yet only 9.9% of the city's moves come with a step up in title, below both the market and London. Over three years the share is lower still, at 8.7%. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/brussels/brussels-antitrust-partner-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/brussels/brussels-antitrust-partner-market-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Antitrust and competition was involved in 36.4% of Brussels lateral moves over 12 months, an index of 1,260 against the market, where London sits at 128. Firms of 1,000+ lawyers made 74.4% of the hires. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/business-immigration/business-immigration-share-of-immigration-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/business-immigration/business-immigration-share-of-immigration-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Business immigration lawyers make up 55.1% of immigration lateral hiring, and their partners reach promotion after 12.0 years against the market's 10.0 years: the same slow track as immigration as a whole. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/buyouts/buyout-lawyers-large-firm-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/buyouts/buyout-lawyers-large-firm-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Buyout lateral hiring runs through very large platforms on both sides of the move: firms of 1,000+ lawyers took 80.0% of buyout laterals, against 53.6% across the market, and were the previous firm for 79.8% of buyout movers over 3 years, against 56.6%. London, not New York, took the largest share of hires. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/calgary/calgary-partner-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/calgary/calgary-partner-market-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Firms of 400-999 lawyers took 60.0% of Calgary lateral moves over 12 months, against 41.2% in Toronto and 23.4% across the market. Hiring sits with a short list of firms, and volume was flat year on year. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/capital-markets/capital-markets-deals-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/capital-markets/capital-markets-deals-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Capital markets work rests on banks and pharma, at 1.9 and 2.0 times their shares of all deals. Deal counts rose 10.0% while lateral partner hiring in the practice held flat (+1.1%). https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/capital-markets-deal-market-firms-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/capital-markets-deal-market-firms-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Capital markets is the most concentrated deal type at the top: its two most active advisers sit in the 701-1200 band, which no firm reaches in any other type. The work rose 10.0% while lateral partner hiring in the practice held flat (+1.1%). https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/capital-markets/capital-markets-lateral-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/capital-markets/capital-markets-lateral-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Capital markets lawyers relocate more than their peers: 23.8% of movers changed city, against 20.5% market-wide. New York draws 25.0% of arrivals at an index of 169, yet it sent out slightly more lawyers than it took in, while overall volume stayed flat. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/capital-markets/capital-markets-path-to-partner-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/capital-markets/capital-markets-path-to-partner-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Capital markets lawyers make partner sooner than most: 80.1% within 12 years against 75.4%, on an average track of 10.5 years against 11.1 years. Firms still promote 0.75 partners for each lateral partner they hire, close to the market's 0.79. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/charlotte/charlotte-associate-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/charlotte/charlotte-associate-market-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Associates make up about two in three lateral moves into Charlotte law firms, 66.7% against 58.5% in the market, the highest share of any city with a larger volume. Charlotte's hiring grew 3.4 times as fast as the market's. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/banking-and-finance/banking-finance-charlotte-lateral-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/banking-and-finance/banking-finance-charlotte-lateral-market-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT In Charlotte, 23 firms made the banking and finance lateral hires of the last 12 months, and a short list of them took most of the moves. Associates were 67.7% of those moves, against 55.8% across the practice. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/charlotte/charlotte-banking-partner-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/charlotte/charlotte-banking-partner-market-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Charlotte hires lawyers for its banks first: banking and finance runs at an index of 329 against the market. Partners are a thinner slice of that hiring than elsewhere, at 18.5% of moves against 27.7%, and partner hiring held flat (+0.0%). https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/chemicals-capital-markets-counsel-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/chemicals-capital-markets-counsel-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Chemicals deal work leans toward Europe: Frankfurt lawyers worked on 12.1% of the sector's deals and London lawyers on 18.3%. Capital markets is the sector's first practice, on 37.6% of its deals. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/chemicals/chemical-industry-deals-law-firms-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/chemicals/chemical-industry-deals-law-firms-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Chemical industry deals rose 33.7% year on year while all dated deals rose 10.6%, with capital markets, M&A and banking work each above its market share. Deal teams that cover chemicals are carrying more work: a chemical company should book its advisers early. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/chemicals/chemical-industry-lawyer-bench-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/chemicals/chemical-industry-lawyer-bench-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Lawyers with a chemicals focus who changed firms over three years carried litigation, intellectual property, regulatory, environmental and product liability work, four of them far above their market share, and Washington was their first city. A chemical company with room for one in-house lawyer covers one of these risks and buys the rest outside. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/chemicals-ma-counsel-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/chemicals-ma-counsel-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT The chemicals deal count rose 33.7% year on year, 3.5 times the pace of corporate and M&A deal work, whose count rose 9.5%. Corporate lawyers worked on 33.7% of the sector's deals, a close second to capital markets lawyers. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/chicago/chicago-associate-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/chicago/chicago-associate-market-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Chicago's lateral market runs on associates, and most of them move sideways: associates were 61.6% of moves against 58.5% in the market, yet only 8.4% of Chicago movers stepped up a title, the lowest rate among the busiest US cities. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/banking-and-finance/banking-finance-chicago-relocations-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/banking-and-finance/banking-finance-chicago-relocations-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Chicago finance laterals relocate more often than finance laterals elsewhere or Chicago laterals in other practices: 29.0% changed city, and associates made 70.1% of the moves. Chicago offices still supplied at least 61.5% of arrivals over 3 years. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/employment-and-labor/employment-labor-chicago-step-ups-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/employment-and-labor/employment-labor-chicago-step-ups-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Employment lawyers who join Chicago firms step up in title far more often than the city's laterals overall and more often than employment lawyers across the practice: 16.2% against 8.4% and 13.5%. Partners are also a larger share of the moves, 30.9% against 22.4% across the practice. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/intellectual-property/intellectual-property-chicago-big-firm-departures-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/intellectual-property/intellectual-property-chicago-big-firm-departures-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Chicago IP lawyers leave firms of 1,000+ lawyers at the city's usual rate, but firms of 400-999 lawyers take 39.9% of arrivals, 1.5 times their share across Chicago. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/chicago/chicago-lateral-partner-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/chicago/chicago-lateral-partner-market-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Lateral partner hiring in Chicago held flat (-2.5%), while the market rose 8.4%. Chicago firms promote 0.94 partners for each lateral partner they hire, against 0.79 nationally: they lean on their own partners more than most markets do. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/litigation-and-disputes/litigation-chicago-partner-moves-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/litigation-and-disputes/litigation-chicago-partner-moves-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Lateral partner moves in Chicago litigation fell from 84 to 63 while the city's litigation moves at every level held flat. Promotion is the other way in: 70 Chicago litigators made partner from June 2025 to May 2026, a separate window from the lateral figures. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/corporate-and-ma/corporate-ma-chicago-hiring-growth-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/corporate-and-ma/corporate-ma-chicago-hiring-growth-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Corporate and M&A hiring in Chicago rose 49.4% on the year, ahead of the practice as a whole and of a city where total hiring held flat. Partner moves into Chicago M&A rose 61.9%, from 21 to 34. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/private-equity/private-equity-chicago-partner-track-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/private-equity/private-equity-chicago-partner-track-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Chicago private equity promotes a larger share of its partners early than Chicago as a whole, New York private equity or the practice across the market. Lateral private equity hiring in Chicago rose 56.5% while the city's hiring held flat (+9.7%). https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/product-liability-and-torts/product-liability-chicago-partner-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/product-liability-and-torts/product-liability-chicago-partner-market-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Partners took 35.0% of Chicago product liability lateral moves over 12 months, a larger share than across the practice or across Chicago. The city's index on product liability partners stands at 195, against 146 for the practice at all levels. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/real-estate/real-estate-chicago-counsel-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/real-estate/real-estate-chicago-counsel-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Chicago real estate hiring leans on the counsel tier: 17.9% of laterals against 14.6% across the practice, while partners are a thinner 23.2% against 28.9%. Smaller firms and finance-minded lawyers shape the rest. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/market/cities-gaining-lawyers-from-other-cities-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/market/cities-gaining-lawyers-from-other-cities-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Counted as arrivals from other cities against departures to them, Los Angeles gained 30 lawyers net in 12 months and Miami 29. New York, San Francisco, Dallas, Houston and Boston sent out more than they took in. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/civil-fraud-and-asset-recovery/civil-fraud-asset-recovery-hiring-rises-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/civil-fraud-and-asset-recovery/civil-fraud-asset-recovery-hiring-rises-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Lateral moves by civil fraud and asset recovery lawyers rose from 35 to 59 while litigation rose 7.5%. This is a London partner market: London took 31.0% of three-year moves, and partners 65.5% of the last 12 months. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/civil-rights-and-constitutional-litigation/civil-rights-litigators-chicago-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/civil-rights-and-constitutional-litigation/civil-rights-litigators-chicago-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Civil rights and constitutional litigation is not a New York market: over 3 years Chicago took 9.5% of lateral hires and New York 10.3%, while litigation as a whole sends 12.9% of its hires to New York and 4.6% to Chicago. Hiring held flat (+6.3%) year on year. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/class-actions/class-action-partner-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/class-actions/class-action-partner-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Class actions are a partner market inside an associate-heavy practice: partners are 40.1% of class action laterals, against 27.4% in litigation and 30.9% in commercial litigation, above the 36.5% of the past 3 years. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/cleveland/cleveland-counsel-partner-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/cleveland/cleveland-counsel-partner-market-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Counsel made 23.8% of lateral moves into Cleveland over 12 months, 1.9 times the market share and a little more than partners. The three-year record matches, and firms of 150-399 lawyers do far more of the hiring than they do nationally. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/columbus/columbus-partner-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/columbus/columbus-partner-market-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Columbus rarely recruits out of the largest firms: over three years 19.4% of its lateral hires left a firm of 1,000+ lawyers, against 56.6% in the market and 58.0% in Chicago. Most hires were already in Columbus, and volume was flat. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/commercial-contracts/commercial-contracts-lateral-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/commercial-contracts/commercial-contracts-lateral-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Commercial contracts is the practice where firms make the most partners for each one they hire: 1.18 promotions per lateral partner against 0.79 market-wide. Partner moves held flat at 39 against 38, and 40.7% of moves also carry corporate work. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/commercial-litigation/commercial-litigation-lateral-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/commercial-litigation/commercial-litigation-lateral-market-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Commercial litigation carries 31.9% of litigation moves, and its hires land in regional markets: Dallas, Seattle, Denver and Miami take well above their market weight, New York holds its weight at 97 and London sits at 36. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/commercial-real-estate-transactions/commercial-real-estate-transactions-lawyers-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/commercial-real-estate-transactions/commercial-real-estate-transactions-lawyers-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Real estate companies commission most commercial real estate transaction work, but asset managers and funds account for 16.3% of its deals. Lateral hiring held flat (+4.2%) while the practice's dated deals rose 9.6%. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/in-house/companies-hiring-lawyers-from-law-firms-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/in-house/companies-hiring-lawyers-from-law-firms-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Harvey hired the most lawyers out of law firms between May and October 2026, ahead of Amazon. The eight busiest employers mix sellers of legal technology, large technology platforms, a bank and a carmaker, and technology lawyers make the move at 30.3 per hundred lateral moves. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/in-house/hiring-compliance-counsel-from-law-firms-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/in-house/hiring-compliance-counsel-from-law-firms-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Investigations lawyers leave law firms for companies at 2.1 times the rate of regulatory and compliance lawyers. Regulatory benches lean to partners and firms are adding financial services regulatory partners, so the compliance hire that lands most easily is an investigator. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/corporate-compliance-programmes/compliance-program-lawyers-washington-dc-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/corporate-compliance-programmes/compliance-program-lawyers-washington-dc-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Corporate compliance program hiring is a Washington, DC market: over three years the capital took 37.7% of moves against 16.9% for the regulatory practice, and in the last 12 months 20.8% of movers joined at a higher title against 14.7%. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/construction-and-engineering/construction-engineering-law-firms-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/construction-and-engineering/construction-engineering-law-firms-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Construction and engineering companies buy M&A advice at 2.0 times the market's rate, from a field no firm holds: the first-ranked adviser sits in the 11-20 band of deals advised and seven of the ten busiest in the 6-10 band. Construction lawyers sit on 8.8% of these deals, a small share that still runs far above the market, so the deal panel and the projects and disputes panel are separate purchases. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/construction-contracts/construction-contract-lawyers-partner-heavy-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/construction-contracts/construction-contract-lawyers-partner-heavy-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Construction contracts hiring runs on partners, at 44.0% of moves, while counsel take 7.5%, a thinner tier than in construction as a whole. Partners can be hired from the market; the level below them mostly has to be built at home. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/construction-disputes/construction-disputes-lawyers-relocating-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/construction-disputes/construction-disputes-lawyers-relocating-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Construction disputes lawyers change city with their move more often than the market and more often than the rest of construction, and no single city holds more than 7.8% of the hires. The bench is national, and so is the search. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/construction/construction-lateral-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/construction/construction-lateral-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Construction lateral hiring held flat (-1.8%) and the partner count held flat (-4.7%), while the whole lateral market rose 9.0%. The hiring that does happen sits further from the largest firms than in any practice of its size. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/construction-and-engineering/construction-disputes-lawyer-bench-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/construction-and-engineering/construction-disputes-lawyer-bench-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Construction-focused lawyers who changed firms are disputes lawyers first: 85.7% carry litigation, 2.1 times the market's share, and 19.8% left firms of under 150 lawyers over 36 months. The sector's deals carry a different practice mix, so claims counsel is found among specialist litigators. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/construction/construction-path-to-partner-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/construction/construction-path-to-partner-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Construction firms promote 0.68 partners for each lateral partner they hire, against 0.79 market-wide, while 16.8% of construction movers join at a higher title, against 12.9%. A lawyer passed over at home can take the partner title by moving. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/consumer-retail-ma-counsel-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/consumer-retail-ma-counsel-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Consumer goods and retail deals held flat (-2.1%) year on year, while corporate and M&A deals rose 9.5% and M&A partner moves between firms rose 12.2%. Corporate lawyers sit on 23.4% of the sector's deals, so consumer companies buy M&A advice from a practice that got busier while their own sector did not. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/consumer-goods-and-retail/consumer-retail-in-house-lawyer-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/consumer-goods-and-retail/consumer-retail-in-house-lawyer-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Intellectual property is the practice named most often on consumer and retail deals, yet the lawyers with this focus who change firms are mostly partner litigators and product liability specialists. A company hiring in-house meets a senior, dispute-trained bench, not a deal bench. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/consumer-goods-ip-counsel-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/consumer-goods-ip-counsel-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Consumer goods and retail is the client sector on 8.8% of intellectual property deals, first of the twelve sectors listed, and IP lawyers sit on 31.9% of the sector's deals. The work is contested: disputes and investigations were the type on 95.3% of IP deals and 42.4% of consumer goods deals. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/consumer-financial-services/consumer-finance-lawyers-hirer-concentration-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/consumer-financial-services/consumer-finance-lawyers-hirer-concentration-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Consumer financial services hiring sits with few firms: the ten most active took 71.9% of hires against 30.6% in financial services regulatory, and hiring rose 39.1%. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/individuals-and-consumers/consumer-litigation-associate-bench-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/individuals-and-consumers/consumer-litigation-associate-bench-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Associates are 65.7% of the lawyers acting for individuals and consumers who changed firms, against 58.5% in the market, and fewer of them join the largest firms. A company hiring a consumer-claims litigator should look at associate level and beyond firms of 1,000+ lawyers. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/consumer-protection/consumer-protection-lawyer-hiring-rises-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/consumer-protection/consumer-protection-lawyer-hiring-rises-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Lateral moves by consumer protection lawyers rose 40.4%, from 52 to 73, in a year when their regulatory and compliance practice held flat (+0.5%). Partners carried the rise: partner moves went from 25 to 42. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/copyright/copyright-lawyers-media-disputes-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/copyright/copyright-lawyers-media-disputes-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Media and entertainment clients sit on 53.8% of copyright matters on record, most of them disputes, and copyright hiring over-indexes in San Francisco and Los Angeles far more than intellectual property does. Volume is flat; the map is what moved. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/market/associates-leaving-firms-for-companies-by-practice-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/market/associates-leaving-firms-for-companies-by-practice-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Corporate & M&A sends 20.1 lawyers to companies for every hundred lateral moves, against 12.3 in litigation, and associates are 76.7% of all such departures. A firm that trains corporate associates has to plan on buying part of each class back in the lateral market. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/corporate-governance/corporate-governance-partner-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/corporate-governance/corporate-governance-partner-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Corporate governance is a partner market: partners made 67.6% of its lateral moves in the 12 months to October 2026, against 29.9% in corporate and M&A. The pool is not growing: governance hiring held flat (+0.0%) year on year. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/corporate-lending/corporate-lending-deals-vs-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/corporate-lending/corporate-lending-deals-vs-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Banking and finance deal work rose 12.1% and the practice's hiring rose 14.1%, yet corporate lending lawyers are not moving more: hiring in the speciality held flat (-1.3%). https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/corporate-and-ma/corporate-ma-deals-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/corporate-and-ma/corporate-ma-deals-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT M&A is 74.6% of corporate deal work and technology is the largest client sector at 14.0%, 2.1 times its share of all deals. Corporate deals rose 9.5% while corporate lateral hiring rose 15.8%: firms are hiring ahead of the work. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/corporate-and-ma/corporate-ma-lateral-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/corporate-and-ma/corporate-ma-lateral-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Corporate and M&A lateral hiring rose 15.8% against 9.0% for the whole market, and partner hiring kept pace at 12.2%. The practice also sends more of its lawyers in-house than litigation does. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/corporate-and-ma/corporate-ma-path-to-partner-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/corporate-and-ma/corporate-ma-path-to-partner-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Corporate and M&A promotes faster than the market, with a median of 9.0 years to partner against 10.0 years, yet makes only 0.75 partners for each lateral partner it hires. Since May 2026 its moves to companies have equaled 20.1% of its lateral moves, drawn from the bench those promotions need. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/promotions/corporate-ma-partner-track-by-us-city-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/promotions/corporate-ma-partner-track-by-us-city-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Corporate lawyers in Los Angeles and San Francisco made partner within 8 years 31.8% and 31.1% of the time, against 25.4% in New York, the largest corporate bench. On the coasts' second markets the deal clock runs faster, and Chicago runs faster still. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/corporate-restructuring/corporate-restructuring-partner-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/corporate-restructuring/corporate-restructuring-partner-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Corporate restructuring fills its partner bench by hiring. Its practice promotes 0.47 partners per lateral partner, the lowest of any practice, against 0.79 market-wide, and partners are 45.0% of its laterals. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/promotions/counsel-lateral-hiring-by-practice-and-city-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/promotions/counsel-lateral-hiring-by-practice-and-city-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Counsel made 19.8% of lateral moves in pensions and benefits and 19.5% in environment, against 11.3% in corporate and 12.7% across the market. By city the share ran from 23.8% in Cleveland to 8.6% in Nashville: the counsel title travels unevenly. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/promotions/counsel-promotion-calendar-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/promotions/counsel-promotion-calendar-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Firms name more counsel than partners at midyear (204 against 135 in July 2025) and almost no counsel in the October partner round. For a firm hiring at counsel level, the summer is the date that matters. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/creditors-rights-and-collections/creditors-rights-lawyers-time-to-partner-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/creditors-rights-and-collections/creditors-rights-lawyers-time-to-partner-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Creditors' rights is one of the slower routes to partnership: a median of 11.0 years from first year of practice, and only 14.1% promoted within 8 years. The lateral market it feeds is partner-heavy, with partners at 48.6% of moves. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/crypto-capital-markets-counsel-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/crypto-capital-markets-counsel-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Crypto deal work runs through one city: New York lawyers were on 58.0% of the sector's deals, 14.4 points above fintech. Capital markets lawyers sat on 37.7% of them, ahead of corporate and financial services regulatory lawyers. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/dallas/dallas-associate-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/dallas/dallas-associate-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Restructuring and capital markets take a larger share of Dallas lateral moves than of the market's, at indexes of 170 and 134. Associates, meanwhile, are 54.2% of moves into the city against 58.5% across the market. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/dallas/dallas-partner-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/dallas/dallas-partner-market-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Dallas partner hiring grew 4.8 times as fast as the market's and faster than the city's own hiring at all levels. The expansion is being led from the partner ranks. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/litigation-and-disputes/litigation-dallas-team-moves-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/litigation-and-disputes/litigation-dallas-team-moves-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Dallas litigation hires in teams: 9.0% of its lateral moves were part of a group, against 2.0% for litigation across the practice and 5.5% for Dallas as a whole. Partner moves rose 90.3% while litigation partners across the practice held flat (+0.9%). https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/corporate-and-ma/corporate-ma-dallas-partner-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/corporate-and-ma/corporate-ma-dallas-partner-market-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Dallas takes an ordinary share of corporate and M&A lateral moves but an outsized share of the M&A partners who move. Those partners mostly held the title before they changed firms: few Dallas M&A laterals stepped up on the way in. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/intellectual-property/intellectual-property-washington-dc-hirer-concentration-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/intellectual-property/intellectual-property-washington-dc-hirer-concentration-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Intellectual property hiring in Washington runs through a short list of buyers: the top 10 took 36.4% of lateral moves, against 15.2% for the practice as a whole and 19.8% for Washington across practices. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/market/deal-flow-vs-lateral-hiring-by-practice-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/market/deal-flow-vs-lateral-hiring-by-practice-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Market-wide, deals and lateral moves grew at similar rates. Inside practices they part: the projects deal count rose 26.2% while projects hiring held flat (+1.3%), and funds hiring rose 23.7% on a deal count that held flat (+2.8%). https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/firms/deal-leaders-vs-lateral-hiring-leaders-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/firms/deal-leaders-vs-lateral-hiring-leaders-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Five of the ten firms with the most deals also rank among the ten busiest lateral hirers. The second-busiest deal firm hires in the 51-100 group, and three of the busiest hirers carry no top-10 deal count. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/market/deal-types-vs-practice-lateral-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/market/deal-types-vs-practice-lateral-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT M&A deals rose 8.9% while corporate and M&A lateral hiring rose 15.8%. In none of the four deal types here did hiring move in step with the deal count, and in restructuring the two moved in opposite directions. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/deals-outside-standard-types-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/deals-outside-standard-types-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Deals that fit no standard type are a small, steady corner of the record, and 50.2% of them had a pharma or biotech client, against 6.8% of all deals. Intellectual property and commercial contracts lawyers, not corporate lawyers, worked them. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/debt-capital-markets-and-high-yield/debt-capital-markets-lawyers-step-up-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/debt-capital-markets-and-high-yield/debt-capital-markets-lawyers-step-up-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Debt capital markets and high yield lawyers join at a higher title in 20.6% of moves, against 15.1% in capital markets and 12.9% overall, and firms of 1,000+ lawyers take 83.3% of the hires while hiring held flat (-6.0%). https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/defamation-and-reputation/defamation-lawyers-senior-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/defamation-and-reputation/defamation-lawyers-senior-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Defamation and reputation is a senior lateral market: associates made 37.3% of moves against 57.7% in litigation, partners 44.0% against 27.4%, while overall hiring held flat (-3.7%). https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/denver/denver-associate-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/denver/denver-associate-market-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Construction is involved in Denver lateral moves at 2.6 times its national share, and the city's slice of open roles on law-firm career pages runs slightly ahead of its slice of moves. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/denver/denver-partner-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/denver/denver-partner-market-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Firms of 400-999 lawyers take 1.6 times their national share of Denver lateral moves, and the city draws more lawyers from other cities than it sends: 43 in, 25 out. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/litigation-and-disputes/litigation-denver-path-to-partner-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/litigation-and-disputes/litigation-denver-path-to-partner-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Litigators promoted to partner in Denver took a median 11.0 years, against 10.0 years for the city's partners, and the lateral partner hiring that could close the gap held flat at 26 against 32. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/detroit/detroit-partner-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/detroit/detroit-partner-market-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Lateral movers into Detroit change city far more often than in its Midwest neighbors: 51.4% arrived from another city over 12 months, against 15.7% in Chicago and 14.3% in Cleveland. Over three years only 37.2% of hires came from another Detroit firm, and litigation runs at an index of 141 against the market. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/disputes-deals-partner-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/disputes-deals-partner-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Disputes and investigations grew faster than M&A and capital markets, yet the two practices that do much of the work did not add partners: litigation partner hiring held flat (+0.9%) and intellectual property held flat (+8.0%). Read the type as matters on record, heavy in intellectual property filings. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/divorce-and-financial-remedies/divorce-lawyers-hirer-concentration-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/divorce-and-financial-remedies/divorce-lawyers-hirer-concentration-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Divorce and financial remedies hiring held flat (+23.4%), and it sits with a short list of firms: firms of 400-999 lawyers took 50.0% of moves, against 37.8% in family law. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/firms/do-law-firms-hire-where-they-do-deals-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/firms/do-law-firms-hire-where-they-do-deals-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT The firms that advise the most deals run much of that work through capital markets, yet hire laterals mainly into banking and finance, corporate work and private equity. At the firm second by deals, capital markets is about 70% of deals and about 20% of lateral hires. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/dubai/dubai-associate-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/dubai/dubai-associate-market-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Associates are 62.0% of Dubai lateral moves, and those moves lean to finance and building work: banking and finance indexes at 186, above London, and over three years construction and projects ran at 2.0 and 3.1 times their market shares. Litigation sits below the market. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/dubai/dubai-partner-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/dubai/dubai-partner-market-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Dubai firms give a step up in title more often than London or the wider market, and they recruit from other cities far more often, with London first, though most hires still come from inside Dubai. The city buys seniority by promoting on arrival. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/ediscovery/ediscovery-lawyers-open-roles-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/ediscovery/ediscovery-lawyers-open-roles-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT 167 eDiscovery openings sat on law-firm career pages on one day in November 2026, and the lawyers who actually moved were mostly associates and counsel. Hiring held flat (+6.6%), while litigation as a whole rose 7.5%. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/education/education-lawyers-mid-size-firms-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/education/education-lawyers-mid-size-firms-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Firms of 150-399 lawyers took 38.0% of education-focused lateral moves, 2.9 times the market's share. These are litigators, employment and public law lawyers, with more counsel than the market: a school district, college or university hiring in-house should recruit from firms of that size. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/pensions-benefits-and-executive-compensation/pensions-benefits-lateral-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/pensions-benefits-and-executive-compensation/pensions-benefits-lateral-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Firms find benefits lawyers inside employment and tax groups: 42.5% of benefits moves also carried employment and labor work, against 10.7% of all moves. Benefits lateral moves rose 16.6%, while partner hiring held flat (+6.9%). https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/employment-and-labor/employment-labor-lateral-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/employment-and-labor/employment-labor-lateral-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Employment lateral hiring leans west and light on partners: Los Angeles indexes at 218 and Seattle at 217 while New York sits at 68, and partners make up 22.4% of moves against 27.7% across all practices. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/portland/portland-employment-partner-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/portland/portland-employment-partner-market-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Employment law runs through 28.6% of Portland lateral moves over 3 years, 2.6 times its market share and above Seattle and Denver. Counsel take a far larger slice of hiring than elsewhere, and volume is flat. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/promotions/employment-partner-track-by-us-city-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/promotions/employment-partner-track-by-us-city-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Employment lawyers in Dallas made partner within 12 years 92.0% of the time, against 58.1% in Boston, and in Los Angeles, the largest employment bench, only 9.5% made it within 8 years: the practice's slow clock is a coastal one. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/employment-and-labor/employment-labor-path-to-partner-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/employment-and-labor/employment-labor-path-to-partner-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Employment and labor fills nearly as many partner seats by promotion as by lateral hire, more than the other large practices, and its associates wait longer for the title: a mean of 11.6 years against 11.1 years. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/employment-and-labor/employment-labor-london-firm-size-shift-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/employment-and-labor/employment-labor-london-firm-size-shift-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT London employment laterals move toward firms of 400-999 lawyers: they took 47.5% of three-year hires after supplying 23.1%, while firms under 150 lawyers supplied 17.9% and received 3.8%. Partners are a thin 15.3% of moves, against 29.3% for London. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/employment-litigation/employment-litigation-partner-promotions-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/employment-litigation/employment-litigation-partner-promotions-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Employment litigation firms named 263 partners by promotion in the 12 months to May 2026 and hired 236 lateral partners in the 12 months to October 2026. At practice level the ratio is 0.95 promotions per lateral partner, against 0.79 market-wide. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/employment-and-labor/employment-labor-deals-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/employment-and-labor/employment-labor-deals-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT The public record of employment work is a disputes record: 93.9% of matters are contested, with government employers (10.7%) and healthcare providers (8.4%) as the largest client sectors. The matter count held flat (-1.2%) while lateral hiring into the practice rose 6.9%. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/media-and-entertainment/media-entertainment-in-house-lawyer-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/media-and-entertainment/media-entertainment-in-house-lawyer-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Media and entertainment lawyers rarely leave their city when they change firms, and Los Angeles draws them at an index of 463 against the market. For a company hiring in-house, the bench is the one already in town, and its partner moves rose 65.0% year on year. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/in-house/environmental-and-projects-lawyers-moving-in-house-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/in-house/environmental-and-projects-lawyers-moving-in-house-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Environment lawyers move to companies at 1.6 times the all-practice rate, and law firms are not bidding up their partners. Projects lawyers also go in-house readily, but firms hired projects partners at a faster pace: partner hiring in the practice held flat (+16.5%). https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/environmental-compliance-and-permitting/environmental-compliance-counsel-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/environmental-compliance-and-permitting/environmental-compliance-counsel-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Counsel took 27.3% of environmental compliance and permitting moves, against 19.5% in the environment practice and 12.7% across the market. Partner hiring fell 42.0%. Hiring at all levels held flat (-15.0%). https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/environment-and-sustainability/environment-path-to-partner-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/environment-and-sustainability/environment-path-to-partner-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Environmental lawyers reach partner late at the end of the track and leave for companies more often than the market: 70.6% of new partners got there within 12 years against 75.4%, and companies hired 21 per hundred lateral moves against 13.1. Firms promote 0.71 partners per lateral partner hire. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/environment-and-sustainability/environment-lateral-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/environment-and-sustainability/environment-lateral-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Environmental lawyers change firms to step up. In 12 months 16.8% of movers took a higher title against 12.9% market-wide, counsel were 19.5% of moves against 12.7%, and San Francisco hires at an index of 205. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/environmental-litigation/environmental-litigators-small-firm-roots-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/environmental-litigation/environmental-litigators-small-firm-roots-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Over three years, 20.1% of environmental litigators who changed firms left firms under 150 lawyers, against 12.0% in the environment practice and 11.4% market-wide. Firms of 1,000+ lawyers took only 33.9% of 12-month hires, and hiring held flat (-2.4%). https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/equity-incentive-plans-and-esops/equity-plan-lawyers-change-cities-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/equity-incentive-plans-and-esops/equity-plan-lawyers-change-cities-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Equity incentive plan lawyers changed city in 23.4% of lateral moves over 12 months, against 17.3% in the benefits practice and 20.5% across the market. Over three years the share was 22.5%, still above the practice at 19.6%. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/estate-planning/estate-planning-partner-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/estate-planning/estate-planning-partner-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Estate planning partner hiring rose 35.6% on settled 12-month windows while hiring at every level held flat (+10.3%). The partners are going to firms of 400-999 lawyers, which took 39.6% of moves against 23.4% market-wide. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/executive-compensation/executive-compensation-open-roles-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/executive-compensation/executive-compensation-open-roles-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Executive compensation openings stood at 248 on one day, against 120 lateral moves in the speciality over 12 months. Hiring held flat (+3.4%) while the benefits practice rose 16.6%, and the movers lean to New York, at an index of 198 against the market. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/export-controls-and-sanctions/export-controls-sanctions-share-of-trade-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/export-controls-and-sanctions/export-controls-sanctions-share-of-trade-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Sanctions and export controls lawyers made 69.8% of the trade practice's lateral moves. Washington, DC took 50.0% of them, and partner hiring rose 64.0% while hiring at all levels held flat (+29.2%). https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/fraud-and-false-claims/false-claims-lawyers-washington-dc-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/fraud-and-false-claims/false-claims-lawyers-washington-dc-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Fraud and False Claims Act hiring centers on Washington, DC: 24.0% of moves, an index of 428 against the market and above white collar's 351. Only 12.0% of movers changed city, and hiring held flat (+21.3%). https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/promotions/fastest-legal-specialities-to-make-partner-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/promotions/fastest-legal-specialities-to-make-partner-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT The quickest route to partnership runs through deal work. Growth and minority investment lawyers were named within 8 years 37.4% of the time against 23.2% market-wide, and buyouts and private M&A share a median of 9.0 years. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/firms/law-firms-growing-through-associates-or-partners-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/firms/law-firms-growing-through-associates-or-partners-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Of the ten firms with the largest net lateral gain at all levels, five also rank in the top 10 by net partner gain. Three of the other five grew mainly through associates, who made up 70% of hires at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe against 58.5% market-wide. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/industrial-manufacturing/manufacturing-in-house-lawyer-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/industrial-manufacturing/manufacturing-in-house-lawyer-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Lawyers who carry manufacturing as their focus rarely change firms, and the ones who do are mostly partner-level trial lawyers. A manufacturer hiring for deal work should recruit from corporate and capital markets lawyers in the cities where the sector's deal work is done, New York first, and from the wider flow of lawyers moving in-house. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/in-house/private-equity-lawyers-moving-in-house-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/in-house/private-equity-lawyers-moving-in-house-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT From May to October 2026, private equity lawyers left firms for companies at 11.4 per hundred lateral moves, against 13.1 overall and 20.1 in corporate work. Lateral hiring of private equity partners rose 16.1% and sponsor deals rose 8.9%: a sponsor or portfolio company hiring a deal lawyer competes with firms paying for the same people. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/in-house/banking-and-finance-lawyers-moving-in-house-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/in-house/banking-and-finance-lawyers-moving-in-house-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Banking and finance sent 125 lawyers from firms to companies, 13.1% of all such moves. Capital markets lawyers go in-house most readily, restructuring and insurance lawyers least, and funds lawyers face firms whose hiring rose 23.7%. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/financial-services-regulatory/financial-services-regulatory-deals-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/financial-services-regulatory/financial-services-regulatory-deals-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Financial services regulatory matters rose 37.3%, 3.5 times the pace of all dated deals, and lateral partner hiring into the practice rose 40.2%. Banks still anchor the work, but digital assets clients now sit in 16.0% of it. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/financial-services-regulatory/financial-services-regulatory-lateral-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/financial-services-regulatory/financial-services-regulatory-lateral-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Financial services regulatory hiring is turning into a partner market. Partner moves rose 40.2%, from 82 to 115, while the market's partner moves rose 8.4%; partners were 47.9% of the practice's moves, against 27.7% market-wide. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/financial-services-regulatory/financial-services-regulatory-path-to-partner-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/financial-services-regulatory/financial-services-regulatory-path-to-partner-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Early partnership is rare in financial services regulatory: 10.2% of its partners were promoted within 8 years, against 23.2% across all practices. Within 12 years the share reaches 72.1%, and firms buy more of these partners than they make. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/fintech-capital-markets-counsel-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/fintech-capital-markets-counsel-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Fintech companies raise money privately as well as publicly: venture and growth deals are 16.6% of the sector's deals, 4.4 times their share of all dated deals. Capital markets lawyers sit on 23.7% of fintech deals, second only to corporate lawyers. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/fintech-payments-ma-counsel-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/fintech-payments-ma-counsel-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Corporate and M&A lawyers sat on 45.4% of fintech and payments deals in the 12 months to October 2026, 1.9 times the 23.3% they reached across all dated deals. M&A was the sector's largest deal type, at 29.4%. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/fintech-and-payments/fintech-regulatory-lawyer-bench-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/fintech-and-payments/fintech-regulatory-lawyer-bench-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Of the lawyers with a fintech focus who changed firms, 60.6% carry financial services regulatory work, an index of 3,649 against the market. Partners are 58.3% of them and 70.1% joined firms of 1,000+ lawyers, while the count of moves held flat: a fintech company hiring in-house pays large-firm rates for regulatory depth. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/food-beverage-and-agriculture/food-beverage-agriculture-legal-work-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/food-beverage-and-agriculture/food-beverage-agriculture-legal-work-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Disputes and investigations are the largest deal type for food, beverage and agriculture companies, at 38.7% of the sector's deals against 25.0% across all sectors, and intellectual property lawyers work on 29.5% of the sector's deals. Deal flow held flat while the wider market grew, so the panel question is trial and IP depth, not deal capacity. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/food-beverage-ip-counsel-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/food-beverage-ip-counsel-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Food, beverage and agriculture deals held flat (-1.5%) year on year, while intellectual property matters on record rose 20.9%. IP lawyers sit on 29.5% of the sector's deals, so food companies draw on a practice whose caseload grew in a year their own sector stood still. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/food-beverage-and-agriculture/food-beverage-in-house-lawyer-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/food-beverage-and-agriculture/food-beverage-in-house-lawyer-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Among food, beverage and agriculture lawyers who changed firms, mid-size firms took a larger share than the giants did, unlike the market. Only 43 firms hired the profile in 12 months and 24.0% of movers changed city: a food company should search well beyond the largest names. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/financial-sponsors/financial-sponsors-legal-work-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/financial-sponsors/financial-sponsors-legal-work-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Sponsors buy private equity, fund formation and acquisition finance work at many times the market's rate, and almost no capital markets or disputes work. One firm sits a full band above every other adviser. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/foreign-investment-review/foreign-investment-review-lawyers-washington-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/foreign-investment-review/foreign-investment-review-lawyers-washington-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Washington, DC took 56.9% of foreign investment review lateral moves, an index of 1,015 against the market and above the trade practice's 876. Hiring held flat (+14.0%) year on year, so every hire comes out of the same small Washington pool. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/frankfurt/frankfurt-associate-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/frankfurt/frankfurt-associate-market-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Frankfurt associates move inside one circle of large firms: over three years 78.6% of arrivals left a firm of 1,000+ lawyers and 78.3% joined one, against 56.6% and 52.5% across the market. Fewer movers gain a title on the way: 8.9%, against 12.9%. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/frankfurt/frankfurt-partner-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/frankfurt/frankfurt-partner-market-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Frankfurt hires for deals: private equity and corporate work over-index well beyond London, and corporate touched 34.0% of moves over three years. Partners are a thinner slice than in the market, and the largest firms take most of the hiring. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/sports/sports-lawyer-partner-moves-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/sports/sports-lawyer-partner-moves-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Partner moves among lawyers with a sports focus rose 91.7%, to 46 from 24, while the market's partner moves rose 8.4%. With partners at 60.6% of sports movers, a club, league or sports company hiring in-house is bidding against law-firm offers. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/sponsor-fund-counsel-london-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/sponsor-fund-counsel-london-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Sponsors and asset managers are the funds practice's two client sectors, and their deals do not lean on the same cities. 29.5% of sponsor deals were handled with lawyers in London, 1.6 times the share for asset manager deals, and sponsor deal volume rose 8.9% while funds practice volume held flat (+2.8%). https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/fund-finance/fund-finance-hirer-concentration-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/fund-finance/fund-finance-hirer-concentration-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Fund finance hiring is held by a short list: the top 10 hirers took 56.3% of lateral moves and 69.0% of partner moves, against 19.9% and 25.1% in banking and finance. Over three years the figure was 41.0%. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/fund-formation-deals-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/fund-formation-deals-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Dated fund formations rose 23.0% year on year while the funds practice's whole deal record held flat (+2.8%), so the formation side is where the practice's work grew. Lateral partner hiring in funds rose 29.7% alongside it. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/funds-and-investment-management/funds-deals-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/funds-and-investment-management/funds-deals-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Funds deal flow held flat (+2.8%) on settled windows while lateral hiring into the practice rose 23.7% and partner hiring rose 29.7%. The deals are large, at a median disclosed $1,100 million, and fund formation is 39.1% of them. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/funds-and-investment-management/funds-lateral-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/funds-and-investment-management/funds-lateral-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Funds lateral moves over-index where funds are domiciled: Luxembourg at 1,065 against the market, Paris at 276, Boston at 189. Firms of 1,000+ lawyers take 75.8% of the hires, against 53.6% market-wide. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/funds-and-investment-management/funds-path-to-partner-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/funds-and-investment-management/funds-path-to-partner-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Funds and investment management lawyers clear the partnership vote sooner than the market: 79.4% within 12 years against 75.4%. Yet firms promoted only 0.58 funds partners for each lateral partner they hired, against 0.79 market-wide, and lateral partner moves in the practice rose 29.7%. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/government-and-internal-investigations/government-investigations-washington-dc-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/government-and-internal-investigations/government-investigations-washington-dc-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Government and internal investigations hiring is anchored in Washington, DC: 24.1% of moves land there, an index of 430, and only 12.5% of movers change city, against 20.5% across the market. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/government-contracts-and-procurement/government-contracts-lawyers-deal-mix-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/government-contracts-and-procurement/government-contracts-lawyers-deal-mix-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Sartori & Partners data show government contracts lawyers working on M&A as well as disputes, for public bodies and aerospace and defense companies first, while hiring held flat (+6.7%) and sits in Washington, DC at an index of 658. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/growth-and-minority-investments/growth-equity-lawyers-deal-mix-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/growth-and-minority-investments/growth-equity-lawyers-deal-mix-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT On deals, growth and minority investment work sits between buyout and venture: 44.8% private equity, 25.9% venture and growth financings. On hiring it does not: firms of 1,000+ lawyers took 81.9% of laterals, and the ten most active hirers 45.2%. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/bank-capital-markets-counsel-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/bank-capital-markets-counsel-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT For a bank, outside counsel is first a capital markets question: the practice touched 51.0% of the sector's deals, 1.9 times its share of all deals. Banks are also the practice's largest client sector, level with pharma and biotech. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/health-care/health-care-deals-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/health-care/health-care-deals-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Health care work is transactional as much as contentious: M&A is 30.6% of 258 recorded matters and healthcare providers sit in 71.7% of them. The matter count held flat (+2.1%) while lateral hiring into the practice rose 14.5%. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/health-care-fraud-and-abuse/health-care-fraud-lawyers-few-hirers-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/health-care-fraud-and-abuse/health-care-fraud-lawyers-few-hirers-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT The top 10 hirers took 44.8% of health care fraud and abuse moves against 25.0% in the health care practice, and partners were 50.6% of them. The count of moves held flat. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/health-care/health-care-lateral-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/health-care/health-care-lateral-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Health care laterals rose 14.5% on settled windows, faster than the market's 9.0%, yet partner moves stayed flat. The partner market that remains is concentrated: the top 10 hirers take 34.0% of partner moves, and Washington indexes at 225. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/in-house/health-care-lawyers-moving-to-companies-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/in-house/health-care-lawyers-moving-to-companies-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Between May and October 2026, health care lawyers moved to companies at 18.4 for every hundred lateral moves, against 13.1 in the whole market. Health care lateral hiring rose 14.5% and pharma and biotech deals rose 14.5%, so a company hiring health counsel bids against firms that are adding the same lawyers. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/health-care/health-care-path-to-partner-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/health-care/health-care-path-to-partner-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Health care associates make partner on the market's clock, a median of 10.0 years, and lateral partner hiring was flat. Neither explains why firms promote only 0.52 partners per lateral partner hire, against 0.79: buying is how the practice adds partners. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/health-care-transactions/health-care-transactions-time-to-partner-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/health-care-transactions/health-care-transactions-time-to-partner-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Health care transactions lawyers reach partner at a median of 9.0 years, against 10.0 years in health care and 10.0 years market-wide. Firms buy them as well: partners are 47.6% of lateral moves. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/healthcare-providers-and-payors/healthcare-in-house-lawyer-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/healthcare-providers-and-payors/healthcare-in-house-lawyer-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Lawyers with a hospital and health plan focus who changed firms joined New York firms far less often than the market did, and firms of 150-399 lawyers took a much larger share of them. A health system hiring in-house should start its search in Washington, Chicago, Nashville and at mid-size firms. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/healthcare-provider-counsel-nashville-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/healthcare-provider-counsel-nashville-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Nashville sits behind only New York, Washington and Chicago on hospital and health plan deal work. The health care practice does 71.7% of its deals for providers, yet sits on 16.7% of the sector's deals. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/healthcare-regulatory-and-reimbursement/healthcare-reimbursement-lawyers-disputes-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/healthcare-regulatory-and-reimbursement/healthcare-reimbursement-lawyers-disputes-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Disputes and investigations made up 65.1% of healthcare regulatory and reimbursement matters over three years, regulatory and antitrust work 15.8%. Hiring held flat (+14.1%) on the year, and partners are a larger share of the moves than in health care as a whole. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/infrastructure/infrastructure-project-finance-law-firms-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/infrastructure/infrastructure-project-finance-law-firms-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Project and infrastructure finance is 19.8% of infrastructure deals against 2.1% market-wide, and the sector discloses deal values more often than any other sector and does so at a median of $850 million. The counsel a company needs is a finance team built for large, public tickets, with a strong London bench. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/banks-and-financial-institutions/bank-in-house-lawyer-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/banks-and-financial-institutions/bank-in-house-lawyer-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Finance lawyers make up 67.0% of the bank-focused lawyers who changed firms, an index of 481 against the market, with regulatory and restructuring the next pools. Moves were flat and most joined firms of 1,000+ lawyers: a bank's in-house hire comes from big-firm finance groups. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/utilities-water-and-waste/utilities-regulatory-lawyer-bench-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/utilities-water-and-waste/utilities-regulatory-lawyer-bench-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Lawyers who move with a utilities focus are regulatory specialists first: regulatory and compliance shows up in their moves at an index of 2,368 against the market, and partners were 56.5% of them over 36 months. Only 99 firms hired one in that time, so a utility filling a regulatory seat recruits from a small, senior pool. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/in-house/hiring-employment-counsel-in-house-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/in-house/hiring-employment-counsel-in-house-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Employment lawyers leave law firms for companies at 12.9 per hundred lateral moves, close to the market's 13.1. Their bench is 61.6% associates and 22.4% partners, so the associate hire is within reach and the senior hire is the hard one. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/firms/cities-where-home-market-firms-lead-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/firms/cities-where-home-market-firms-lead-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT In Charlotte, Cleveland and Atlanta the most active lateral hirer is a firm whose hires land mostly in that city. In New York, Houston and Nashville the same national platform heads the list, and each city is a slice of its hiring. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/hong-kong/hong-kong-associate-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/hong-kong/hong-kong-associate-market-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Capital markets runs at an index of 534 in Hong Kong lateral hiring, against 118 in London, and touched 19.5% of moves over three years against 4.1% market-wide. Associate hiring in the city follows equity and debt issuance. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/hong-kong/hong-kong-partner-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/hong-kong/hong-kong-partner-market-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Hong Kong fills its law-firm seats from other cities: 76.9% of lateral moves into the city involved a relocation, 3.8 times the market rate. Capital markets work carries 5.4 times its market share of moves. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/healthcare-provider-capital-markets-counsel-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/healthcare-provider-capital-markets-counsel-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Capital markets is a minor bench for hospital systems and payors: its lawyers sit on 12.0% of the sector's deals, under half its 26.4% share of all dated deals, and the sector's median disclosed deal of $250 million is less than half the practice's $563.2 million. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/hospitality-leisure-ma-counsel-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/hospitality-leisure-ma-counsel-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Hospitality and leisure deal work fell 8.6% year on year while corporate and M&A deal work rose 9.5%. Corporate lawyers still sit on 30.7% of the sector's deals, more than any other practice. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/hospitality-ip-counsel-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/hospitality-ip-counsel-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Intellectual property lawyers sit on 17.0% of hospitality and leisure deals, 1.5 times their rate across all dated deals. Disputes and investigations, at 29.1%, are the sector's first deal type. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/hospitality-capital-markets-counsel-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/hospitality-capital-markets-counsel-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Hospitality and leisure deal work fell 8.6% year on year, while lateral hiring in capital markets held flat (+6.7%) and partner hiring in the practice held flat (+1.1%). A smaller sector now meets an unchanged bench, and capital markets lawyers work on 17.8% of the sector's deals. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/houston/houston-associate-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/houston/houston-associate-market-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Lateral hiring into Houston firms rose 51.1% year on year, 5.7 times the market's rate. Associates carry most of that volume, and construction work runs at 2.2 times its market share. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/houston/houston-partner-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/houston/houston-partner-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Houston partner hiring follows deal work. Corporate partners over-index at 128 while litigation partners sit near the market at 96; in Dallas, litigation over-indexes too. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/litigation-and-disputes/litigation-houston-small-firm-pipeline-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/litigation-and-disputes/litigation-houston-small-firm-pipeline-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Over three years, 25.5% of Houston litigation laterals with a known former firm came from firms under 150 lawyers, and only 11.4% joined one. Firms of 400-999 lawyers took 29.0% of the hires after supplying 14.4%. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/corporate-and-ma/corporate-ma-houston-energy-deals-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/corporate-and-ma/corporate-ma-houston-energy-deals-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Oil and gas clients sit on 28.5% of Houston M&A deals over 3 years, 9.5 times their share of the practice's deals over 12 months. Houston M&A lateral hiring rose 51.7%, in step with the city. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/projects-and-infrastructure/projects-infrastructure-houston-hiring-growth-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/projects-and-infrastructure/projects-infrastructure-houston-hiring-growth-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Lateral hiring into Houston projects and infrastructure rose 100.0% in a year when hiring across the practice held flat (+1.3%) and Houston as a whole rose 51.1%. The deal record behind it is led by power and renewables work, on 48.6% of its three-year deals. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/guides/how-long-to-make-partner-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/guides/how-long-to-make-partner-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT The median time to partner has held at 10.0 years since 2022, but the average has drifted later, the city shifts the answer by years even within one country, and firms hire 1.3 times as many partners from outside as they promote. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/employment-advisory/employment-advisory-time-to-partner-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/employment-advisory/employment-advisory-time-to-partner-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Employment advisory is the slow road to partner: a median of 11.0 years from first year of practice, against 10.0 years market-wide, and only 17.9% promoted within eight years. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/promotions/new-york-time-to-partner-by-practice-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/promotions/new-york-time-to-partner-by-practice-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT New York's practices run on clocks far apart: 63.6% of tax partners made it within 12 years, against 73.2% for the city. The practice an associate joins decides the wait more than the city does. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/public-ma/public-ma-time-to-partner-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/public-ma/public-ma-time-to-partner-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Public M&A runs on the same partnership clock as private M&A, a median of 9.0 years against 10.0 years for the market. What sets it apart is the lateral market: partners are 48.8% of moves, and the top 10 hirers take 38.6% of them. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/tax/tax-path-to-partner-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/tax/tax-path-to-partner-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Tax associates start the partner track at the market's pace and finish it later: 72.4% are promoted within 12 years, against 75.4% across all practices. Firms answer the slow finish by hiring, promoting 0.58 tax partners per lateral partner against 0.79 market-wide. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/industrial-manufacturing/industrial-manufacturing-legal-work-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/industrial-manufacturing/industrial-manufacturing-legal-work-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT M&A runs at 2.1 times the market's rate in industrial manufacturing deals, staffed by corporate lawyers; more of their deals are handled with lawyers in Frankfurt and Munich than in most sectors. No single firm dominates the adviser list. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/guides/how-to-choose-outside-counsel-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/guides/how-to-choose-outside-counsel-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT 1,134 law firms advised on dated deals in the past 12 months, and the most active advisers change with the matter type. Choose by the work and your industry, not by the size of the firm. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/guides/hire-in-house-counsel-from-law-firm-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/guides/hire-in-house-counsel-from-law-firm-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Three in four lawyers who leave a law firm for a company are associates (76.7%), and firms of 1,000+ lawyers supply 59.3% of them, more than that class takes of lateral moves. Source by level, firm size and city in that order. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/immigration/immigration-lateral-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/immigration/immigration-lateral-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Immigration laterals go to firms of 400-999 lawyers (42.1% of moves, against 23.4% across the market) more than to firms of 1,000+ lawyers (32.7%, against 53.6%), and the top 10 hirers take 45.7% of individual hires, against 12.9%. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/litigation-and-disputes/litigation-philadelphia-title-step-ups-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/litigation-and-disputes/litigation-philadelphia-title-step-ups-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Philadelphia litigators who change firms join at a higher title more often than litigators across the practice, 17.3% against 13.4%, and more often than the city's lawyers in general. The buyers fit the pattern: fewer firms of 1,000+ lawyers, more midsize and small firms with room to offer the next rung. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/market/lawyers-hired-in-house-from-law-firms-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/market/lawyers-hired-in-house-from-law-firms-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Between May and October 2026, 772 companies hired 953 lawyers straight from law firms. Most came from the largest firms, most were associates, and corporate lawyers made up 33.2% of these moves against 20.7% of moves between firms. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/in-house/in-house-hiring-by-month-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/in-house/in-house-hiring-by-month-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Companies hire lawyers out of law firms in the same months firms hire from each other: June (188) and September (187) led both counts in 2026, and the in-house share of lateral moves held steady from June. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/industrial-manufacturing-ma-counsel-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/industrial-manufacturing-ma-counsel-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Seven of the ten firms most active on industrial manufacturing deals sit in the 21-40 band of deals advised and the other three one band lower, while the corporate and M&A list opens with three firms at 401-700. Five firms appear on both lists. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/infrastructure-capital-markets-counsel-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/infrastructure-capital-markets-counsel-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Infrastructure owners bring in capital markets counsel more often than any other bench: capital markets lawyers sat on 30.1% of the sector's deals, against 22.1% for corporate and M&A, 18.5% for banking and finance and 15.0% for projects and infrastructure. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/infrastructure-finance-counsel-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/infrastructure-finance-counsel-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Disclosed infrastructure deals carry a median of $850 million, 1.6 times the $545 million of banking and finance work, and finance lawyers sit on 18.5% of the sector's deals, 2.9 times their share of all dated deals. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/infrastructure/infrastructure-lawyers-big-firms-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/infrastructure/infrastructure-lawyers-big-firms-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Lawyers with an infrastructure focus join firms of 1,000+ lawyers on 75.1% of their moves, and over 36 months about as many moves started at such a firm, so the bench passes from one large platform to the next. Projects and finance specialists drive it and Paris draws them far above its market weight. A company hiring one in-house bids against large-firm pay. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/infrastructure-ma-counsel-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/infrastructure-ma-counsel-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT The infrastructure bench that changes firms is senior: partners made up 61.0% of those moves, against 29.9% across corporate and M&A. Corporate lawyers sit on 22.1% of the sector's deals, which have grown much faster than that bench. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/promotions/tax-specialities-time-to-partner-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/promotions/tax-specialities-time-to-partner-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Tax as a practice promotes at the market's pace, but its specialities do not: international tax lawyers were named within 8 years 37.2% of the time and corporate tax lawyers 28.7%, while only 60.2% of tax-exempt specialists were named within 12 years. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/hospitality-and-leisure/hospitality-real-estate-lawyers-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/hospitality-and-leisure/hospitality-real-estate-lawyers-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Real estate is the largest practice among lawyers with a hospitality focus who changed firms, at 422 on an index that sets its share against the market's. It is not a majority, and partner moves in the sector fell while the market's rose. A hotel or leisure company hiring counsel should screen property lawyers first. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/insolvency-litigation/insolvency-litigation-matters-and-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/insolvency-litigation/insolvency-litigation-matters-and-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT The matters split 53.9% restructuring and 43.8% disputes, yet the lateral bench is built like restructuring's: partners are 46.1% of moves, against 27.4% in litigation. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/insurance-coverage/insurance-coverage-lawyers-small-firms-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/insurance-coverage/insurance-coverage-lawyers-small-firms-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Insurance coverage lawyers start at small firms far more often than the market's movers: firms under 150 lawyers were the previous firm for 23.0% of them over 3 years, against 11.4% across all practices. On the hiring side, firms of 150-399 lawyers took 23.7% of coverage joiners in 12 months, against 13.3% market-wide. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/insurance-and-reinsurance/insurance-deals-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/insurance-and-reinsurance/insurance-deals-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Insurance work grew and the bench did not: recorded matters rose 16.6% while insurance lateral hiring held flat (+2.5%). Most of the work is disputes for insurers, with a second, smaller M&A business beside it. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/insurance-defence/insurance-defense-lawyers-title-moves-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/insurance-defence/insurance-defense-lawyers-title-moves-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT In insurance defense a lateral move buys a title more often than in its practice or the market: 20.7% of movers joined a rank higher, against 15.7% in product liability and torts and 12.9% overall. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/insurance-and-reinsurance/insurance-lateral-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/insurance-and-reinsurance/insurance-lateral-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Insurance hiring runs through a short list of firms: the top 10 hirers take 31.9% of moves and 32.1% of partner moves, against 12.9% and 13.5% market-wide, while volume stayed flat on settled windows. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/insurance/insurance-lawyer-moves-fall-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/insurance/insurance-lawyer-moves-fall-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Fewer insurance-focused lawyers changed firms in the latest 12 months, even as the wider lateral market grew. The bench they come from is litigation-led, over-indexed in Miami, Atlanta and Philadelphia, and drawn from small firms far more often than the market. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/insurance-ma-counsel-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/insurance-ma-counsel-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT The firms with the most insurance deals and the firms with the most corporate and M&A deals share one name across two top-10 lists. Corporate lawyers worked on 25.2% of insurance deals, the third bench behind insurance specialists and capital markets. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/insurance-and-reinsurance/insurance-path-to-partner-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/insurance-and-reinsurance/insurance-path-to-partner-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Insurance and reinsurance groups promote 0.82 partners for every lateral partner they hire, close to the market's 0.79, and 76.3% reach partner within 12 years against 75.4%. With the track on the benchmark, the hiring firm decides an insurance partner search. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/insurer-capital-markets-counsel-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/insurer-capital-markets-counsel-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Insurers give their deal work almost equally to the sector specialist and the generalist: insurance and reinsurance lawyers sit on 29.9% of the sector's deals, capital markets lawyers on 27.1%. The specialist leads by only 2.8 points. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/insurer-counsel-movable-bench-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/insurer-counsel-movable-bench-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Rank firms by all insurer deals, then by insurance and reinsurance practice deals in every sector, and the same four names appear on both lists. The practice depends on insurers far more than insurers depend on it, and its matters rose while the sector's deals held flat. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/intellectual-property/intellectual-property-london-lateral-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/intellectual-property/intellectual-property-london-lateral-market-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Intellectual property is 4.1% of London's lateral moves, an index of 55 against the market. The London bench that does move leans to trademarks and copyright, is mostly associates, and has almost no counsel in motion. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/intellectual-property/intellectual-property-path-to-partner-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/intellectual-property/intellectual-property-path-to-partner-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT IP firms buy finished partners: partners were 34.4% of IP lateral moves against 27.7% market-wide, and firms promoted only 0.65 IP lawyers per lateral partner hired, against 0.79. The track itself is a little quicker than the market's, at a mean of 10.7 years against 11.1 years. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/international-arbitration-and-public-international-law/international-arbitration-lateral-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/international-arbitration-and-public-international-law/international-arbitration-lateral-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT London takes 28.4% of arbitration lateral moves, at an index of 307. Over three years the rest of the hiring sits in Paris, Singapore, Dubai and Hong Kong more than in the US cities that dominate the wider market. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/international-commercial-arbitration/international-arbitration-lawyers-london-hubs-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/international-commercial-arbitration/international-arbitration-lawyers-london-hubs-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Arbitration hiring runs through London, at an index of 282, and then through New York, Dubai and Singapore, which each took 7.1%, 6.9% and 6.8% of moves over 3 years. The pool travels: 24.8% of movers changed city. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/international-trade-and-national-security/international-trade-lateral-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/international-trade-and-national-security/international-trade-lateral-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT International trade lateral hiring centers on Washington: 49.1% of moves land there, an index of 876 and the largest single-city share of any practice. Partners are 40.6% of moves, against 27.7% market-wide. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/investment-management-regulatory/investment-management-regulatory-partner-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/investment-management-regulatory/investment-management-regulatory-partner-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Investment management regulatory partner hiring rose 46.2% year on year, while hiring at all levels held flat (+8.1%). Partners are 54.4% of the speciality's lateral moves, against 36.7% in funds and investment management. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/investment-treaty-arbitration/investment-treaty-arbitration-state-clients-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/investment-treaty-arbitration/investment-treaty-arbitration-state-clients-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT In investment treaty arbitration the state is the largest client group, on 38.6% of matters over three years. Hiring rose 43.5% while the parent practice held flat (+12.8%). https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/intellectual-property/intellectual-property-lateral-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/intellectual-property/intellectual-property-lateral-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT IP lawyers change firms in groups and rarely change cities: 5.1% of IP moves were team moves against 1.5% market-wide, and only 15.9% changed city against 20.5%. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/ip-transactions-and-licensing/ip-licensing-lawyers-mid-size-firms-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/ip-transactions-and-licensing/ip-licensing-lawyers-mid-size-firms-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Firms of 400-999 lawyers took 40.3% of IP licensing lateral moves, level with firms of 1,000+ lawyers and well above their 24.2% share across intellectual property. The work behind the moves is life sciences, and hiring is flat. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/intellectual-property/intellectual-property-deals-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/intellectual-property/intellectual-property-deals-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT IP matters rose 20.9% on settled windows, 2.0 times the growth rate of all dated deals, while IP lateral hiring held flat (+7.2%). The work is growing, the bench is not, and brand owners rather than technology or pharma companies supply the largest share of it. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/promotions/ip-partner-track-by-us-city-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/promotions/ip-partner-track-by-us-city-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Among IP partners promoted over 5 years, 42.3% in Boston got there within 8 years, against 16.5% in New York. The quick clocks run in mid-sized benches such as Boston, Dallas and Chicago, not in the two largest. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/equity-offerings-and-ipos/ipo-lawyers-life-sciences-issuers-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/equity-offerings-and-ipos/ipo-lawyers-life-sciences-issuers-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Pharma and biotech companies are 22.5% of the equity offerings law firms advised over 3 years, 2.4 times the share of banks. The lawyers who run those deals are hired in New York, at an index of 181 against the market, and their number has not grown. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/joint-ventures/joint-venture-lawyer-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/joint-ventures/joint-venture-lawyer-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Joint venture work follows energy: power and renewables is its first client industry and Houston hires at an index of 272 against the market. The bench is bought at partner level, 54.9% of laterals against 29.9% in corporate and M&A. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/labor-and-union-relations/labor-relations-lawyer-hiring-falls-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/labor-and-union-relations/labor-relations-lawyer-hiring-falls-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Fewer labor and union relations lawyers changed firms: 134 moves in the settled 12 months against 167 a year earlier, so hiring fell 19.8%. Employment and labor rose 6.9% and the whole market rose 9.0%. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/planning-land-use-and-zoning/land-use-zoning-lawyers-firm-sizes-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/planning-land-use-and-zoning/land-use-zoning-lawyers-firm-sizes-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Over 3 years, firms of 1,000+ lawyers, 400-999 lawyers and 150-399 lawyers each hired close to a third of land use and zoning laterals (29.6%, 29.1%, 29.3%), while the largest firms took 52.5% market-wide. Hiring held flat, and counsel are an unusually large share of it. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/guides/largest-law-firms-lateral-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/guides/largest-law-firms-lateral-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT The biggest size class takes 53.6% of all lateral moves, but no small group of firms controls the market: the ten busiest hirers take 12.9%, spread across 1,291 firms that hired. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/firms/law-firms-hiring-lateral-counsel-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/firms/law-firms-hiring-lateral-counsel-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Counsel are 12.7% of lateral moves market-wide. At five large firms they are about 25% to 30% of lateral hires, and the practices behind those firms, insurance and employment, carry counsel shares above the market. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/market/lateral-hiring-2026-year-to-date/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/market/lateral-hiring-2026-year-to-date/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT The 2026 year to date ran level with 2025 through March and only pulled ahead from April. By September lateral moves were up 10.1%, a gain made in the spring and summer. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/market/cities-ranked-lateral-volume-and-growth-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/market/cities-ranked-lateral-volume-and-growth-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT New York and London still take the most lateral hires, 14.8% and 9.2% of all moves. The growth sits in Houston, Miami and San Francisco, while London was flat and Paris fell 20.5%. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/market/lateral-hiring-seasonality-by-month-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/market/lateral-hiring-seasonality-by-month-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Lateral moves follow a fixed calendar: January is the peak, December the trough, and September a second window carried by associates. January 2026 counted 1,560 moves, 2.4 times December 2025. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/market/lateral-hiring-concentration-by-city-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/market/lateral-hiring-concentration-by-city-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT In Nashville, Toronto and Charlotte the top 10 hiring firms took 73.3%, 62.0% and 54.5% of individual lateral hires, against 21.5% in New York and 12.9% market-wide. Where few firms hire, a candidate's realistic options are few, and so are a hiring firm's rivals. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/market/lateral-market-three-years-vs-12-months-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/market/lateral-market-three-years-vs-12-months-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Over three years 1,886 law firms made at least one lateral hire, but only 68.5% of them also hired in the latest 12 months. The longer window lowers the top 10 share, trims the partner weight and shows firms under 150 lawyers supplying more lateral talent, against what they take back, than any other size class. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/market/lateral-level-mix-by-practice-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/market/lateral-level-mix-by-practice-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Partners make up 47.9% of lateral moves in financial services regulatory and 42.5% in regulatory and compliance, against 27.7% market-wide. Employment runs the other way, with associates at 61.6%: the level mix of a practice decides what kind of search it needs. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/market/lateral-moves-q3-2026-vs-q3-2025/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/market/lateral-moves-q3-2026-vs-q3-2025/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT July to September 2026 counted 3,789 lateral moves against 3,427 a year earlier. July and August carried the gain, September fell short of an unusually heavy September 2025, and partner moves rose with the market. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/firms/lateral-partner-hirers-vs-all-level-hirers-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/firms/lateral-partner-hirers-vs-all-level-hirers-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Eight firms sit on both top 10 lists. The other places go to firms whose hires lean on associates or on partners: the level mix, not size, decides which list a firm reaches. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/guides/lateral-partner-meaning-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/guides/lateral-partner-meaning-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT A lateral partner is a partner hired from another firm. Partner moves rose 8.4% year on year, in line with the market, and their practice mix tilts toward private equity and restructuring, not litigation. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/guides/law-firm-attrition-rate-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/guides/law-firm-attrition-rate-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT A typical law firm loses about one lawyer in eight each year, a median leaving rate of 13.2%. The largest firms lose the most, and 86.1% of leavers go to another firm, not to a company. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/market/law-firm-attrition-rate-by-size-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/market/law-firm-attrition-rate-by-size-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Across 525 firms, the median leaving rate is 13.2% a year. The largest firms lose the most, 14.8%, and firms of 150-399 lawyers the least, 11.9%. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/firms/law-firm-leaving-rate-above-class-median-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/firms/law-firm-leaving-rate-above-class-median-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Sartori & Partners data put the typical yearly leaving rate at 13.2%, with a middle band of 10.2% to 16.6%. Each size class draws its own line for high, and among the busiest hirers a high rate often sits beside partner gains. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/news/law-firm-award-season-ranking-announcements-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/news/law-firm-award-season-ranking-announcements-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Ranking and award news runs in a season: 1,705 items in June 2026 and 1,665 in August, against 850 in January. Hire and client-work news holds its usual pace in those months and disappears under the volume. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/news/law-firm-client-work-vs-case-win-announcements-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/news/law-firm-client-work-vs-case-win-announcements-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Client-work announcements rose 7.4% to 3,631 in 12 months while case-win announcements held flat (-0.7%) at 1,107, and dated deals rose 10.6%. Firms publicize transactions far more than wins: about one client-work announcement for every 13.3 dated deals. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/market/counsel-title-lateral-and-promotion-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/market/counsel-title-lateral-and-promotion-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Firms named counsel at 46.8% of the partner class in 2022 and 55.1% in 2025, and counsel now make 12.7% of lateral moves. Counsel has become a level of its own, with a lateral market and an in-house exit to match. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/guides/law-firm-hierarchy-titles-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/guides/law-firm-hierarchy-titles-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT The lateral market has the same shape as the firm itself: associates make up 58.5% of movers, partners 27.7%, and only 12.9% of lawyers win a higher title by moving. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/news/law-firm-hire-announcements-vs-partner-moves-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/news/law-firm-hire-announcements-vs-partner-moves-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Over 12 months, hire news equaled 93.5% of lateral partner moves. In January partners change firms faster than firms announce them; from July to December the announcements catch up and often pass the partner count. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/market/law-firm-job-postings-vs-lateral-hires-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/market/law-firm-job-postings-vs-lateral-hires-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Career pages put the weight of demand in San Francisco, Boston and the western US. Lateral moves put it in New York and London, where London firms fill 3.2 seats for each opening they advertise. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/market/lateral-market-2026-year-in-review/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/market/lateral-market-2026-year-in-review/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Lateral moves rose 9.0% on the settled year, to 14,305. Against five years of history, 2023 was the dip, 2024 climbed back above 2022, 2025 was the largest full year, and the latest 12 months sit above every full year. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/news/law-firm-leadership-changes-january-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/news/law-firm-leadership-changes-january-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT January 2026 brought 115 leadership announcements, 17.1% of the 12-month total, against 30 in August. The same month carries the partner classes and the year's high in lateral partner moves. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/market/law-firm-office-openings-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/market/law-firm-office-openings-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Firms announced 123 office openings in the 12 months to October 2026, while lateral moves rose 9.0%. The rise in lateral hiring came without a matching rise in new offices. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/market/open-roles-vs-lateral-hires-by-practice-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/market/open-roles-vs-lateral-hires-by-practice-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Product liability, technology and pensions list more openings on one day than they record lateral hires in a year. Restructuring and litigation record 4.7 and 4.6 lateral hires in 12 months for each opening listed on the data date. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/group-moves/law-firm-team-moves-by-quarter-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/group-moves/law-firm-team-moves-by-quarter-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Announced team moves do not arrive as a steady flow. One quarter, the second of 2025, held 6 of the 32 on record, while every other quarter held 3 or fewer. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/firms/law-firm-size-class-benchmark-hire-promote-supply-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/firms/law-firm-size-class-benchmark-hire-promote-supply-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Firms of 1,000+ lawyers and firms under 150 lawyers take a larger share of lateral hires than of new partners, while firms of 400-999 lawyers make 29.5% of new partners on 23.4% of hires. One benchmark line per size class: hiring, promotion, supply and turnover. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/insurance/insurance-company-outside-counsel-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/insurance/insurance-company-outside-counsel-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Insurer work runs through a specialist bar: insurance and reinsurance lawyers appear on 29.9% of insurance deals, far above their 0.7% share of the whole deal market. London is the second city for the work, ahead of its share for banks and asset managers. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/market/law-firm-partners-promoted-vs-hired-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/market/law-firm-partners-promoted-vs-hired-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Firms promoted 2,955 lawyers to partner and hired 3,749 lateral partners over the same 12 months, close to the 2025 ratio of 0.8. Among the larger practices, restructuring makes the fewest of its own partners and employment the most. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/firms/law-firms-that-promote-and-hire-partners-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/firms/law-firms-that-promote-and-hire-partners-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Only Kirkland & Ellis, DLA Piper and Dentons rank in the top 10 both for partners promoted and for lateral partners hired. The other names on each list lean toward buying partners or toward making them. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/market/lawyer-moves-between-city-pairs-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/market/lawyer-moves-between-city-pairs-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT New York and Washington exchange more lawyers than any other pair we measured, 54 one way and 48 the other. San Francisco to Los Angeles, New York to Los Angeles and New York to Miami all lean one way. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/market/lawyers-changing-city-lateral-moves-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/market/lawyers-changing-city-lateral-moves-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Most lateral moves stay in one city, and New York draws only 10.9% of its hires from elsewhere. The growth markets import: Miami at 28.7%, Charlotte at 30.9%, Nashville at 28.6%. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/leeds/leeds-partner-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/leeds/leeds-partner-market-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT More than a third of Leeds lateral moves were partner moves over 12 months, 35.3% against 27.7% across the market, while overall volume held flat. Firms of 400-999 lawyers took the largest share of the hiring. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/guides/legal-department-structure-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/guides/legal-department-structure-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Companies build their legal teams around corporate work: corporate lawyers were 33.2% of hires from law firms, against 20.7% of moves between firms. Litigators are hired too, but mostly to manage cases that law firms then run. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/market/legal-specialities-growing-and-shrinking-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/market/legal-specialities-growing-and-shrinking-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Insurance-side litigation shrank while the lateral market grew: coverage, professional liability and defense all fell. The clear rises are smaller, in fund work, private wealth and artificial intelligence. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/consumer-goods-and-retail/consumer-retail-outside-counsel-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/consumer-goods-and-retail/consumer-retail-outside-counsel-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT One firm stands a band clear of the rest, and only four of the sector's top 10 advisers also sit in the market's top 10. For a company buying outside counsel in consumer goods and retail, that level field is leverage on price, staffing and the choice of firm. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/acquisition-and-leveraged-finance/leveraged-finance-lawyers-london-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/acquisition-and-leveraged-finance/leveraged-finance-lawyers-london-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Banking and finance hires more lawyers into New York than into London, but its acquisition and leveraged finance specialty runs the other way: London took 23.3% of moves, at an index of 252, and New York 22.4%. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/leveraged-finance-repeat-borrowers-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/leveraged-finance-repeat-borrowers-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Leveraged and acquisition finance runs on clients who come back: 776 deals for 327 clients, or 2.4 each, against 1.8 in M&A and 2.1 in bank lending. Sponsors are the largest client sector, and the work rose 18.8% (653 to 776 deals) while banking partner hiring rose 10.6% (546 to 604 partners). https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/patent-life-sciences-and-chemistry/patent-life-sciences-boston-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/patent-life-sciences-and-chemistry/patent-life-sciences-boston-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Boston drew 21.4% of life sciences and chemistry patent moves, an index of 826 against the market, and 13.7% came as teams. Hiring held flat (-9.0%). https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/litigation-and-disputes/litigation-lateral-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/litigation-and-disputes/litigation-lateral-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Litigation laterals land below the largest firms: firms of 1,000+ lawyers take 43.3% of moves against 53.6% market-wide, and with 928 hiring firms the top 10 take only 12.0%. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/litigation-and-disputes/litigation-paris-associate-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/litigation-and-disputes/litigation-paris-associate-market-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Paris litigation hires associates first: 73.2% of its lateral moves, against 57.7% across the practice. Volume fell 32.2% while all Paris practices fell 20.5%, and firms of 1,000+ lawyers took 76.4% of the hires. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/litigation-and-disputes/litigation-deals-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/litigation-and-disputes/litigation-deals-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Recorded litigation matters are scattered across hundreds of clients and dozens of industries: banks, the largest client group, appear in only 5.7%. Matters rose 9.3% on settled windows, in step with litigation hiring, which rose 7.5%. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/promotions/litigation-partner-track-by-us-city-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/promotions/litigation-partner-track-by-us-city-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Litigation's median time to partner is 10.0 years, but the share of litigators promoted within 8 years runs from 12.0% in Los Angeles to 29.4% in Miami: the city sets the clock, not the practice. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/litigation-and-disputes/litigation-path-to-partner-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/litigation-and-disputes/litigation-path-to-partner-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Litigation is the market's largest partner class, at 41.3% of promotions, and it promotes at the market's own make-or-buy balance. The difference is the slow end: the slowest quarter of litigation partners needs 13.0 years or more, against 12.0 years. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/transportation-logistics-ma-counsel-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/transportation-logistics-ma-counsel-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT M&A is the most frequent deal type in transportation and logistics, at 26.7% of the sector's deals against 19.3% across the whole deal record, and corporate and M&A lawyers sit on 32.2% of the sector's work, ahead of capital markets. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/london/london-associate-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/london/london-associate-market-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Associates are 60.4% of London lateral moves, and those moves lean to finance: banking runs at an index of 178 against the market, funds at 164. Firms of 1,000+ lawyers take 68.5% of them. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/banking-and-finance/banking-finance-london-lateral-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/banking-and-finance/banking-finance-london-lateral-market-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Banking and finance moves into London were flat year on year, while finance moves across the market rose 14.1% and New York finance rose 28.5%. London still takes 16.4% of all finance moves, so the pause sits in a market that stays large. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/capital-markets/capital-markets-london-lateral-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/capital-markets/capital-markets-london-lateral-market-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT London capital markets laterals changed city in 18.5% of moves, more than London's 15.2% but less than the practice's 23.8%. The work they bring is debt: London's index for debt capital markets moves is 240, against 102 for equity offerings. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/construction/construction-london-counsel-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/construction/construction-london-counsel-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Construction hiring in London follows its practice, not its city: counsel take 15.8% of moves against 9.1% for London, and firms of 1,000+ lawyers take 49.1% against 68.5%. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/funds-and-investment-management/funds-london-hirer-concentration-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/funds-and-investment-management/funds-london-hirer-concentration-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT In London funds and investment management, a short list of firms does most of the lateral hiring: the top 10 took 56.7% of moves, against 34.0% for the practice as a whole and 22.8% for London. Associates make up 62.2% of the market. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/london/london-partner-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/london/london-partner-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT London's lateral arrivals come from Sydney, New York, Dublin, Auckland and Melbourne, a feeder map no American city shares. Partner hiring itself was flat at +1.3%, and banking took 25.1% of partner hires against 15.5% across the market. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/corporate-and-ma/corporate-ma-london-associate-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/corporate-and-ma/corporate-ma-london-associate-market-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT London Corporate and M&A hiring runs on associates: 63.5% of lateral moves, against 57.7% for the practice as a whole and 60.4% for London. Counsel are only 8.2% of moves, and just 9.2% brought a step up in title. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/private-equity/private-equity-london-lateral-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/private-equity/private-equity-london-lateral-market-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT 83.5% of London private equity laterals join firms of 1,000+ lawyers, against 71.6% for the practice as a whole and 68.5% for London. Over three years those firms took in 84.5% of these laterals and supplied 77.3%. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/projects-and-infrastructure/projects-infrastructure-london-lateral-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/projects-and-infrastructure/projects-infrastructure-london-lateral-market-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT London carries far more projects hiring than its size predicts, an index of 147, and its projects laterals are more partner-heavy than the city's market. Partner hiring held flat in London and across the practice alike, and London's part of the practice's partner moves slipped from 18.1% to 15.1%. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/restructuring-and-insolvency/restructuring-london-step-up-moves-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/restructuring-and-insolvency/restructuring-london-step-up-moves-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT London restructuring hires step up in title more often than restructuring across the market or London as a whole: 17.9% against 16.5% and 11.5%. They do it with a partner-heavy mix and rarely change city. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/tax/tax-london-partner-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/tax/tax-london-partner-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Tax partner moves across the practice rose 27.7% year on year, while London tax partner moves held flat (-7.7%). All tax moves into London held flat (+0.0%) as well: the city's tax market followed London, not the practice. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/technology-data-and-privacy/technology-privacy-london-ai-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/technology-data-and-privacy/technology-privacy-london-ai-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT London over-indexes on AI lateral moves at 183, well above its 135 on privacy and 132 on the practice. The London technology cell rose 50.0% year on year while the city held flat (-2.5%). https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/los-angeles/los-angeles-associate-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/los-angeles/los-angeles-associate-market-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Los Angeles lateral hiring runs through mid-size and smaller firms more than the market does: firms of 1,000+ lawyers took 47.0% of moves against 53.6%. And Los Angeles lawyers rarely leave for companies: 7.5 per hundred lateral moves, against 13.1 across the market. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/employment-and-labor/employment-labor-los-angeles-wage-hour-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/employment-and-labor/employment-labor-los-angeles-wage-hour-market-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Los Angeles takes 23.0% of wage and hour lateral moves, an index of 455 against 218 for employment overall, and wage and hour is a focus for 63.2% of the city's employment laterals against 47.7% in San Francisco. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/banking-and-finance/banking-finance-los-angeles-leveraged-finance-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/banking-and-finance/banking-finance-los-angeles-leveraged-finance-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Leveraged and acquisition finance carried 35.3% of Los Angeles finance deals over 3 years, against 23.4% across the practice over 12 months, where banking and lending leads at 44.5%. Financial sponsors are the city's largest client industry on those deals. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/intellectual-property/intellectual-property-los-angeles-midsize-firms-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/intellectual-property/intellectual-property-los-angeles-midsize-firms-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Los Angeles intellectual property laterals join firms outside the 1,000+ lawyers class far more often than IP laterals elsewhere or Los Angeles laterals in general. The 3-year record leans the same way, and the work behind it is copyright and brand work. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/litigation-and-disputes/litigation-los-angeles-lateral-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/litigation-and-disputes/litigation-los-angeles-lateral-market-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Litigation is involved in 59.4% of Los Angeles lateral moves, an index of 149 against the market, and class actions are a focus for 27.9% of the litigators who moved, against 12.3% in New York. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/corporate-and-ma/corporate-ma-los-angeles-path-to-partner-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/corporate-and-ma/corporate-ma-los-angeles-path-to-partner-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Los Angeles M&A lawyers reach partner sooner than the city's lawyers overall: 31.8% made it within 8 years, against 18.3% across Los Angeles and 29.5% across the M&A practice. The city's slow partner track is not an M&A problem. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/los-angeles/los-angeles-partner-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/los-angeles/los-angeles-partner-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Los Angeles hires employment partners at an index of 231 and litigation partners at 145 against the market, while corporate (74) and banking (75) run below it. Firms here buy partners more than they promote them. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/product-liability-and-torts/product-liability-los-angeles-partner-hirers-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/product-liability-and-torts/product-liability-los-angeles-partner-hirers-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT The ten most active firms took 46.3% of Los Angeles product liability hires over 12 months and 45.6% over 3 years, against 16.7% and 14.9% for the city, and most of the same names top both lists. Firms of 1,000+ lawyers took 38.2% of the group's hires, against 47.0% across Los Angeles. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/real-estate/real-estate-los-angeles-lateral-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/real-estate/real-estate-los-angeles-lateral-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Los Angeles real estate groups hire lawyers who already practice in the city: fewer of their laterals changed city than real estate laterals across the practice or Los Angeles laterals overall, and a small group of firms takes a large share of the hires. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/ma-deal-market-clients-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/ma-deal-market-clients-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT M&A has the widest client base of the transactional deal types: 5,239 distinct clients against 4,831 in capital markets, on fewer deals. The average M&A client appears on 1.8 deals a year, and the largest client sector holds 10.6% of the work. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/corporate-and-ma-tax/ma-tax-lawyers-local-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/corporate-and-ma-tax/ma-tax-lawyers-local-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Corporate and M&A tax hiring rose 22.6% on the settled year, yet only 12.0% of movers changed city, against 21.1% across tax and 20.5% in the market. New demand has to be met from each city's own bench. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/transportation-and-logistics/transportation-logistics-law-firms-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/transportation-and-logistics/transportation-logistics-law-firms-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT M&A appears on 26.7% of transport and logistics deals, disputes on 23.4% and capital markets on 22.9%: about a quarter each. The firms sit in two close bands, and the work runs through Frankfurt and Hong Kong as well as New York and London. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/litigation-and-disputes/litigation-london-path-to-partner-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/litigation-and-disputes/litigation-london-path-to-partner-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT London promotes its litigators later than its other lawyers: 10.7% reach partner within 8 years, against 18.7% across the city's practices. Litigation is also a small part of London lateral hiring, with an index of 47 against the market. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/promotions/london-time-to-partner-by-practice-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/promotions/london-time-to-partner-by-practice-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT In London, private equity partners were promoted within 8 years 3.4 times as often as litigators. Against Manchester, the only other UK city we can measure, the London median is 2 years shorter. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/promotions/texas-time-to-partner-houston-dallas-austin-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/promotions/texas-time-to-partner-houston-dallas-austin-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Houston and Dallas share a median time to partner of 10.0 years, but Houston clears more of its slower cases: 82.6% of its new partners arrive within 12 years against 76.9% in Dallas, and the split is widest in litigation. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/market/making-partner-within-8-years-by-practice-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/market/making-partner-within-8-years-by-practice-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT The early track to partnership belongs to the deal practices: private equity and corporate made 31.8% and 29.5% of their partners within 8 years, against 23.2% for all practices and 10.1% in international trade. Counted within 12 years, white collar has caught up with the market; immigration and family have not. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/manchester/manchester-associate-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/manchester/manchester-associate-market-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Real estate is involved in Manchester lateral moves at an index of 186 against the market, well above London's 109, and it holds 24 of the city's 188 open roles. Set against its lateral volume, Manchester lists far more openings than London. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/manchester/manchester-partner-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/manchester/manchester-partner-market-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Manchester firms make about one partner from within for each partner they hire from outside, a ratio of 0.88 against 0.64 in London and 0.79 across the market. The hiring itself runs through firms of 400-999 lawyers, which took 56.8% of Manchester lateral moves. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/mass-and-toxic-torts/mass-tort-lawyers-open-roles-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/mass-and-toxic-torts/mass-tort-lawyers-open-roles-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Openings labelled mass torts stood at 834 on one day, beside 198 lateral moves in the speciality over 12 months: a stock next to a flow, not a measure of unmet demand. The moves lean to Chicago, at an index of 262 against the market. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/media-and-entertainment/media-entertainment-law-firms-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/media-and-entertainment/media-entertainment-law-firms-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Only two of the ten firms most active on media and entertainment deals also rank in the market's top 10, and the first stands two bands clear of the rest. Disputes are the largest type at 39.8%, and lawyers in Los Angeles worked on media deals 1.9 times as often as on technology deals. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/media-entertainment-capital-markets-counsel-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/media-entertainment-capital-markets-counsel-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Media and entertainment work is fought more often than it is issued. Disputes lead the sector's deal mix at 39.8%, and capital markets lawyers, on 13.4% of its deals, rank third behind corporate and IP. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/media-entertainment-ip-counsel-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/media-entertainment-ip-counsel-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Los Angeles took 23.4% of the moves by lawyers with a media focus who changed firms, an index of 463 against the market, and 16.2% of media and entertainment deals were handled with lawyers in the city. IP lawyers sat on 26.3% of the sector's deals, so a media company buying IP counsel is buying a bench that works and moves in Los Angeles. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/medical-device-capital-markets-counsel-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/medical-device-capital-markets-counsel-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Capital markets lawyers sit on 44.4% of medical device deals. The device-focused lawyers who changed firms were a litigation, intellectual property and health care bench, and 63.3% of them were partners, against 31.5% of capital markets laterals. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/medical-device-ma-counsel-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/medical-device-ma-counsel-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT In medical devices the M&A bench is the second bench: capital markets lawyers sit on 44.4% of the sector's deals and corporate lawyers on 28.8%, a gap of 15.6 points. Across all dated deals the same gap is 3.1 points. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/patent-mechanical-and-medical-devices/medical-device-patent-partner-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/patent-mechanical-and-medical-devices/medical-device-patent-partner-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Partner moves in mechanical and medical device patent work fell 29.6% year on year, from 54 to 38. Hiring at all levels held flat (-8.1%), and partner hiring in intellectual property held flat (+8.0%): the drop is a partner story. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/medical-malpractice/medical-malpractice-lawyers-health-care-matters-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/medical-malpractice/medical-malpractice-lawyers-health-care-matters-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Medical malpractice work is health-care work: 60.9% of the speciality's matters over three years involved health-care providers and payors. The hiring runs through firms of 150-399 lawyers, with 32.7% of moves against 13.3% market-wide, and hiring held flat (-15.1%) over the year. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/merger-control/merger-control-lawyers-brussels-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/merger-control/merger-control-lawyers-brussels-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Merger control hiring is a Brussels market: the city took 23.9% of moves, an index of 2,783 against the market, and the top 10 hirers took 50.0%. Year on year, hiring held flat (-7.9%). https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/miami/miami-associate-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/miami/miami-associate-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Miami lateral hiring leans on defense work: product liability is involved in moves at 2.9 times its market share, and insurance close behind. Few Miami lawyers leave for companies, so the associates a firm wants sit at other firms. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/miami/miami-partner-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/miami/miami-partner-market-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Miami fills its benches from other cities: 66 lawyers arrived from elsewhere in 12 months and 37 left, with New York the largest single source. Lateral partner hiring rose on top of that inflow. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/litigation-and-disputes/litigation-miami-partner-hirers-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/litigation-and-disputes/litigation-miami-partner-hirers-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Sartori & Partners data show 47 litigation partners joined Miami firms laterally in 12 months, and most of them went to a handful of buyers. Partner hiring here is tighter than across the practice and tighter than in Miami as a whole, while more of the movers come from other cities than in litigation elsewhere. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/product-liability-and-torts/product-liability-miami-lateral-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/product-liability-and-torts/product-liability-miami-lateral-market-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Product liability and torts weighs far more in Miami than market-wide: the city's index in the practice is 289. Over the settled 12 months Miami product liability moves rose 44.2%, while the practice held flat (+2.3%). https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/market/firm-size-classes-promote-or-buy-partners-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/market/firm-size-classes-promote-or-buy-partners-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Firms of 400-999 lawyers made 871 of the 2,955 lawyers promoted to partner, 29.5%, while taking 23.4% of lateral arrivals, and firms of 150-399 lawyers made partners earliest. Midsize firms make their partners; the largest firms lean more on the lateral market. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/firms/midsize-law-firms-on-top-hiring-lists-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/firms/midsize-law-firms-on-top-hiring-lists-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Firms of 400-999 lawyers took 23.4% of lateral hires, and every firm in the market top 10 has 1,000+ lawyers. The midsize class surfaces on narrower lists instead, and the firms named there hire partners at well above the market rate of 27.7%. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/promotions/midwest-time-to-partner-minneapolis-columbus-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/promotions/midwest-time-to-partner-minneapolis-columbus-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Minneapolis made 34.3% of its new partners within 8 years, more than any other US city we publish. Litigators in Columbus made 11.9%. The region runs on two very different partner clocks. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/milan/milan-associate-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/milan/milan-associate-market-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT A short list of international firms takes most lateral hires in Milan, a tighter grip than in Paris or London. Deal work comes second: private equity runs at an index of 235 against the market, above London at 144 and Paris at 217. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/milan/milan-partner-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/milan/milan-partner-market-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Milan lateral hiring fell 24.5% between the settled 12-month windows while the market rose 9.0%, a steeper drop than in Paris, while London held level. Partner hiring held near its earlier count, and the pool is local: 64.9% of arrivals over three years had left a job in Milan. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/mining-capital-markets-counsel-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/mining-capital-markets-counsel-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Five firms sit among the ten most active on mining deals and among the ten most active on capital markets deals. The mining list's first firm stands alone in the 61-100 band, above eight firms in 21-40, and is not on the capital markets list. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/mining-and-metals/mining-lawyers-moving-up-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/mining-and-metals/mining-lawyers-moving-up-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Over 36 months, 19.1% of mining lawyers who changed firms stepped up a title, against 12.3% across the market. The movers are mostly partners, spread across projects, corporate and regulatory work, and London is their first city: a mining company hiring from firms competes with promotion, not only pay. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/minneapolis/minneapolis-associate-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/minneapolis/minneapolis-associate-market-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT About one Minneapolis lateral move in five came with a higher title over 12 months (20.8%), against 12.9% across the market and 8.4% in Chicago. Over three years the city still runs above the market, and employment work scores 176 on the market index. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/minneapolis/minneapolis-partner-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/minneapolis/minneapolis-partner-market-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Minneapolis hires in teams: 17.9% of its lateral moves arrived with a group, 11.9 times the market rate. Its lawyers also leave for companies at 2.5 times the market pace. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/litigation-and-disputes/litigation-minneapolis-counsel-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/litigation-and-disputes/litigation-minneapolis-counsel-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Minneapolis litigation hires counsel at 1.6 times the practice rate: 23.3% of lateral moves against 14.4%. Volume rose 76.5% on the settled 12-month windows, while litigation across the practice rose 7.5%. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/montreal/montreal-corporate-partner-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/montreal/montreal-corporate-partner-market-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Corporate work turns up in Montreal lateral hiring at an index of 188 against the market, above Toronto's 140, while partners were only 17.6% of Montreal moves, against 24.6% in Toronto and 27.7% market-wide. Total moves rose 45.8% on the settled year. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/munich/munich-corporate-partner-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/munich/munich-corporate-partner-market-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Partners took 42.5% of Munich lateral moves in 12 months, well above Frankfurt, London and the market. Corporate work is involved in most of those partner moves, and private equity runs at about four times its market share (index 409). https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/municipal-and-local-government/municipal-lawyers-smaller-firms-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/municipal-and-local-government/municipal-lawyers-smaller-firms-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Municipal and local government lawyers who change firms mostly join mid-sized platforms: firms of 1,000+ lawyers took 22.9% of their moves in 12 months, against 38.5% across public law and 53.6% in the whole market. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/nashville/nashville-associate-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/nashville/nashville-associate-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Only 34 firms hired laterally in Nashville over 12 months, and the most active of them held 73.3% of the city's moves, 5.7 times the market's concentration. With associates at 62.9% of the moves, a firm hiring associates in Nashville is bidding against a short list of repeat buyers. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/nashville/nashville-partner-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/nashville/nashville-partner-market-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Nashville firms hired 112 lateral lawyers in the 12 months to September 2026, up from 80, a rise of 40.0% against the market's 9.0%. Partner hiring held flat (+10.3%), and a short list of firms made most of those hires. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/litigation-and-disputes/litigation-nashville-hirer-concentration-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/litigation-and-disputes/litigation-nashville-hirer-concentration-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Nashville litigation hiring sits with very few buyers: 22 firms hired 55 lateral lawyers, and the ten most active took 78.2% of the moves against 12.0% across the practice. The talent comes from a wider base, with small firms an unusually large source. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/market/law-firms-net-partner-gainers-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/market/law-firms-net-partner-gainers-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Hiring the most partners and growing the partner bench produce different lists. The top net partner gainer, Greenberg Traurig, sits in the 41-60 band, and only four of the ten busiest partner hirers also make the top 10 by net partner flow. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/antitrust-and-competition/antitrust-new-york-team-moves-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/antitrust-and-competition/antitrust-new-york-team-moves-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT 12.1% of antitrust lateral moves into New York came as part of a team, against 4.4% across the practice and 1.3% for the city. Partners make up 43.9% of the moves, and hiring rose 42.9% while antitrust across the practice held flat (+7.7%). https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/new-york/new-york-associate-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/new-york/new-york-associate-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT New York associates make up almost exactly the market's share of moves, but they move into much larger firms: firms of 1,000+ lawyers took 62.6% of the city's lateral hires against 53.6% in the market, and New York firms had more roles open on their career pages in November 2026 than firms in any other city. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/capital-markets/capital-markets-new-york-ipo-reporting-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/capital-markets/capital-markets-new-york-ipo-reporting-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT New York takes a far larger share of public company reporting and IPO lawyer moves than of capital markets moves overall, with indexes of 227 and 181 against 169. Those hires also stay local: 7.5% changed city, against 23.8% across the practice. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/construction/construction-new-york-hiring-decline-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/construction/construction-new-york-hiring-decline-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Construction lateral moves into New York firms fell 27.8% while the city's lateral hiring rose 11.9% and the practice held flat (-1.8%). Mid-size firms, not the largest, do the most buying. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/employment-and-labor/employment-labor-new-york-lateral-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/employment-and-labor/employment-labor-new-york-lateral-market-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT New York employment hiring rose 25.4% over the settled 12 months, while the practice rose 6.9% and the city as a whole rose 11.9%. The climb starts from a share below New York's weight in the market: an index of 68. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/banking-and-finance/banking-finance-new-york-partner-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/banking-and-finance/banking-finance-new-york-partner-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Finance partner moves into New York rose 32.7% while partner hiring across the city was flat and finance partners across the market rose 10.6%. Partners are 34.8% of finance moves into the city, against 28.3% of all New York moves. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/funds-and-investment-management/funds-new-york-local-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/funds-and-investment-management/funds-new-york-local-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Funds lawyers who joined New York firms changed city far less often than funds lawyers across the practice, and less often than New York's own lateral market. The cell still grew faster than both: the bench is home-grown, and it is getting busier. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/insurance-and-reinsurance/insurance-new-york-deal-mix-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/insurance-and-reinsurance/insurance-new-york-deal-mix-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT New York insurance work leans to deals, while the lawyers who change firms are coverage litigators, many from small firms: M&A is 37.0% of the city's insurance matters over three years, against 18.9% of the practice's deals over 12 months. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/intellectual-property/intellectual-property-new-york-media-copyright-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/intellectual-property/intellectual-property-new-york-media-copyright-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Media and entertainment companies are the client on 10.3% of New York IP matters over 3 years, against 4.8% of the practice's matters in the latest 12 months. Copyright hiring in the city scores 141 on our market index, while IP as a whole sits under the market at 93. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/new-york/new-york-lateral-partner-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/new-york/new-york-lateral-partner-market-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT New York sent 248 lawyers to other cities in 12 months and took in 189, with Washington, Miami, Newark and London the main destinations over 3 years. The partners it does hire over-index in restructuring and banking. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/litigation-and-disputes/litigation-new-york-midsize-firm-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/litigation-and-disputes/litigation-new-york-midsize-firm-market-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT New York litigators move on the pattern of litigation everywhere, not the city's big-firm one: firms of 1,000+ lawyers take 43.8% of them against 62.6% for New York as a whole, and smaller firms pick up the difference. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/corporate-and-ma/corporate-ma-new-york-hirer-concentration-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/corporate-and-ma/corporate-ma-new-york-hirer-concentration-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT A short list of large firms does most of the lateral buying in New York M&A. The ten most active hirers took 35.5% of moves, against 21.6% for the practice as a whole and 21.5% for New York, and firms of 1,000+ lawyers took 73.7%. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/technology-data-and-privacy/technology-privacy-new-york-open-roles-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/technology-data-and-privacy/technology-privacy-new-york-open-roles-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT New York firms list 60 open technology and privacy roles against 66 lateral hires in 12 months, and hiring in the city grew faster than across the practice. Cybersecurity, not AI, is the largest specialty in the mix. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/private-equity/private-equity-new-york-counsel-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/private-equity/private-equity-new-york-counsel-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Counsel made 18.6% of New York private equity lateral moves over 12 months, against 11.2% for the practice as a whole and 12.6% across New York. Total moves rose 22.8%, to 232 from 189, while partner moves held steady at 88 against 88. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/product-liability-and-torts/product-liability-new-york-lateral-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/product-liability-and-torts/product-liability-new-york-lateral-market-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT A smaller share of New York product liability laterals join at a higher title than across the practice. Over the settled 12 months the cell fell 27.3%, while the practice held flat (+2.3%) and New York rose 11.9%. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/projects-and-infrastructure/projects-infrastructure-new-york-partner-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/projects-and-infrastructure/projects-infrastructure-new-york-partner-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT New York projects and infrastructure hires partners at a far higher rate than the city around it, and 90.2% of its lateral moves land at firms of 1,000+ lawyers. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/real-estate/real-estate-new-york-hiring-growth-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/real-estate/real-estate-new-york-hiring-growth-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Real estate lateral moves into New York rose 28.4%, well ahead of the practice across the market (7.9%) and of the city (11.9%). Partner hiring held flat (+3.4%), so the growth sits below partner level. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/restructuring-and-insolvency/restructuring-new-york-lateral-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/restructuring-and-insolvency/restructuring-new-york-lateral-market-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT New York takes 24.4% of all restructuring lateral moves, an index of 165, rising to 178 among the city's partner moves. Partners are 45.9% of these hires against 28.3% citywide, and only 7.1% changed city. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/white-collar-investigations-and-criminal/white-collar-new-york-firm-size-shift-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/white-collar-investigations-and-criminal/white-collar-new-york-firm-size-shift-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT New York white collar lawyers leave the largest firms more often than they join them: over 3 years firms of 1,000+ lawyers supplied 60.3% of laterals and hired 45.8%, while firms of under 150 lawyers took 15.1% after supplying 10.3%. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/firms/specialities-where-few-firms-dominate-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/firms/specialities-where-few-firms-dominate-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT In fund finance, insurance defense, debt capital markets, secondaries and merger control the top 10 hirers took between 47.5% and 56.3% of lateral moves. A niche hire competes with a short, named list of firms: firms outside the market's top 10 head fund finance and insurance defense, while firms from it head the other three, Latham & Watkins two of them. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/restrictive-covenants-and-non-competes/non-compete-lawyers-chicago-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/restrictive-covenants-and-non-competes/non-compete-lawyers-chicago-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Restrictive covenant hiring is a Chicago market and a partner market: Chicago over-indexes at 208, New York sits at 83, and partners take 42.7% of hires against 22.4% in employment law. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/nonprofits-and-charities/nonprofit-charity-disputes-law-firms-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/nonprofits-and-charities/nonprofit-charity-disputes-law-firms-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Nonprofits buy litigation, not transactions: disputes and investigations were 70.5% of the sector's deals, public law lawyers worked on 25.5% of them, and each client brought 1.4 deals, the fewest of any sector. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/promotions/northeast-time-to-partner-newark-pittsburgh-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/promotions/northeast-time-to-partner-newark-pittsburgh-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Newark made 60.0% of its new partners within 12 years and Pittsburgh 65.2%, against 80.5% in Philadelphia and 78.7% in Boston. New York, at 73.2%, sits close to the market: the corridor's slow partner clocks run beside its largest market, not inside it. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/guides/of-counsel-meaning-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/guides/of-counsel-meaning-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Of counsel is the senior tier between associate and partner. Counsel promotions rose from 46.8% of partner promotions in 2022 to 55.1% in 2025, and counsel now run a lateral market and a route in-house of their own. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/oil-gas-capital-markets-counsel-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/oil-gas-capital-markets-counsel-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Oil and gas deal work runs through Houston before New York: 48.2% of the sector's deals against 42.0%. Capital markets lawyers sit on 41.5% of those deals, against 26.4% of all deals. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/oil-and-gas/oil-gas-in-house-lawyer-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/oil-and-gas/oil-gas-in-house-lawyer-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Lawyers whose work centers on oil and gas chose Houston 11.9 times as often as the market did, and their moves rose 27.6% year on year, with partners 56.2% of the movers. An energy company hiring in-house should start its search there and price for seniority. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/oil-and-gas/oil-gas-outside-counsel-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/oil-and-gas/oil-gas-outside-counsel-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Oil and gas deal work comes from a small group of companies that return often and deal large: 2.5 deals for every client, more than in technology or power, and a median disclosed value of $750 million. That gives a repeat client more leverage with its firm than most sectors allow. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/oil-gas-ma-counsel-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/oil-gas-ma-counsel-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Lawyers whose focus is oil and gas changed firms more often: their moves rose 27.6% and Houston firms drew them at an index of 1,162, while the sector's deals held flat (+5.3%). Corporate and M&A lawyers sit on 32.3% of those deals. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/aviation/aviation-industry-law-firms-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/aviation/aviation-industry-law-firms-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Aviation deals in 12 months trace back to 136 clients, fewer than in any other industry we track, and each returned for 2.2 deals on average. The work leans on financing and the most active firms sit close together, so an airline or lessor that buys repeat financings holds the leverage to consolidate its panel and press on rates. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/orlando/orlando-product-liability-partner-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/orlando/orlando-product-liability-partner-market-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Product liability is involved in 35.1% of Orlando lateral moves, about a third, at an index of 515 against the market and above Miami's 292. Construction runs strong over three years, and firms of 1,000+ lawyers take only 17.8% of moves. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/paris/paris-associate-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/paris/paris-associate-market-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT In Paris, 86.4% of lateral moves in the past 12 months went to firms of 1,000+ lawyers, about six in seven, against 68.5% in London and 53.6% across the market. Associates make 63.1% of those moves, and only 12.2% of Paris movers changed city. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/paris/paris-partner-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/paris/paris-partner-market-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Lateral hiring in Paris fell 20.5% across all levels, yet partner hiring held steady at 69 hires against 61, so partners now make 25.0% of a smaller market. Almost all of it runs through firms of 1,000+ lawyers. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/corporate-and-ma/corporate-ma-paris-hiring-decline-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/corporate-and-ma/corporate-ma-paris-hiring-decline-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Corporate and M&A lateral hiring in Paris dropped to 71 moves from 101 while the practice grew market-wide. The deal work did not go away: Paris M&A lawyers were on 652 deals in 12 months. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/market/partner-hiring-vs-total-hiring-by-practice-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/market/partner-hiring-vs-total-hiring-by-practice-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Market-wide, partner hires rose 8.4% and all lateral moves rose 9.0%. Inside practices the two lines split: projects partner hiring held flat (+16.5%) on a flat practice, while litigation and real estate grew only below partner level. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/market/partner-promotion-calendar-by-month-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/market/partner-promotion-calendar-by-month-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Law firms announced 56.4% of the last 12 months' partner promotions in January 2026. May is a smaller second round, and June and August barely register, the same shape as in 2024 and 2025. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/market/partner-share-of-lateral-moves-by-month-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/market/partner-share-of-lateral-moves-by-month-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Partners take a larger slice of lateral moves in winter than in summer, and 2026 stretched both ends against 2025. Measured over a full year, their share of moves was 27.0%, against 27.1% a year earlier. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/promotions/partner-track-predictability-by-practice-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/promotions/partner-track-predictability-by-practice-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT The fastest quarter of new partners is named at much the same point in every practice; the slowest quarter is not. In immigration it waited 16.0 years or more, against 11.0 years in corporate and M&A and 12.0 years market-wide, so the spread, more than the median, says how far a firm can plan a partner pipeline. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/market/partner-vs-associate-lateral-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/market/partner-vs-associate-lateral-market-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Associates are still most of the lawyers who change firms. What has changed since 2022 is the mix: partners now make up a larger slice of lateral moves, even though the past 12 months grew at the market's pace. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/firms/partner-heavy-lateral-hirers-and-partner-growth-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/firms/partner-heavy-lateral-hirers-and-partner-growth-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Four firms where partners make up 45% to 55% of lateral hires, against 27.7% market-wide, all rank in the top 10 for net partner gain. Three volume hirers whose intake is mostly associates sit outside it. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/market/promote-or-hire-partners-by-city-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/market/promote-or-hire-partners-by-city-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Chicago firms make 0.94 partners for each lateral partner they hire; Los Angeles and Dallas make 0.49 and Seattle 0.39. New York, at 0.76, sits next to the market's 0.79. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/patent-litigation/patent-litigation-team-moves-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/patent-litigation/patent-litigation-team-moves-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Patent litigators change firms as groups: 9.3% of moves were part of a team, 6.2 times the market rate, and few of them arrive with a higher title. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/patent-prosecution/patent-prosecution-lawyers-relocate-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/patent-prosecution/patent-prosecution-lawyers-relocate-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Patent prosecution lawyers move further than most: 30.2% of moves also changed city, against 20.5% market-wide and 15.9% in intellectual property, while hiring held flat (-12.8%). And 10.4% came as part of a team, against 1.5%. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/regulatory-and-compliance/regulatory-compliance-path-to-partner-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/regulatory-and-compliance/regulatory-compliance-path-to-partner-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT The median regulatory partner is promoted 11.0 years after the first year of practice, 1 year later than the market median of 10.0 years. Fewer make it early, and firms fill more of the gap with lateral partners. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/payments-and-fintech-regulation/payments-fintech-lawyers-crypto-matters-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/payments-and-fintech-regulation/payments-fintech-lawyers-crypto-matters-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Fintech and payments clients appear on 49.4% of the speciality's matters and crypto clients on 28.9%, while 86.8% of its lateral moves went to firms of 1,000+ lawyers. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/personal-injury-and-wrongful-death/personal-injury-defense-lawyers-step-up-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/personal-injury-and-wrongful-death/personal-injury-defense-lawyers-step-up-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT A lateral move in personal injury and wrongful death is a promotion more often than in the wider market: 19.5% of movers stepped up a title, against 15.7% for the practice and 12.9% for all lawyers. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/pharma-biotech-capital-markets-counsel-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/pharma-biotech-capital-markets-counsel-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Pharma and biotech deals are small tickets for the capital markets bench: a $250 million median against $563.2 million for the practice. The two firms the sector uses most are not the practice's two busiest desks. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/pharma-and-biotech/pharma-biotech-outside-counsel-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/pharma-and-biotech/pharma-biotech-outside-counsel-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Pharma and biotech companies buy mostly financing work from a small group of firms, and lawyers in Boston and San Diego work on far more of those deals than in technology. The lawyers with real sector depth are patent, litigation and regulatory specialists, and they rarely change firms. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/pharma-and-biotech/pharma-biotech-in-house-lawyer-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/pharma-and-biotech/pharma-biotech-in-house-lawyer-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Partners are 49.1% of the pharma and biotech lawyers who changed firms in 12 months, associates 30.5%. Companies that recruit out of law firms take mostly associates, so a junior in-house specialist comes from a narrow flow that firms also bid for. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/pharma-biotech-ip-counsel-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/pharma-biotech-ip-counsel-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT The firms most active on pharma and biotech deals and the firms most active on intellectual property deals form two almost separate lists: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati is the only name on both. The sector list follows a deal flow where capital markets lawyers sit on 53.1% of deals and IP lawyers on 10.3%. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/pharma-biotech-ma-counsel-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/pharma-biotech-ma-counsel-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Corporate and M&A lawyers sat on 23.4% of pharma and biotech deals, against 47.8% of technology deals. A drug company's deal work runs through capital markets lawyers first, and the M&A bench it hires is a smaller one, shared with every other sector. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/philadelphia/philadelphia-associate-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/philadelphia/philadelphia-associate-market-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Philadelphia lateral moves rose 24.5% between the settled 12-month windows, 2.7 times the market's 9.0%, with associates at 61.5% of moves. Companies also hire the city's lawyers at a higher rate than the market. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/philadelphia/philadelphia-partner-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/philadelphia/philadelphia-partner-market-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Firms under 150 lawyers took 2.0 times their market share of Philadelphia lateral moves, and team moves ran at 6.7% against 1.5% nationally. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/phoenix/phoenix-litigation-partner-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/phoenix/phoenix-litigation-partner-market-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Litigation is involved in 57.4% of lateral moves into Phoenix firms, an index of 144 against 136 in Denver, and in 62.6% over three years. Partner moves held steady at 22 against 22 while market partner hiring rose 8.4%, and partners are 34.4% of Phoenix hires against 27.7% across the market. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/pittsburgh/pittsburgh-partner-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/pittsburgh/pittsburgh-partner-market-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Pittsburgh firms made 1.20 partner promotions for each lateral partner they hired, against 1.00 in Philadelphia and 0.79 across the market, while lateral volume into the city held flat. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/power-and-gas-regulation/power-gas-regulatory-lawyers-firm-size-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/power-and-gas-regulation/power-gas-regulatory-lawyers-firm-size-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Firms of 150-399 lawyers hired 25.5% of power and gas regulation laterals in 12 months, 2.1 times their share in the regulatory practice. Hiring in the field held flat (+14.0%) year on year. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/power-renewables-capital-markets-counsel-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/power-renewables-capital-markets-counsel-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Of the six client sectors that carry the most capital markets deals, power grew fastest, rising 27.6% against 14.5% for pharma and biotech. Capital markets partner hiring held flat (+1.1%) over the same windows. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/power-renewables-ma-counsel-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/power-renewables-ma-counsel-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Power and renewables work splits across three practices of similar size: projects lawyers on 32.9% of the sector's deals, corporate and M&A lawyers on 27.7% and capital markets lawyers on 26.0%. A general counsel who buys only an M&A team is buying one bench out of three. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/public-private-partnerships/ppp-lawyers-paris-partner-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/public-private-partnerships/ppp-lawyers-paris-partner-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Public-private partnership hiring leans on Paris and on partners: Paris took 12.8% of moves over 3 years against 4.5% for projects and infrastructure, and partners made up 64.3% of the last 12 months' moves against 38.6%. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/market/practice-city-hiring-hotspots-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/market/practice-city-hiring-hotspots-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT The sharpest practice concentrations in lateral hiring sit next to a regulator or an industry: antitrust in Brussels, trade in Washington, projects in Houston, banking in Charlotte. Among large cells, Los Angeles employment and New York funds stand out. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/market/practices-ranked-lateral-volume-and-growth-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/market/practices-ranked-lateral-volume-and-growth-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Litigation is involved in 39.9% of lateral moves but grew more slowly than the market. The growth sits in smaller practices: technology, data and privacy, tax, and funds. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/firms/practices-where-specialist-firms-lead-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/firms/practices-where-specialist-firms-lead-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Specialist firms head the hiring lists in employment, product liability and insurance, and they build with associates and counsel. In private equity and capital markets, global full-service platforms come first. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/premises-and-general-liability/premises-liability-defense-firms-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/premises-and-general-liability/premises-liability-defense-firms-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Premises and general liability defense hiring leans to mid-size firms: firms of 150-399 lawyers took 31.4% of moves against 13.3% market-wide, and over 3 years 28.2% of movers came from firms under 150 lawyers, against 11.4% across the market. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/privacy-and-data-protection/privacy-lawyers-hiring-vs-tech-practice-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/privacy-and-data-protection/privacy-lawyers-hiring-vs-tech-practice-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Sartori & Partners data show privacy hiring held flat (+2.0%) against a practice that rose 32.6% and a market that rose 9.0%. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/private-client-and-estates/private-client-lateral-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/private-client-and-estates/private-client-lateral-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Private client lawyers move to mid-size and small firms: firms of 1,000+ lawyers took 18.9% of moves against 53.6% across the market, firms under 150 lawyers took 18.9% against 9.7%, and 25.6% of movers also changed city. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/private-client-and-estates/private-client-path-to-partner-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/private-client-and-estates/private-client-path-to-partner-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT The slowest quarter of new private client partners took 14.0 years or more to make partner, and only 66.2% got there within 12 years, against 75.4% market-wide. The lateral bench sits mostly outside the largest firms. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/private-credit-and-direct-lending/private-credit-lawyers-local-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/private-credit-and-direct-lending/private-credit-lawyers-local-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Private credit hiring held flat (-4.3%) on the settled year, and only 13.1% of movers changed city, against 20.4% in banking and finance and 20.5% market-wide. New York and London carry the hiring, and each hub hires from its own bench. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/private-equity/private-equity-deals-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/private-equity/private-equity-deals-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Private equity deal counts rose 10.4% year on year, and lateral partner hiring in the practice rose 16.1%. Firms are adding sponsor partners faster than sponsor deals grow, in a book where financial sponsors are the client on 83.9% of deals. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/private-equity-deals-two-benches-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/private-equity-deals-two-benches-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Private equity deals are worked by two practice groups at close to equal rates, 36.0% and 32.3%, while M&A runs on one. A firm that wants sponsor mandates needs both benches, and lateral partner hiring rose in each of them. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/private-equity/private-equity-lateral-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/private-equity/private-equity-lateral-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Partners are 38.1% of private equity laterals against 27.7% across the market, and the top 10 hirers take 27.0% of all moves, 2.1 times the market's concentration. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/private-equity/private-equity-paris-hirer-concentration-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/private-equity/private-equity-paris-hirer-concentration-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT 22 firms hired private equity lawyers in Paris over 12 months, yet the ten most active took 72.0% of the moves, against 27.0% across the practice and 41.5% across Paris. Firms of 1,000+ lawyers took 89.8%, and volume held flat. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/private-equity-sponsor-counsel-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/private-equity-sponsor-counsel-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Sponsors are the client on 83.9% of the deals private equity lawyers work, but those lawyers appear on only 32.8% of sponsor deals. A sponsor's panel needs funds, corporate and finance benches as well as a private equity group. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/private-equity/private-equity-path-to-partner-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/private-equity/private-equity-path-to-partner-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Private equity has the shortest road to partner of any practice we track, a mean of 9.8 years against 11.1 years. It still promotes only 0.68 partners for each lateral partner it hires, against 0.79 market-wide, and its lateral partner hiring rose 16.1%. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/private-fund-formation/private-fund-formation-hiring-growth-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/private-fund-formation/private-fund-formation-hiring-growth-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Fund formation is a speciality in growth: lateral hiring rose 20.5% year on year while the market rose 9.0%. Partners carry the rise, and Paris over-indexes more than any other city. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/private-ma/private-ma-lateral-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/private-ma/private-ma-lateral-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Private M&A hiring held flat (-0.9%) while the corporate practice it belongs to rose 15.8%. Lawyers whose own focus is private M&A make 37.9% of that practice's moves, so a private M&A search should be planned on the speciality's own numbers, not the corporate total. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/product-liability/product-liability-counsel-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/product-liability/product-liability-counsel-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Counsel are 20.4% of product liability laterals, against 16.8% in the wider practice and 12.7% market-wide, and 16.8% of movers join at a higher title. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/product-liability-and-torts/product-liability-lateral-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/product-liability-and-torts/product-liability-lateral-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Product liability hiring runs through the counsel tier: counsel are 16.8% of moves against 12.7% market-wide, and 15.7% of movers join at a higher title, while volume stayed flat as the market grew. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/product-liability-and-torts/product-liability-deals-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/product-liability-and-torts/product-liability-deals-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Product liability work runs through repeat clients: 5.9 recorded matters per client in 12 months, nearly all of them disputes. Individuals and healthcare providers are the largest client sectors, and both matters and hiring held flat. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/promotions/product-liability-partner-track-by-us-city-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/promotions/product-liability-partner-track-by-us-city-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Product liability and tort lawyers in Philadelphia made partner within 8 years 41.7% of the time, against 13.5% in Los Angeles, and New York promoted only 65.2% within 12 years: the defense bar's clock depends on the city. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/product-liability-and-torts/product-liability-path-to-partner-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/product-liability-and-torts/product-liability-path-to-partner-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Product liability partners reach the title on two clocks. More make it within 8 years than in the market, 25.4% against 23.2%, yet fewer within 12 years, 72.4% against 75.4%. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/consumer-claims-product-liability-counsel-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/consumer-claims-product-liability-counsel-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Matters involving individuals and consumers rose 15.8% year on year, but the product liability practice's own matters held flat (+0.2%) and its lateral partner hiring held flat (-5.0%). Product liability lawyers sit on 21.3% of the sector's matters, so demand is rising around a practice whose own readings are level. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/professional-liability/professional-liability-lateral-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/professional-liability/professional-liability-lateral-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Ten firms take 33.0% of professional liability moves, 2.8 times the concentration seen across litigation. Philadelphia over-indexes at 355, and team moves run well above the market rate. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/professional-services-capital-markets-counsel-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/professional-services-capital-markets-counsel-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Professional services companies are one-off issuers: their clients averaged 1.6 deals each in 12 months, against 2.6 across the capital markets practice. Capital markets lawyers worked on 18.6% of the sector's deals, behind corporate lawyers at 49.2%. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/professional-services/professional-services-firms-legal-work-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/professional-services/professional-services-firms-legal-work-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT M&A runs at 2.1 times its market share in professional services and private equity at 2.1 times, while only 5.5% of the sector's deals disclose a value. Nine of the ten most active advisers share one band. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/professional-services/professional-services-team-moves-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/professional-services/professional-services-team-moves-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Team moves were 14.8% of lateral moves by lawyers who focus on professional services clients, against 1.5% across the market, a rough size on a small count. Partner moves climbed, most movers litigate, and a firm hiring in-house should expect candidates who arrive with colleagues. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/project-development/project-development-lawyers-power-renewables-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/project-development/project-development-lawyers-power-renewables-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Project development is power and renewables work: those clients were involved in 57.6% of its dated matters over three years. Hiring held flat (-7.7%), and it runs through firms of 1,000+ lawyers and through London and Houston. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/project-finance-deals-partner-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/project-finance-deals-partner-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Project and infrastructure finance deals rose 22.0% on settled 12-month windows, and the projects practice answered with partners: partner hiring held flat (+16.5%) while hiring at all levels held flat (+1.3%). Across the whole market, partner and total hiring moved together. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/project-finance/project-finance-lawyers-largest-firms-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/project-finance/project-finance-lawyers-largest-firms-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Project finance hiring is a large-firm market on both sides of the move: firms of 1,000+ lawyers took 82.6% of laterals, against 53.6% market-wide, and over 3 years 76.2% of movers had left a firm of that size, against 56.6%. Power and renewables drive the work. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/projects-and-infrastructure/projects-infrastructure-deals-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/projects-and-infrastructure/projects-infrastructure-deals-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Power and renewables clients appear in 57.1% of projects and infrastructure deals, 13.9 times their share of the whole market, and 70.4% of the work is project finance. Deals rose 26.2% on settled windows while lateral hiring held flat (+1.3%). https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/projects-and-infrastructure/projects-infrastructure-lateral-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/projects-and-infrastructure/projects-infrastructure-lateral-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Projects firms are hiring partners, not teams. Partners make up 38.6% of moves against 27.7% market-wide, but partner moves held flat (+16.5%) and the practice as a whole held flat (+1.3%) while the market grew. Houston hires at an index of 409. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/projects-and-infrastructure/projects-infrastructure-path-to-partner-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/projects-and-infrastructure/projects-infrastructure-path-to-partner-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Projects and infrastructure lawyers reach partner later than the market: 66.9% within 12 years, against 75.4%. Firms fill the gap from outside, promoting 0.54 for each lateral partner hired (market 0.79), while lateral partner moves in the practice held flat (+16.5%), a gap inside the noise at these counts. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/hospitality-and-leisure/hospitality-leisure-legal-work-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/hospitality-and-leisure/hospitality-leisure-legal-work-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Hospitality and leisure deal flow fell 8.6% while the whole deal market rose 10.6%. The work that remains tilts to property transactions and restructuring, and capital markets sits below the market share, so a hotel or leisure company should buy property and workout depth first. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/healthcare-provider-product-liability-counsel-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/healthcare-provider-product-liability-counsel-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Product liability lawyers worked on 11.0% of healthcare provider and payor deals, between their 21.3% share of individual and consumer matters and 5.0% of consumer goods deals. Providers and payors in turn appear on 12.3% of the practice's own deals. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/public-company-reporting/public-company-reporting-associate-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/public-company-reporting/public-company-reporting-associate-market-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT 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%). https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/public-law-and-government/public-law-lateral-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/public-law-and-government/public-law-lateral-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Public law hiring is a Washington market: 26.0% of lateral moves land in the capital, an index of 464 against the market. Volume held flat (-4.9%) while the market rose 9.0%. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/public-law-and-government/public-law-deals-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/public-law-and-government/public-law-deals-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Public law work is bought by governments, nonprofits and schools, and 80.6% of it is contested. Matters rose 8.8% on settled windows while lateral hiring in the practice held flat (-4.9%). https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/public-law-and-government/public-law-path-to-partner-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/public-law-and-government/public-law-path-to-partner-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Public law lateral partner hiring held flat (-1.0%) while partner moves across the market rose 8.4%. Firms make partners at the market's own ratio, and the median new partner gets there in 10.0 years, though a long tail lifts the average. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/individual-claims-public-law-counsel-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/individual-claims-public-law-counsel-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT 26.1% of individuals and consumers deals were handled with lawyers in Washington, DC, against 20.3% in New York, while government work runs the other way. Public law lawyers sit on 18.7% of the sector's deals, so a shortlist for this work should test Washington teams first. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/government-public-law-counsel-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/government-public-law-counsel-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Eight of the ten firms most active on government and public sector deals share the 21-40 band, and none of the ten is on the public law practice's list. Public law lawyers sit on 21.5% of the sector's deals. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/government-and-public-sector/government-lawyers-changing-city-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/government-and-public-sector/government-lawyers-changing-city-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Lawyers who focus on government work change city more often than the rest of the lateral market, and they join large firms less often. A public body that searches nationally, and looks hard at mid-size firms, is fishing where this bench actually moves. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/raleigh/raleigh-partner-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/raleigh/raleigh-partner-market-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Raleigh firms hired lateral lawyers at a pace that left the market and Charlotte behind, a rise of 80.0% year on year. Partners were not the engine: they made up 18.2% of Raleigh moves over three years against 26.9% across the market, and firms under 150 lawyers took 2.0 times their market share of hires. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/in-house/real-estate-and-construction-lawyers-in-house-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/in-house/real-estate-and-construction-lawyers-in-house-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Real estate and construction lawyers leave firms for companies less often than the market does, at 11.3 and 9.4 moves per hundred lateral moves against 13.1. Firms keep adding real estate associates and counsel while property deal counts climb, so a company should plan a longer search below partner level. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/asset-manager-real-estate-counsel-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/asset-manager-real-estate-counsel-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Disclosed asset manager deals carry a median 3.0 times the real estate practice's, though that median covers all of the sector's work. Real estate lawyers sat on 6.7% of asset manager deals, and asset managers were 11.1% of real estate practice deals. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/real-estate-company-counsel-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/real-estate-company-counsel-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT In every hub city that appears on both lists, a smaller share of real estate deals than of sponsor deals had lawyers there, from New York at 31.7% against 43.2% to London at 12.8% against 29.5%. A property company buys its legal work city by city. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/real-estate/real-estate-deals-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/real-estate/real-estate-deals-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Property companies and institutional investors account for most real estate deal work: real estate clients appear in 59.0% of deals, asset managers in 11.1%. Deals rose 9.6% while lateral partner hiring in the practice held flat (-8.6%). https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/real-estate-deal-market-firms-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/real-estate-deal-market-firms-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Real estate deal work has no dominant adviser: the first two firms sit in the 41-60 band of deals advised and the other eight in 21-40. Real estate deals rose 10.3% while real estate partner hiring held flat (-8.6%). https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/real-estate-development/real-estate-development-partner-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/real-estate-development/real-estate-development-partner-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Real estate development hires partners as often as associates, 41.6% each, against a partner share of 28.9% for real estate as a whole. Its first hiring city is London, and New York sits well under its market weight. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/real-estate-finance-counsel-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/real-estate-finance-counsel-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Banking and finance partners changed firms more often, 604 against 546, while partners focused on real estate moved less, 413 against 471. Property companies, whose deals carry a finance lawyer 9.6% of the time, buy from both markets at once. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/real-estate-finance/real-estate-finance-new-york-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/real-estate-finance/real-estate-finance-new-york-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Real estate finance is the New York end of real estate: 19.5% of its lateral moves land there, an index of 132 against the market, while the practice sits at 14.0%. The share runs 2.1 points above its 3-year average. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/real-estate/real-estate-lateral-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/real-estate/real-estate-lateral-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Real estate lateral moves rose 7.9% on the settled year, but the partner line held flat (-8.6%), from 476 to 435, while partner moves across the market rose 8.4%. The extra volume sits with associates and counsel. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/real-estate/real-estate-in-house-lawyer-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/real-estate/real-estate-in-house-lawyer-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Real estate lawyers who moved spread across 320 hiring firms, the widest base of any sector, and fewer of them joined firms of 1,000+ lawyers than the market does. Associates are the majority and partner moves fell while the market's rose: a company hiring juniors can recruit from many mid-size firms, and a senior search has to go to partners who are staying put. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/real-estate-leasing/real-estate-leasing-lawyer-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/real-estate-leasing/real-estate-leasing-lawyer-market-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Leasing is the part of real estate where mid-size firms do the hiring: firms of 400-999 lawyers took 33.1% of moves, and firms of 1,000+ lawyers only 39.6%, against 53.6% in the whole market. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/real-estate/real-estate-outside-counsel-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/real-estate/real-estate-outside-counsel-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Real estate companies buy property transactions at 13.0 times the market's rate and capital markets financing at the market's own rate. Different lawyers do each, so a panel built for one proves little about the other. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/real-estate-disputes/real-estate-litigators-smaller-firms-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/real-estate-disputes/real-estate-litigators-smaller-firms-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Real estate litigators move away from the largest firms: 28.8% joined firms of 1,000+ lawyers in 12 months, while firms of 150-399 lawyers and under 150 lawyers together took 41.2%, against 29.1% across the real estate practice. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/real-estate/real-estate-path-to-partner-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/real-estate/real-estate-path-to-partner-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Firms made 308 real estate partners in the 12 months to May 2026, yet promoted only 0.65 for each lateral partner they hired, against 0.79 market-wide. The lateral partner count held flat (-8.6%) on the settled year, so the gap is the practice's normal mix, not a hiring spree. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/promotions/real-estate-partner-track-by-us-city-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/promotions/real-estate-partner-track-by-us-city-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Real estate lawyers in Miami and Chicago made partner within 8 years 37.9% and 36.4% of the time, against 13.9% in New York: the country's biggest real estate bench is among the slowest to promote. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/regulatory-antitrust-deals-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/regulatory-antitrust-deals-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Regulatory and antitrust is the smallest deal type on record, and its adviser list does not mirror the deal market: a European firm ranks first and four of the top 10 are European. The count fell 19.2% on settled windows while antitrust partner hiring held steady. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/regulatory-and-compliance/regulatory-compliance-lateral-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/regulatory-and-compliance/regulatory-compliance-lateral-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Regulatory and compliance hiring runs senior: partners were 42.5% and counsel 16.0% of lateral moves, against 27.7% and 12.7% market-wide. Volume held flat, so every senior hire comes out of a pool that is not growing. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/real-estate-capital-markets-counsel-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/real-estate-capital-markets-counsel-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Property companies need capital markets lawyers on 27.4% of their deals, yet real estate is the client sector on only 4.7% of capital markets deals, against 13.8% for banks and 13.7% for pharma and biotech. To its capital markets firm, a REIT is a small client. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/reits-and-real-estate-funds/reit-lawyers-largest-firms-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/reits-and-real-estate-funds/reit-lawyers-largest-firms-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT REIT and real estate fund lawyers move to the largest firms: firms of 1,000+ lawyers took 76.1% of their lateral moves, against 44.0% in real estate and 53.6% in the market. Partners made 50.0% of those moves. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/renewable-energy-project-counsel-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/renewable-energy-project-counsel-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Power and renewables deals rose 27.6% on settled 12-month windows, while the count of power-focused lawyers who changed firms held flat (-5.5%). The projects practice already puts 57.1% of its deals into this one sector, so the extra work lands on teams that are not getting bigger through hiring. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/power-renewables-finance-counsel-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/power-renewables-finance-counsel-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Power and renewables are the banking and finance practice's second client sector, on 7.8% of its deals after banks at 17.8%. Seen from the sector, finance lawyers sit on 12.0% of power deals, alongside projects, corporate and capital markets teams. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/restructuring-and-insolvency/restructuring-deals-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/restructuring-and-insolvency/restructuring-deals-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Firms added restructuring partners faster than the recorded work grew: lateral partner hires rose 21.1% while the matter count held flat (-5.5%). The matters that disclose a value are large, at a median of $620 million. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/restructuring-insolvency-deals-fall-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/restructuring-insolvency-deals-fall-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Restructuring and insolvency shrank while every deal type with a larger record grew: it fell 10.4% while all dated deals rose 10.6%. Firms hired into the fall anyway, and restructuring lateral partner hires rose 21.1%. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/restructuring-and-insolvency/restructuring-lateral-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/restructuring-and-insolvency/restructuring-lateral-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Restructuring is a partner market. Partners are 41.5% of its lateral moves against 27.7% market-wide, and partner moves rose 21.1%, faster than the practice as a whole, which rose 10.0%. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/restructuring-and-insolvency/restructuring-path-to-partner-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/restructuring-and-insolvency/restructuring-path-to-partner-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Restructuring makes fewer partners per lateral hire than any other practice: 0.47 promotions for each lateral partner, against 0.79 across all practices. The track itself is not the reason: 73.0% of its partners were promoted within 12 years, close to the market's 75.4%. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/retirement-and-pension-plans/retirement-plan-lawyers-chicago-washington-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/retirement-and-pension-plans/retirement-plan-lawyers-chicago-washington-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Retirement and pension plan hiring runs through Chicago and Washington, DC: over three years they took 13.3% and 12.1% of moves, against 7.0% and 7.4% in the wider benefits practice, which New York leads at 17.5%. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/san-diego/san-diego-associate-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/san-diego/san-diego-associate-market-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT San Diego lists more law-firm openings than Seattle or Denver, and its share of open roles is 1.6 times its share of lateral moves, against 0.6 in Los Angeles. Firms here advertise for associates more than the moves alone suggest. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/san-diego/san-diego-litigation-partner-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/san-diego/san-diego-litigation-partner-market-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Litigation is in 65.7% of San Diego lateral partner moves, about two in three, an index of 166 against the market and above Los Angeles at 145. Employment work runs at an index of 303 at all levels: the city's partner market is a disputes bench. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/litigation-and-disputes/litigation-san-diego-class-actions-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/litigation-and-disputes/litigation-san-diego-class-actions-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Class actions are the focus of 25.6% of San Diego litigation laterals over three years, level with commercial litigation at 26.9%, and San Diego's index on class action hiring, 459, is the highest of any city with published figures. 23.2% of the city's litigation moves changed city, with Los Angeles the largest outside source. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/san-francisco/san-francisco-associates-in-house-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/san-francisco/san-francisco-associates-in-house-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT San Francisco sends lawyers to companies at 1.7 times the market rate, the highest of any city with a published count. Its lateral moves lean into intellectual property and technology, two practices that take a larger share of in-house moves than of moves between firms. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/employment-and-labor/employment-labor-san-francisco-associate-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/employment-and-labor/employment-labor-san-francisco-associate-market-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT San Francisco employment hiring leans on associates more than the practice or the city does, and counsel are scarce at 7.8% of moves. Over 3 years the top 10 hirers took 42.4% of moves, against 26.6% across the practice. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/intellectual-property/intellectual-property-san-francisco-team-moves-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/intellectual-property/intellectual-property-san-francisco-team-moves-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Intellectual property hiring in San Francisco runs on teams more than either reference market does: 11.2% of laterals arrived with colleagues, against 5.1% for the practice as a whole and 2.4% for the city. Counsel make up 17.3% of the moves, and pharma and biotech companies are the client on 31.1% of the matters on record. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/litigation-and-disputes/litigation-san-francisco-hiring-trend-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/litigation-and-disputes/litigation-san-francisco-hiring-trend-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Lateral moves into San Francisco litigation groups held flat on the year, while the city's lateral market rose 30.1% and litigation across the practice rose 7.5%. The partner hiring that did happen sat with few firms. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/corporate-and-ma/corporate-ma-san-francisco-venture-deals-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/corporate-and-ma/corporate-ma-san-francisco-venture-deals-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT San Francisco M&A lawyers do venture work at a rate New York does not approach: venture and growth deals are 24.3% of their deals over 3 years, against 7.5% in New York M&A, and technology clients sit on 31.3% of them against 15.3%. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/san-francisco/san-francisco-partner-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/san-francisco/san-francisco-partner-market-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT San Francisco hires intellectual property partners at an index of 288 against the market, and its firms promote 0.55 lawyers to partner per lateral partner hired, against 0.79 across the market. Partner hiring held steady while the rest of the city's market grew. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/seattle/seattle-associate-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/seattle/seattle-associate-market-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Seattle firms send lawyers to companies at a lower rate than the market or San Francisco, despite the city's technology employers, and the city holds a larger slice of open roles than of lateral moves. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/seattle/seattle-partner-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/seattle/seattle-partner-market-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Seattle hires in teams: 7.7% of its lateral moves came as group moves, against 1.5% nationally, and the top 10 partner hirers took 70.0% of partner arrivals. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/litigation-and-disputes/litigation-seattle-hiring-growth-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/litigation-and-disputes/litigation-seattle-hiring-growth-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Seattle litigation hiring rose 50.0% in a year, while litigation across the practice rose 7.5% and Seattle as a whole held flat (+18.0%). Firms of 1,000+ lawyers absorbed 67.3% of the moves, against 43.3% across litigation. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/secondaries-and-fund-transactions/secondaries-lawyer-hiring-rises-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/secondaries-and-fund-transactions/secondaries-lawyer-hiring-rises-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Sartori & Partners data show secondaries and fund transactions hiring rose 40.4%, ahead of the funds practice and the lateral market, and partner hiring rose 74.3%. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/firms/sector-deal-advisers-vs-generalist-firms-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/firms/sector-deal-advisers-vs-generalist-firms-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT The firm with the most deals overall also heads oil and gas, but sector firms come first in healthcare providers, pharma and biotech, and technology. In health care, the same firm leads the deal list and the lateral hiring list. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/securities-enforcement/securities-enforcement-path-to-partner-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/securities-enforcement/securities-enforcement-path-to-partner-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Securities enforcement lawyers wait for the title: only 9.0% of recent new partners got there within 8 years, against 23.2% market-wide. Firms fill the gap from outside: partners are 57.3% of lateral moves, and hiring rose 30.6%. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/securities-litigation/securities-litigation-lawyers-new-york-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/securities-litigation/securities-litigation-lawyers-new-york-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Securities litigation hiring is centered on New York to a degree litigation as a whole is not: 37.7% of moves over 3 years, against 12.9%. Partner hiring rose 38.2% while hiring at all levels held flat (+8.2%). https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/semiconductor-capital-markets-counsel-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/semiconductor-capital-markets-counsel-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Electronics and semiconductor deals rose 33.9% year on year while capital markets lateral partner hiring held flat (+1.1%). Capital markets lawyers sit on 52.5% of the sector's deals, so a chip issuer competes for partner time in a lateral market that did not grow. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/electronics-and-semiconductors/semiconductor-electronics-law-firms-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/electronics-and-semiconductors/semiconductor-electronics-law-firms-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Deals in electronics and semiconductors rose 33.9% against 10.6% for all deals. Capital markets work appears on 52.7% of the sector's deals, 2.1 times the market rate, and Hong Kong and Beijing rank among its ten busiest cities, which technology and software does not show. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/semiconductor-ma-counsel-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/semiconductor-ma-counsel-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Lawyers in Hong Kong worked on 14.9% of electronics and semiconductor deals, more than San Francisco at 12.8%, and Beijing makes the same city list. Corporate and M&A lawyers sit on 29.0% of the sector's deals, second to capital markets lawyers at 52.5%. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/electronics-and-semiconductors/semiconductor-patent-litigators-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/electronics-and-semiconductors/semiconductor-patent-litigators-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Lawyers whose focus is electronics and semiconductors carry intellectual property on 89.1% of their moves and litigation on 72.7%, and they join firms in San Francisco and Washington at 21.1% each. A chip company hiring in-house IP counsel recruits from IP litigation teams, not from its deal lawyers. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/in-house/senior-in-house-hires-counsel-and-partners-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/in-house/senior-in-house-hires-counsel-and-partners-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Counsel and partners leave law firms for companies in almost equal numbers (114 against 105), while partners outnumber counsel 2.2 to one in moves between firms. Below the general counsel, the counsel tier is the senior pool that actually moves. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/singapore/singapore-banking-partner-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/singapore/singapore-banking-partner-market-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Banking and finance features in Singapore lateral moves at an index of 174 against the market, and corporate work at 144. Moves into the city held flat (+0.0%) year on year while the market rose 9.0%. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/medical-devices/medical-device-law-firms-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/medical-devices/medical-device-law-firms-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT The ten busiest advisers on medical device deals sit in two adjacent bands, so a device company can choose its counsel on team and price. Capital markets is the largest type of work, at 43.9% of deals, and the sector's deal count held flat while the market rose. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/market/small-law-firms-lateral-talent-source-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/market/small-law-firms-lateral-talent-source-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Firms under 150 lawyers sent 1,177 lawyers to other firms and received 1,014, and the surplus went to firms of 400-999 lawyers and 150-399 lawyers. With firms of 1,000+ lawyers the exchange ran slightly the other way, and small-firm lawyers leave no faster than anyone else's. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/patent-electrical-computer-and-software/software-patent-lawyers-san-francisco-dc-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/patent-electrical-computer-and-software/software-patent-lawyers-san-francisco-dc-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Electrical, computer and software patent hiring runs through two cities. San Francisco indexes at 535 and Washington, DC at 346 against the market, while New York sits at 80. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/promotions/southeast-time-to-partner-miami-charlotte-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/promotions/southeast-time-to-partner-miami-charlotte-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Miami promotes 32.9% of its new partners within 8 years, Charlotte 7.0%, while medians stay between 9.0 years and 10.0 years: the region runs at least two partner clocks. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/sponsor-finance-counsel-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/sponsor-finance-counsel-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Finance lawyers appear on 6.0% of sponsor deals, a thinner share than on bank, power or real estate deals. Sponsors still account for 6.6% of the finance practice's own deals, so a sponsor buys from a bench whose main work lies elsewhere. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/sports-ip-counsel-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/sports-ip-counsel-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Intellectual property is the practice sports companies lean on most: IP lawyers sat on 33.1% of the sector's deals. Seen from the IP side, sports was 2.1% of the practice's deals, so a sports client is a small account on a busy bench. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/sports/sports-intellectual-property-law-firms-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/sports/sports-intellectual-property-law-firms-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Intellectual property lawyers appear on 33.1% of sports deals, 3.0 times their share across the deal market. For a sports organization, outside counsel is first a matter of protecting brands and rights, and one firm stands a band clear of the rest. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/st-louis/st-louis-partner-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/st-louis/st-louis-partner-market-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Regional firms set the pace: firms of 150-399 lawyers took 35.6% of lateral moves in the city over 12 months, 2.7 times their market share and far above Chicago or Minneapolis. Overall volume held flat. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/structured-finance-and-securitization/structured-finance-lawyers-hiring-cycle-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/structured-finance-and-securitization/structured-finance-lawyers-hiring-cycle-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Structured finance hiring swings harder than the practice around it: lateral moves fell sharply in 2023 and peaked in 2025. On the settled 12-month measure the speciality held flat (-0.4%), while banking and finance rose 14.1%. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/sydney/sydney-associate-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/sydney/sydney-associate-market-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT London takes about one in five lawyers who leave Sydney firms for another law firm, 18.2% over 12 months and 22.3% over three years, while 63.4% of Sydney hires come from another Sydney firm. The associate bench is built at home and lost to London. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/sydney/sydney-partner-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/sydney/sydney-partner-market-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Partners and counsel made 56.9% of Sydney lateral moves over 12 months, against 40.4% across the market and 40.7% in Hong Kong. Sydney firms also promote 1.06 partners for each lateral partner they hire, against 0.79 market-wide. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/tampa/tampa-partner-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/tampa/tampa-partner-market-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Tampa hires through smaller firms: firms of 1,000+ lawyers took 16.1% of its lateral moves over 12 months, 30.0% of their market share and far below Miami's 50.7%. Firms of under 150 lawyers took 2.4 times theirs. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/litigation-and-disputes/litigation-tampa-midsize-firm-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/litigation-and-disputes/litigation-tampa-midsize-firm-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Litigation in Tampa is hired by firms of 400-999 lawyers and 150-399 lawyers, which took 63.2% of the city's litigation laterals over three years. The largest firms, which take 43.3% of litigation moves overall, take 13.2% here. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/tax-controversy/tax-controversy-lawyers-senior-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/tax-controversy/tax-controversy-lawyers-senior-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Tax controversy is a senior market: partners took 45.4% of moves and counsel 16.3%, and 18.4% of movers joined at a higher title. Hiring held flat (+20.2%) year on year, even as the tax practice rose 23.8%. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/tax/tax-lateral-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/tax/tax-lateral-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Tax partner moves rose 27.7% year on year, 3.3 times the market's partner rise of 8.4%. Partners now make up 37.9% of tax laterals, against 27.7% market-wide. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/tax/tax-new-york-path-to-partner-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/tax/tax-new-york-path-to-partner-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT New York makes tax partners late: 12.1% were promoted within 8 years against 20.3% across the city, and the median ran 1 year longer. Firms buy instead: lateral partner moves into New York tax rose 65.2% while the city's partner moves held flat (+3.7%). https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/market/law-firm-team-moves-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/market/law-firm-team-moves-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Almost all lateral hiring happens one lawyer at a time. The exceptions cluster: arbitration, technology and data, and intellectual property see team moves at several times the market rate, while corporate and M&A sits at 0.2%. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/group-moves/team-moves-by-city-and-practice-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/group-moves/team-moves-by-city-and-practice-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Lawyers rarely change firms as a group: 1.5% of lateral moves were team moves over the latest 12 months. The exceptions are mid-sized cities, with Minneapolis at 17.9%, not the largest markets. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/technology-capital-markets-counsel-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/technology-capital-markets-counsel-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Technology companies' deal flow held flat (+4.6%) in a year when the capital markets practice rose 10.0%. Capital markets lawyers sit on 24.0% of tech deals against 53.1% of pharma deals, so a tech issuer hires a bench whose growth comes from elsewhere. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/technology-and-software/technology-in-house-lawyer-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/technology-and-software/technology-in-house-lawyer-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT The companies that hire the most lawyers out of law firms are mostly technology companies, so a tech employer's real rival for in-house talent is another tech employer. The pools to recruit from are privacy and IP lawyers, and San Francisco, which over-indexes at 557 as a destination. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/technology-ip-counsel-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/technology-ip-counsel-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Technology and software is the client sector on 7.0% of intellectual property deals, second of the twelve sectors listed, yet IP lawyers worked on only 11.3% of the sector's own deals, against 31.9% in consumer goods, 29.5% in food and 26.3% in media. In tech, IP is a minority bench beside corporate lawyers, who sat on 47.8% of the sector's deals. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/technology-finance-counsel-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/technology-finance-counsel-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Technology and software companies spread 3,279 deals across 1,713 clients, a lower return rate than banks, pharma or the finance practice's own clients. Finance lawyers worked on 3.8% of technology deals. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/technology-data-and-privacy/technology-privacy-lateral-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/technology-data-and-privacy/technology-privacy-lateral-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Companies hire technology and privacy lawyers out of firms at 2.3 times the market rate, more than twice as often per lateral move, while lateral partner moves in the practice rose 44.4% against a market that rose 8.4%. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/technology-data-and-privacy/technology-privacy-path-to-partner-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/technology-data-and-privacy/technology-privacy-path-to-partner-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Technology, data and privacy lawyers make partner on the market's clock, a median of 10.0 years against 10.0 years. The change is at the lateral door: partner moves rose 44.4% against 8.4% market-wide, and firms promoted 0.76 partners per lateral partner hired, against 0.79. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/technology-transactions-and-outsourcing/technology-transactions-lawyers-london-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/technology-transactions-and-outsourcing/technology-transactions-lawyers-london-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT London is where technology transactions hiring concentrates: its 12-month share indexes at 163 against the market, and over 3 years it took 16.1% of moves to New York's 8.1%. Overall hiring held flat (+18.9%), steady rather than rising. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/telecom-capital-markets-counsel-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/telecom-capital-markets-counsel-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT More telecom-focused lawyers changed firms this year: the count rose 33.3%, while capital markets lateral hiring held flat (+6.7%). Capital markets lawyers sit on 35.6% of telecom deals, more than any other practice. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/telecommunications/telecom-deal-size-outside-counsel-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/telecommunications/telecom-deal-size-outside-counsel-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Where a telecom deal discloses its value, the median is $1,077.5 million, higher than in any other industry we track. The work leans to offerings and acquisitions, and the firms ranked second to tenth sit in one band of deals advised, so a telecom company can put large mandates out to a real contest. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/telecommunications/telecom-lawyers-washington-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/telecommunications/telecom-lawyers-washington-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Over three years, 15.7% of lawyers with a telecom focus who changed firms joined a Washington firm, against 5.2% of all lateral moves, and regulatory work shows up in their moves at an index of 969 against the market. The count of moves rose 33.3% while the count of partner moves held flat (+28.2%): a telecom company hiring regulatory counsel recruits in Washington. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/telecom-ma-counsel-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/telecom-ma-counsel-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Lawyers who focus on telecommunications changed city on 8.3% of their moves, against 21.2% of corporate and M&A lateral moves. Corporate lawyers sit on 31.9% of telecom deals, so the M&A bench a company can hire is usually the one already in place. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/promotions/making-partner-after-12-years-by-practice-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/promotions/making-partner-after-12-years-by-practice-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Sartori & Partners data show 66.9% of projects and infrastructure partners promoted within 12 years, against 86.7% in private equity and 75.4% across the market. The long track sits in project, trade, regulatory and private client work. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/power-and-renewables/power-renewables-in-house-lawyer-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/power-and-renewables/power-renewables-in-house-lawyer-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Lawyers focused on power and renewables changed city on 23.3% of their moves and joined at a higher title on 16.1%, both above the market. A developer or investor hiring in-house can recruit across cities, and should expect to offer a step up. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/market/lateral-hiring-concentration-top-firms-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/market/lateral-hiring-concentration-top-firms-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Lateral hiring is spread thin: 1,291 firms hired at least one lateral, and the top 10 took 12.9% of all moves and 13.5% of partner moves. How crowded the field is depends on the practice, from 12.0% in litigation to 34.0% in funds. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/firms/time-to-partner-at-top-promoting-firms-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/firms/time-to-partner-at-top-promoting-firms-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Among the firms that promote the most partners, speed and volume part ways: Kirkland & Ellis and McDermott Will & Schulte make partners faster than the market median of 10.0 years. Firm size alone moves nothing: the large-firm median is the same 10.0 years. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/market/time-to-partner-law-firms-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/market/time-to-partner-law-firms-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT The midpoint has not moved: the median time to partner was 10.0 years in 2022 and 10.0 years in 2025. The slow end has. By 2025 the upper quartile had reached 13.0 years and the mean 11.1 years, up from 10.9 years in 2022. In 2026 to date the mean is 11.6 years and only 17.5% of new partners were made within eight years. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/promotions/canada-time-to-partner-toronto-montreal-calgary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/promotions/canada-time-to-partner-toronto-montreal-calgary-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Toronto litigators made partner within 8 years 52.2% of the time, against 38.1% in Montreal and 36.4% in Calgary. Corporate lawyers in Toronto and Montreal reach partner on nearly the same clock. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/promotions/washington-dc-time-to-partner-by-practice-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/promotions/washington-dc-time-to-partner-by-practice-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Washington promotes 14.4% of its new partners within 8 years, against 20.3% in New York. The shortfall sits in corporate, regulatory and white collar work, not in the city's litigation bench. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/toronto/toronto-associate-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/toronto/toronto-associate-market-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Firms of 400-999 lawyers took 41.2% of Toronto lateral hires over 12 months, 1.8 times their market share, while firms of 1,000+ lawyers took 38.2% against 62.6% in New York. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/toronto/toronto-partner-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/toronto/toronto-partner-market-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT From June 2025 to May 2026, Toronto firms promoted 2.09 lawyers to partner for every lateral partner they hired, against 0.79 across the market. Lateral partner hiring held flat, and time to partner is close to Montreal's. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/promotions/tort-specialities-partner-track-spread-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/promotions/tort-specialities-partner-track-spread-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Tort specialities promote early and late at once. In premises and general liability the middle half of new partners took 8.0 years to 14.0 years, a spread of 6 years against 3 in private M&A, so the date of a partnership decision is harder to plan. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/trade-secrets/trade-secrets-partner-lateral-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/trade-secrets/trade-secrets-partner-lateral-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Half of trade secrets lateral moves are partners (51.4%), against 27.7% across the market. The pool is steady and local, centered on San Francisco and Los Angeles. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/trademarks-and-brands/trademark-lawyers-filers-and-hirers-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/trademarks-and-brands/trademark-lawyers-filers-and-hirers-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT The firms with the most trademark matters on record and the firms hiring the most trademark lawyers share one name at the top, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, and then part ways. Hiring also runs further from the largest firms than in intellectual property as a whole. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/transportation-and-logistics/transportation-lawyers-small-firms-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/transportation-and-logistics/transportation-lawyers-small-firms-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT About one in five transport-focused lawyers who changed firms over three years left firms of under 150 lawyers, 21.9% against the market's 11.4%, and as many, 21.4%, left firms of 150-399 lawyers. They are litigators with more counsel than the market, so claims counsel is found in small and mid-size litigation firms. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/transportation-capital-markets-counsel-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/transportation-capital-markets-counsel-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Capital markets lawyers sit on 23.9% of transportation deals, yet the transportation lawyers who change firms mostly land below the largest size class: 39.0% joined firms of 1,000+ lawyers, against 69.1% of capital markets lateral moves. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/transportation-and-trucking-liability/trucking-defense-lawyers-hiring-concentration-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/transportation-and-trucking-liability/trucking-defense-lawyers-hiring-concentration-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Trucking defense hiring runs through a short list of buyers: the ten most active firms took 51.5% of lateral hires, against 30.0% in product liability and torts and 12.9% across all practices. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/trust-and-estate-litigation/trust-estate-litigation-hiring-falls-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/trust-and-estate-litigation/trust-estate-litigation-hiring-falls-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Trust and estate litigation hiring fell 30.1%, from 83 to 58 moves, while private client hiring held flat (+9.1%) and the market rose 9.0%. Those who did move joined at a higher title in 26.3% of cases, against 16.0% in the practice. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/trusts-and-estate-administration/trusts-estate-administration-lawyers-small-firms-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/trusts-and-estate-administration/trusts-estate-administration-lawyers-small-firms-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Trusts and estate administration recruits from small firms: firms under 150 lawyers were the previous firm for 20.7% of movers over 3 years, 1.8 times the market's 11.4%. The hiring side leans smaller too, with firms of 150-399 lawyers taking 30.5% of joiners against 13.3% market-wide. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/power-and-renewables/power-renewables-law-firms-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/power-and-renewables/power-renewables-law-firms-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Power and renewables deal flow rose 27.6%, 2.6 times the growth rate of the whole deal market, and project and infrastructure finance runs at 11.8 times its market share. That mix reshapes the adviser list just below the top: firms outside the market's top 10 hold fourth, fifth and sixth place. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/utilities-capital-markets-counsel-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/utilities-capital-markets-counsel-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Utilities bring the largest disclosed tickets of the sectors compared here, a median of $802.5 million against $660 million for banks and $500 million in power, and 377 clients produced 949 deals in 12 months. Capital markets lawyers worked on 62.3% of them. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/utilities-ma-counsel-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/utilities-ma-counsel-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Corporate and M&A lawyers worked on 16.2% of utility, water and waste deals, 7.1 points under their share of all dated deals, while capital markets lawyers were on 62.3%. In this sector the issuance team is hired first and the M&A team second. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/venture-growth-deal-size-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/venture-growth-deal-size-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Venture and growth rounds carry a median disclosed value of $55.1 million against $1,200 million in M&A, and they publish a value far more often. Its ten most active advisers are headed by firms built around emerging companies, and five of those ten are absent from the M&A top 10. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/venture-capital-and-startups/venture-capital-lawyer-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/venture-capital-and-startups/venture-capital-lawyer-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Venture capital hiring runs through San Francisco and Boston, two cities that sit near the market average in the rest of corporate work. And only 10.2% of venture capital laterals moved to a higher title, against 12.9% across the market. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/fintech-and-payments/fintech-payments-venture-law-firms-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/fintech-and-payments/fintech-payments-venture-law-firms-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Venture and growth work sits on 16.6% of fintech and payments deals, against 3.8% across the market; M&A runs above the market rate, while disputes run well below it. The deal count held flat, and one firm sits a band clear of the rest of the sector's list. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/wage-and-hour/wage-and-hour-lawyers-california-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/wage-and-hour/wage-and-hour-lawyers-california-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Wage and hour hiring is a California business: Los Angeles alone takes 23.0% of moves, 2.1 times the employment and labor share there, and San Francisco indexes at 277. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/warsaw/warsaw-partner-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/warsaw/warsaw-partner-market-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Lateral hiring in Warsaw fell 43.6% between the settled 12-month windows while the market rose 9.0% and London held flat (-2.5%). Firms of 1,000+ lawyers took 94.4% of Warsaw moves, and partners were only 12.8% of the three-year flow. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/antitrust-and-competition/antitrust-washington-dc-hiring-trend-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/antitrust-and-competition/antitrust-washington-dc-hiring-trend-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Antitrust lateral hiring in Washington stayed level at 51 moves against 67 while the city as a whole rose 12.4%. The bench behind that count is senior and local: partners took 52.9% of moves, against 32.4% across the practice. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/washington-dc/washington-dc-associate-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/washington-dc/washington-dc-associate-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Associates are 49.9% of lateral moves into Washington firms, against 58.5% in the market: the lowest share among the top 10 city markets. Washington lawyers also leave for companies more often, at 16.4 per hundred lateral moves against 13.1. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/washington-dc/washington-dc-partner-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/cities/washington-dc/washington-dc-partner-market-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Partners are 37.7% of lateral moves into Washington, against 27.7% in the market as a whole. Partner hiring there also rose faster than the market's on the year, 18.2% against 8.4%. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/white-collar-investigations-and-criminal/white-collar-washington-dc-partner-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/white-collar-investigations-and-criminal/white-collar-washington-dc-partner-market-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Washington takes 19.7% of all white-collar lateral moves, an index of 351 against the market, and partners are 55.3% of them, against 41.6% across the practice and 37.7% across the city. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/banking-and-finance/banking-finance-washington-dc-step-up-moves-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/banking-and-finance/banking-finance-washington-dc-step-up-moves-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Washington banking and finance laterals step up a title and arrive with a team more often than finance laterals in other cities or Washington laterals in other practices: 18.2% moved up and 9.1% came as a group. Both happen in a city where finance is a minor practice. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/health-care/health-care-washington-dc-hiring-growth-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/health-care/health-care-washington-dc-hiring-growth-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Health care lateral hiring in Washington rose 68.8%, against 14.5% across the practice and 12.4% across the city. Partners took 52.8% of the moves, and ten firms took 50.9% of the hires. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/litigation-and-disputes/litigation-washington-dc-partner-mix-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/litigation-and-disputes/litigation-washington-dc-partner-mix-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Washington litigators move on the city's level mix, not the practice's: partners are 38.6% of the flow against 27.4% for litigation across the market, and team moves run at 5.5% against 2.0%. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/corporate-and-ma/corporate-ma-washington-dc-partner-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/corporate-and-ma/corporate-ma-washington-dc-partner-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Partner hiring in Washington corporate and M&A stood still at 31 lateral partners against 31 a year earlier, while partner hiring across Washington rose 18.2% and across M&A rose 12.2%. Most of the city's partner demand sits in litigation, investigations and government work. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/public-law-and-government/public-law-washington-dc-local-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/public-law-and-government/public-law-washington-dc-local-market-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Washington public law is hired from inside Washington: 7.4% of laterals changed city, against 22.8% for the practice and 15.7% for the city, and 77.8% of 3-year arrivals came from Washington firms. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/regulatory-and-compliance/regulatory-washington-dc-big-firm-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/regulatory-and-compliance/regulatory-washington-dc-big-firm-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Washington regulatory lawyers move up the size ladder. Over 3 years, 63.5% of their moves went to firms of 1,000+ lawyers while 54.4% came from them, and in the last 12 months the large-firm share ran above both the practice and the city. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/education/education-sector-law-firms-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/education/education-sector-law-firms-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT No city owns the legal work of schools, colleges and universities: 16.7% of education deals were handled with lawyers in Washington, and Raleigh comes third. One adviser stands a band clear of a field of small bands, so an education client can buy close to home. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/international-trade-and-national-security/international-trade-washington-dc-export-controls-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/international-trade-and-national-security/international-trade-washington-dc-export-controls-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Washington's trade bench is a national security bench: export controls and sanctions is the focus of 66.9% of its lateral movers and foreign investment review of 50.4%. The city holds 49.1% of the practice's moves, and partners took 50.0% of them. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/waste-and-remediation/waste-remediation-lawyers-local-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/waste-and-remediation/waste-remediation-lawyers-local-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT 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. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/wealth-and-family-office/wealth-family-office-lawyer-hiring-doubles-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/wealth-and-family-office/wealth-family-office-lawyer-hiring-doubles-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Lateral hiring of wealth and family office lawyers rose 116.7%, from 30 to 65 settled moves, while hiring across private client and estates held flat (+9.1%). Partners made 61.0% of the moves, against 32.6% in the practice. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/promotions/west-coast-time-to-partner-san-diego-seattle-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/promotions/west-coast-time-to-partner-san-diego-seattle-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT The fastest quarter of new partners is promoted by 9.0 years in all five Western cities we compare. The gap opens at the slow end, where San Diego's upper quartile reaches 14.5 years against 12.0 years in Los Angeles. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/group-moves/what-a-team-hire-changes-for-the-receiving-firm-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/group-moves/what-a-team-hire-changes-for-the-receiving-firm-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT One team can be most of a local practice's year: 57.7% of Washington, DC insurance moves came in teams, against 3.1% for the practice overall. Firm hiring ranks count only individual hires, so those lawyers sit in no firm's position. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/firms/practice-mix-of-top-lateral-hirers-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/firms/practice-mix-of-top-lateral-hirers-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT The firms that hire the most lateral lawyers do not share one practice mix. Transactional engines, broad platforms and a litigation-defense model each recruit for different work, so a benchmark only holds inside its own profile. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/guides/what-is-a-general-counsel-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/guides/what-is-a-general-counsel-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT A general counsel runs a company's legal function. Companies fill legal seats from law firms steadily, about 159 moves a month spread across 772 companies, with no single employer dominating. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/market/what-law-firms-announce-news-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/market/what-law-firms-announce-news-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Rankings and awards filled 13,930 of 31,945 firm announcements in 12 months. Hire announcements came to 3,649, against 14,091 recorded lateral moves: most moves are never announced. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/asset-management-and-funds/asset-management-in-house-lawyer-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/asset-management-and-funds/asset-management-in-house-lawyer-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Among lawyers with an asset management focus who changed firms, London and Paris over-index more than New York, and funds lawyers dominate the flow. Their moves rose this year while the sector's deal work held flat, but every one of those moves was to another firm: an in-house offer competes with lateral offers and has to reach lawyers where they sit. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/promotions/legal-specialities-title-step-up-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/promotions/legal-specialities-title-step-up-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT In distribution and agency work 28.3% of lateral moves came with a higher title, against 12.9% across the market and 8.0% in defamation. In some specialities the next title is easier to win at a new firm than at home. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/digital-assets-and-crypto/crypto-lawyers-big-firms-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/digital-assets-and-crypto/crypto-lawyers-big-firms-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Of the lawyers with a digital asset focus who changed firms, 72.4% joined firms of 1,000+ lawyers, against 53.6% market-wide, and over 36 months they changed city on 11.6% of moves against 21.6%. Moves held flat: a crypto company hiring in-house bids against large-firm pay for a lawyer who rarely relocates. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/promotions/partner-promotions-by-practice-and-city-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/promotions/partner-promotions-by-practice-and-city-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Litigation produced 126 of New York's 399 new partners in the 12 months to May 2026 and 73 of Washington's 164. New York's transactional groups and litigation in Washington, Chicago and London hold the other large classes. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/market/where-lawyers-go-when-they-leave-firms-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/market/where-lawyers-go-when-they-leave-firms-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Between May and October 2026, 86.1% of lawyers who left a law firm joined another firm, 11.3% went in-house and 0.4% joined government. A firm's retention contest is with other firms first, and above all for its partners. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/promotions/slowest-legal-specialities-to-make-partner-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/promotions/slowest-legal-specialities-to-make-partner-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Sartori & Partners data show 54.3% of business immigration partners promoted within 12 years, against 75.4% across the market. Family, ESG and climate change specialities sit at the same level: the slow tracks are advice to individuals and newer fields. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/technology-ma-counsel-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/technology-ma-counsel-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT 18.1% of technology deals were handled with lawyers in San Francisco, against 11.2% of sponsor deals, and Palo Alto and Silicon Valley carry rows of their own. Corporate and M&A lawyers work on 47.8% of the sector's deals, against 23.3% across the market. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/firms/where-top-law-firms-source-lateral-hires-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/firms/where-top-law-firms-source-lateral-hires-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT The size of firm a hirer recruits from splits the busiest hirers into three supply lines. Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe take 90% and 85% of hires from firms of 1,000+ lawyers, against 56.6% for the market; growth hirers draw on firms of 400-999 lawyers instead. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/individuals-and-consumers/individuals-consumers-claims-law-firms-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/individuals-and-consumers/individuals-consumers-claims-law-firms-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT When the client is a person, the matter is almost always a dispute: 91.2% of deals for individuals and consumers, 3.6 times the market share, at a median disclosed value of $18.8 million. Washington, not New York, is the first city for the lawyers on these matters. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/technology-and-software/technology-software-law-firms-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/technology-and-software/technology-software-law-firms-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Technology and software buys legal work from more companies than any other sector, each doing fewer deals at smaller values, and venture rounds weigh 4.0 times their market share. The firm credited on the most technology deals does not appear in the market's top 10 deal advisers. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/market/in-house-hires-by-practice-for-companies-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/market/in-house-hires-by-practice-for-companies-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Technology, data and privacy lawyers left firms for companies at 30.3 for every hundred lateral moves, and intellectual property lawyers at 24.3, against 13.1 across the market. Tax and product liability lawyers, at 8.2 and 8, rarely make the move: a company search there starts from a thin pool. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/white-collar-investigations-and-criminal/white-collar-lateral-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/white-collar-investigations-and-criminal/white-collar-lateral-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT White-collar laterals rarely relocate: 15.6% changed city against 20.5% across the market, and Washington alone took 19.7% of moves. A firm that wants this bench has to recruit where the lawyers already sit. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/white-collar-investigations-and-criminal/white-collar-path-to-partner-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/practices/white-collar-investigations-and-criminal/white-collar-path-to-partner-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT White collar promotes almost nobody early: 12.8% of its partners made it within 8 years, against 23.2% across all practices. Within 12 years the practice has caught up, at 72.8% against 75.4%. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/government-and-public-sector/government-public-sector-law-firms-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/government-and-public-sector/government-public-sector-law-firms-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Public bodies buy disputes and public law, and almost no M&A: disputes and investigations were 44.6% of the sector's deals and M&A only 3.3%. The eight most active advisers to public bodies all sit in the same 21-40 band of deals, so no firm stands clear of the rest. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/healthcare-providers-and-payors/healthcare-providers-payors-law-firms-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/healthcare-providers-and-payors/healthcare-providers-payors-law-firms-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT One firm advises on far more hospital and health plan deals than any rival, and Nashville sits among the sector's deal cities next to New York and Washington. For a general counsel, that shapes conflicts, fees and the search for a credible second firm. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/bank-lending-deals-client-sectors-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/deals/bank-lending-deals-client-sectors-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Bank lending work follows banks and real assets: banks and financial institutions sit on 16.8% of lending deals against 7.1% of all deals. Lending work rose 11.4% and lateral banking partner hiring rose 10.6%, almost in step. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/criminal-defence/criminal-defense-lawyers-who-hires-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/criminal-defence/criminal-defense-lawyers-who-hires-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Criminal defense hiring has no dominant buyer: 100 firms hired in 12 months, and over three years the ten busiest took 17.6% of moves, against 24.4% in anti-bribery and 21.8% in securities enforcement. Partner hiring fell 24.0%, while hiring at all levels held flat (-15.2%). https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/cybersecurity-and-data-breach/cybersecurity-lawyers-who-is-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/cybersecurity-and-data-breach/cybersecurity-lawyers-who-is-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT A small group of firms takes 28.7% of cybersecurity and data breach hires, against 12.9% in the market, yet four of this year's top 10 are not on the 3-year list, and Washington, DC indexes at 210. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/discrimination-and-harassment/discrimination-harassment-lawyer-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/specialities/discrimination-and-harassment/discrimination-harassment-lawyer-hiring-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Discrimination and harassment defense is hired by a narrow group: the top 10 firms took 39.2% of lateral moves in the past 12 months, against 30.0% across employment and labor and 32.6% in employment litigation. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/market/law-firm-size-classes-who-hires-from-whom-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/market/law-firm-size-classes-who-hires-from-whom-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Big law recruits mostly from big law: 39.0% of moves with both firm sizes known stay inside the 1,000+ lawyers class. Midsize firms send 1,200 lawyers up and take 1,117 back, so the 400-999 lawyers class feeds the largest one, by a narrow margin. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/utilities-water-and-waste/utilities-water-waste-outside-counsel-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/intelligence/industries/utilities-water-and-waste/utilities-water-waste-outside-counsel-2026/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Capital markets work was 60.9% of utility deals, 2.4 times its share of the whole deal market, and one firm advises on far more of the sector's deals than any rival. Lawyers in Houston and Dallas worked on a larger share of utility deals than of power or bank deals; only oil and gas runs higher. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/associate-salary-abu-dhabi-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/associate-salary-abu-dhabi-2026/ Mon, 15 Jun 2026 08:00:00 GMT ADGM prices a 2026 associate seat as a one-lawyer presence floor, not a PQE scale. PayScale's UAE associate attorney average was AED 305,209 as of May 2025. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/is-milan-becoming-a-strategic-hub-for-international-law/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/is-milan-becoming-a-strategic-hub-for-international-law/ Sun, 14 Jun 2026 08:00:00 GMT A sourced, structural read on Milan's rise as a base for international law firms — the private-equity and M&A demand engine, the tax and recovery-fund pull, the firms arriving in 2024–2026, and the talent constraint behind the headlines. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/partner-book-of-business-by-market/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/partner-book-of-business-by-market/ Sun, 14 Jun 2026 08:00:00 GMT Reported partner books and portability across London, New York, Paris and emerging markets — drawn from a 2,667-conversation proprietary interview dataset. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/in-house-counsel-salary-brussels-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/in-house-counsel-salary-brussels-2026/ Sun, 14 Jun 2026 08:00:00 GMT Belgium set the 2025-2026 wage-cost margin at 0 percent. The EU AD5 step-1 basic still in force is EUR 6,152.64 a month. A Brussels company pays a wage norm, not a counsel average. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/knowledge-management-lawyer-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/knowledge-management-lawyer-salary-2026/ Sat, 13 Jun 2026 08:00:00 GMT London PSL and US knowledge-management counsel pay for 2026, against the BLS, ONS, NALP, and Magic Circle figures that do not measure the seat. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/working-with-a-legal-recruiter/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/working-with-a-legal-recruiter/ Sat, 13 Jun 2026 08:00:00 GMT How retained legal executive search works, when to use a recruiter, retained vs contingency, what good looks like, fees and confidentiality. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/ashurst-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/ashurst-salary-2026/ Sat, 13 Jun 2026 08:00:00 GMT Ashurst's last firm-confirmed London NQ is £140,000 in 2026. When a general counsel should match it, what associate bonus is not public, and FY26 PEP of £1.592 million. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidates/privacy-and-dpo-careers-stable-demand-or-saturated-market/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidates/privacy-and-dpo-careers-stable-demand-or-saturated-market/ Fri, 12 Jun 2026 08:00:00 GMT Whether London DPO careers are still hireable or already a saturated compliance title: who still hires the seat, what it does, and what it pays. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/environmental-attorney-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/environmental-attorney-salary-2026/ Fri, 12 Jun 2026 08:00:00 GMT 2026 environmental attorney salary is four products: lockstep, in-house, GS-905, public interest. Pay prices a JD plus a statute docket. Firm vs in-house. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-singapore-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-singapore-2026/ Thu, 11 Jun 2026 08:00:00 GMT The 2024 MOM in-house monthly median is still quoted as Singapore lawyer pay. The 2026 table a general counsel actually matches sits on a different ladder — in SGD and USD. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/herbert-smith-freehills-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/herbert-smith-freehills-salary-2026/ Thu, 11 Jun 2026 08:00:00 GMT Herbert Smith Freehills salary: London NQ base £145,000 (Legal Cheek, 30 September 2026). FY26 profit per equity partner $2.05 million. The in-house bid. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/o-melveny-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/o-melveny-salary-2026/ Thu, 11 Jun 2026 08:00:00 GMT O'Melveny salary: the 30 Nov 2023 scale is $225,000 to $435,000, with counsel from the sixth rung. No 2026 match is public. 2025 ACC medians for the bid. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/northern-virginia-data-center-counsel-after-digital-gateway/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/northern-virginia-data-center-counsel-after-digital-gateway/ Wed, 10 Jun 2026 08:00:00 GMT A court order voided Northern Virginia's largest data center entitlement on 29 July 2026, and general counsel are moving entitlement scope in-house. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidates/counter-offer-for-lawyers/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidates/counter-offer-for-lawyers/ Wed, 10 Jun 2026 08:00:00 GMT Stay-put cash rarely holds in-house counsel. What the data show when a company matches, when a general counsel should not, and what replacement actually costs. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/greenberg-traurig-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/greenberg-traurig-salary-2026/ Wed, 10 Jun 2026 08:00:00 GMT 2026 Greenberg Traurig salary: posted office bands, not a lockstep. New Jersey lists $200k-$235k; San Francisco $390k-$410k. General counsel match the rate. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/lateral-partner-hiring/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/lateral-partner-hiring/ Mon, 08 Jun 2026 08:00:00 GMT Why laterals succeed or fail, how to evaluate a portable book of business, the LPQ, and integration and retention — a strategic guide for law firms. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/goodwin-procter-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/goodwin-procter-salary-2026/ Mon, 08 Jun 2026 08:00:00 GMT Goodwin's 1 January 2026 U.S. associate scale runs $225,000-$435,000. Why a matching general counsel still needs the discarded 4th-year $310,000 cell. Cited. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidates/should-i-make-a-lateral-move/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidates/should-i-make-a-lateral-move/ Sun, 07 Jun 2026 08:00:00 GMT A candid framework for lawyers weighing a lateral move — the signals worth acting on, the right timing, what to evaluate, and how to protect your seat while you explore. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-canada-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-canada-2026/ Sun, 07 Jun 2026 08:00:00 GMT Toronto first-years: about CAD 135,000 in 2026, or USD 97,670 at the 10 September 2026 Bank of Canada rate, against a US large-firm floor of USD 235,000. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/bird-bird-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/bird-bird-salary-2026/ Sun, 07 Jun 2026 08:00:00 GMT Bird & Bird nq salary is £102,000 in London. Year-to-April 2026 PEP was €819,000. What a general counsel must match, and which bands are unpublished. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/law-firm-partner-salary-australia-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/law-firm-partner-salary-australia-2026/ Sat, 06 Jun 2026 08:00:00 GMT Zero 2026 Sydney or Melbourne partner-pay cells are public. The AFR headcount, Global 100 PEP and NSW income texture, in AUD and USD. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/dentons-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/dentons-salary-2026/ Fri, 05 Jun 2026 08:00:00 GMT Dentons 2026 pay: London NQ £112,500, a US class-year the firm has not matched, and local-office scales. Dated tables for who earns it and who pays it. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/why-lateral-partner-hires-fail-after-18-months/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/why-lateral-partner-hires-fail-after-18-months/ Thu, 04 Jun 2026 08:00:00 GMT A sourced guide to the 18-month window where lateral partner hires break — book drop-off, the fixed-deal cliff, integration that never happened, and the diligence that changes the odds. Every figure cited. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/in-house-counsel-salary-london-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/in-house-counsel-salary-london-2026/ Thu, 04 Jun 2026 08:00:00 GMT IDR put London legal-adviser median base at £66,934 in 2025 ($90,600). Magic Circle NQ is still £150,000. Who pays a 2026 London in-house counsel seat, and why that posting does not close. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-washington-state-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-washington-state-2026/ Thu, 04 Jun 2026 08:00:00 GMT 2026 Washington State lawyer pay: Seattle median $164,980 against a $235,000 national lockstep first-year. For the lawyer who earns it and the company that pays it. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/general-counsel-salary-private-equity-portfolio-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/general-counsel-salary-private-equity-portfolio-2026/ Mon, 01 Jun 2026 08:00:00 GMT 2026 portfolio company general counsel salary: $280,000 to $420,000 base and a 25 to 50 percent bonus, plus the equity grant and the hold a sponsor is underwriting. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/partner-compensation-questions-lateral/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/partner-compensation-questions-lateral/ Mon, 01 Jun 2026 08:00:00 GMT The compensation, guarantee, equity, origination-credit and billing-rate questions partners raise in lateral moves — drawn from a 2,600+ partner dataset. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/macfarlanes-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/macfarlanes-salary-2026/ Sun, 31 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT From 1 July 2026 Macfarlanes NQ salary is £150,000 in London: City lockstep cash, not a Magic Circle cell. Bonus, PEP and what a general counsel actually pays. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/legal-market-dublin-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/legal-market-dublin-2026/ Fri, 29 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT Dublin NQ pay at leading firms is €65,000–€80,000 in 2026. Funds, connection and in-house seats are three hires — for who earns the figure and who pays it. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/reed-smith-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/reed-smith-salary-2026/ Thu, 28 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT Reed Smith's 2026 U.S. New Associate base is still $225,000; London NQ is £135,000 from 4 March 2026. Local NQ, bonus dollars, and partner bands are not public. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/partner-pay-am-law-top-50/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/partner-pay-am-law-top-50/ Wed, 27 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT A public-data benchmark of Am Law top-50 partner pay: why PEP/PPP is not partner pay, what it hides — tier, spread, lateral guarantees, capital — and what laterals should ask. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/how-law-firms-retain-laterals/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/how-law-firms-retain-laterals/ Wed, 27 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT 30-38% of lateral partners leave within five years. The levers a managing partner can actually run: book transfer, a named sponsor, and what not to claim. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/how-to-build-a-credible-lateral-partner-business-plan/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/how-to-build-a-credible-lateral-partner-business-plan/ Sat, 23 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT A practical guide for partners writing a lateral business case: plan vs LPQ, portability dissection, projection hygiene, the economic ask, red flags firms already discount, and how to write for a committee that never met you. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/life-sciences-licensing-and-collaboration-counsel/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/life-sciences-licensing-and-collaboration-counsel/ Sat, 23 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT For a general counsel deciding who owns a licensing agreement after signature: the Boston in-house seat, the post-close file, and why 2025 deal structure moved. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/clyde-co-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/clyde-co-salary-2026/ Sat, 23 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT Clyde & Co salary 2026: London NQ up to £90,000 after the August hike. Match the insurance-and-disputes desk, not a Magic Circle commodity print. Cited figures. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/mcguirewoods-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/mcguirewoods-salary-2026/ Sat, 23 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT McGuireWoods has no published 2026 class-year base as of 11 September 2026. The New York lockstep a GC matches is $235,000–$455,000 from 1 July 2026. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/san-diego-legal-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/san-diego-legal-market-2026/ Sat, 23 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT San Diego, California: 2,000+ mapped lawyers across 70+ firms, the practice mix that defines the market, and 120 live confidential mandates. A structural snapshot from our proprietary market map. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/santa-clara-data-center-entitlement-counsel/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/santa-clara-data-center-entitlement-counsel/ Wed, 20 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT Santa Clara counted 56 active or under-construction stand-alone data centers in May 2025, and the city that grants the use permit also sells the electricity. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-perth-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-perth-2026/ Wed, 20 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT Dated 2026 Perth lawyer pay in AUD and USD: Legal Grade from AUD 108,278 to AUD 287,976 from 13 June 2026, for the lawyer who earns it and the general counsel who pays it. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/law-firm-partner-salary-switzerland-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/law-firm-partner-salary-switzerland-2026/ Wed, 20 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT Zurich party costs are still CHF 150–350 an hour. No Swiss firm publishes partner PEP. The 2026 drawing, in CHF and USD, for who earns it and who pays it. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/dublin-data-center-connection-counsel/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/dublin-data-center-connection-counsel/ Tue, 19 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT Ireland rations grid capacity by administrative decision, and an application can end without an offer. The seat a general counsel must fill is a public-law one. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/difc-and-adgm-funds-and-islamic-finance-counsel/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/difc-and-adgm-funds-and-islamic-finance-counsel/ Mon, 18 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT DIFC and ADGM fund licensing runs on a regulator's calendar. When an in-house counsel earns the seat, when outside counsel is cheaper, and what a late hire costs. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/linklaters-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/linklaters-salary-2026/ Mon, 18 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT The 2026 Linklaters London NQ a general counsel matches is £150,000 base, the May 2024 lockstep. Associate bonus is not public; PEP was £2.48m for FY26. Cited figures. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/irwin-mitchell-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/irwin-mitchell-salary-2026/ Mon, 18 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT Irwin Mitchell 2026 London NQ is £59,500–£78,000 on the employer's own page. Dated GBP and USD for the solicitor who earns it and the general counsel who matches the high-street seat. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/midlaw-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/midlaw-salary-2026/ Mon, 18 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT NALP's 2026 midlaw tables are not the $235,000 lockstep. What the lawyer earns, and what a company actually matches, is a firm-size band plus a bar gate. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-pennsylvania-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-pennsylvania-2026/ Mon, 18 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT May 2025 OEWS: Pennsylvania lawyer median $157,180; Philadelphia sits $37,620 above Pittsburgh. The 2026 state table a company should fund, and a lawyer earns. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/charlotte-legal-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/charlotte-legal-market-2026/ Mon, 18 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT Charlotte, North Carolina: 2,000+ mapped lawyers, the practice mix that defines the market, and live confidential mandates — a structural snapshot from our proprietary market map. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/italy-vs-uk-vs-us-legal-compensation-gap-explained/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/italy-vs-uk-vs-us-legal-compensation-gap-explained/ Sun, 17 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT Milan companies write off UK and US in-house counsel on a cash gap that compares unlike objects. Pay the discarded mid-market seat once you read structure. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/when-to-hire-privacy-and-ai-governance-counsel/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/when-to-hire-privacy-and-ai-governance-counsel/ Sun, 17 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT When to hire privacy or AI-governance counsel: DPO versus CPO versus GC overlay, the EU AI Act calendar, IAPP seat design, and a 19-day specialist shortlist. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/general-counsel-salary-dubai-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/general-counsel-salary-dubai-2026/ Sat, 16 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT PayScale's 2 August 2025 Dubai general counsel average is AED 682,500 on 15 profiles ($185,841). AED 1 million funds 1.47 of those seats, and it does not clear the top of the DIFC band. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-alabama-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-alabama-2026/ Fri, 15 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT BLS May 2025: Alabama lawyer median $131,970, Birmingham $170,230. Who is hiring now, what the 2026 table pays, and why that cash does not close the seat. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidates/how-to-become-a-partner-at-a-law-firm/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidates/how-to-become-a-partner-at-a-law-firm/ Thu, 14 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT Which published election rules actually make the title, by firm type, and which tenure stories a general counsel hiring from those firms should already discount. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-france-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-france-2026/ Thu, 14 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT 2026 France lawyer pay in EUR and USD: Paris Ordre and UJA floors, CNB collaborateur bands, salaried minima, APEC in-house medians — and why a posted Paris cell stays open when the company is buying a different product. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/how-partners-with-smaller-books-can-become-attractive-laterals/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/how-partners-with-smaller-books-can-become-attractive-laterals/ Wed, 13 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT A candidate-facing guide for partners whose portable books sit below rainmaker folklore — hire archetypes, proof packages, platform-growth theses, non-equity paths, and the diligence that makes a modest book fundable. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/law-firm-partner-salary-riyadh-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/law-firm-partner-salary-riyadh-2026/ Wed, 13 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT Law firm partner salary Riyadh in 2026 has no SAR scale. Representing partners must reside 180 days. Who earns the seat, and which company matches it. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/data/general-counsel-appointments/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/data/general-counsel-appointments/ Tue, 12 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT Announced General Counsel and Chief Legal Officer appointments at US-listed companies, company level, from SEC 8-K filings and press releases. Updated monthly, CSV and JSON. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/law-firm-partner-salary-abu-dhabi-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/law-firm-partner-salary-abu-dhabi-2026/ Mon, 11 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT No published 2026 Abu Dhabi partner cash table exists. Dated ADGM capital, tax and license figures for who earns the package and the company that matches it. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/biglaw-associate-salary-scale-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/biglaw-associate-salary-scale-2026/ Sat, 09 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT The 2026 BigLaw associate salary scale by class year — $235,000 first-year through $455,000 eighth-year, effective 1 July 2026. Includes the year-end bonus scale and lockstep mechanics. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/negotiating-your-law-firm-partner-departure/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/negotiating-your-law-firm-partner-departure/ Sat, 09 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT When to resign and how to negotiate the exit financially as an equity or income partner — before vs after the year-end distribution, the monthly draw, capital return, clawbacks, origination credit, Rule 5.6 and client transition. Every rule and figure sourced. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/recruiter-scammers/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/recruiter-scammers/ Sat, 09 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT Recruiter scams go beyond fake jobs and stolen bank details. How hard scams and grey-zone recruiter abuse work — and exactly how to verify a recruiter before any CV moves. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/law-firm-partner-salary-germany-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/law-firm-partner-salary-germany-2026/ Sat, 09 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT 2024 multi-office partnership surplus averaged EUR 190,000 (BRAK STAR). JUVE 100 revenue per lawyer was EUR 712,000 in 2025/26. Neither is partner profit. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/chief-compliance-officer-pay-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/chief-compliance-officer-pay-2026/ Fri, 08 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT What a CCO earns in 2026 — total comp vs base reconciled, the JD premium, top-paying sectors, and why the law-firm compliance bar is Washington-DC-dominant. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/confidential-lateral-moves-how-partners-manage-process-risk/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/confidential-lateral-moves-how-partners-manage-process-risk/ Fri, 08 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT A sourced guide to the process risks unique to a partner-level lateral — conflicts-screen leaks, LPQ circulation, the ethics clock on client notice, team-move coordination, and the sequence that keeps the search confidential until the deal is a deal. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/arnold-porter-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/arnold-porter-salary-2026/ Thu, 07 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT Last public Arnold & Porter associate scale: $225,000-$435,000 from 1 January 2024. 2026 market perimeter $235,000-$455,000; 2024 PEP $1.63M. Cited figures. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/aifmd-depositary-and-fund-structuring-lawyers/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/aifmd-depositary-and-fund-structuring-lawyers/ Wed, 06 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT Why AIFMD II is creating a multi-year wave of work for depositary counsel and fund-structuring lawyers — 16 April 2026 application, Luxembourg and Ireland product factories, loan-originating AIFs, ELTIF 2.0, and a talent market that cannot mint dual-skilled product lawyers overnight. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/energy-attorney-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/energy-attorney-salary-2026/ Mon, 04 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT What a US energy attorney earns in 2026: the Milbank lockstep of $235,000–$455,000 versus utilities payroll and GS, and the cost of a wrong desk for a general counsel. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/lateral-partner-hiring-scorecard-for-firms/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/lateral-partner-hiring-scorecard-for-firms/ Mon, 04 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT Lateral partner hiring scorecard: 10 weighted criteria, portability evidence and culture-fit tests, with a worked example and two stop rules. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidates/choosing-a-recession-resistant-practice-area/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidates/choosing-a-recession-resistant-practice-area/ Sun, 03 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT For a New York general counsel: how many countercyclical legal seats the book needs versus how many the mandate will fund, who hires them, what they do, and what they pay. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-massachusetts-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-massachusetts-2026/ Sun, 03 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT May 2025 OEWS: Massachusetts lawyer median $176,680; Boston MSA $183,350. Lockstep still $225,000. Metro, seniority and firm type, for who earns it and who pays it. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/in-house-counsel-salary-luxembourg-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/in-house-counsel-salary-luxembourg-2026/ Sun, 03 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT 2026 legal counsel salary Luxembourg is the 2.5% index of 1 June, against EUR 6,731.3 billion of CSSF fund assets. Euros, dollars, and who pays. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/hiring-a-chief-compliance-officer/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/hiring-a-chief-compliance-officer/ Sat, 02 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT How to hire a chief compliance officer: DOJ ECCP, the board line, JD versus non-JD, sector perimeter, a 90-day test, and 2026 cash bands. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/milbank-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/milbank-salary-2026/ Sat, 02 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT Milbank's 2026 US associate scale is $235,000-$455,000 from 1 July; London prints the NQ as the same dollars. Bonus, PEP, and how a general counsel matches it. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-north-carolina-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-north-carolina-2026/ Sat, 02 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT The 2026 North Carolina lawyer salary table by metro, seniority and firm type. May 2025 OEWS medians against the in-house seats Charlotte and Raleigh companies actually staff. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/work-life-balance-in-law-firms-how-to-communicate/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/work-life-balance-in-law-firms-how-to-communicate/ Fri, 01 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT London associates listen for work-life balance; few City firms can produce a written hours protocol. How to test the claim, and how a head of legal should say it. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/duane-morris-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/duane-morris-salary-2026/ Fri, 01 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT Posted 2026 Duane Morris associate ranges sit below New York lockstep from 1 July. A dated USD table for the associate who earns it and the general counsel who matches it. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/associate-salary-switzerland-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/associate-salary-switzerland-2026/ Fri, 01 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT The Zurich court auditorat pays CHF 55,006 on probation in 2026. Swiss firms print no associate scale. Budget the seat against a £150,000 London NQ. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/partner-book-of-business-by-firm-tier/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/partner-book-of-business-by-firm-tier/ Thu, 30 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMT How reported partner books differ across Magic Circle, US Am Law, international and boutique firms. Banded ranges, portability profiles and lateral-market archetypes. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/music-and-entertainment-transactional-counsel/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/music-and-entertainment-transactional-counsel/ Thu, 30 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMT Catalog funds, labels, platforms and studios in London and Los Angeles want one lawyer for three files: a catalog acquisition, a license and an AI training-rights carve-out. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidates/secondments-career-accelerator-or-holding-pattern/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidates/secondments-career-accelerator-or-holding-pattern/ Thu, 30 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMT A London secondment keeps City pay on a cheaper in-house desk. Sartori's 750 London interviews: the accelerator is the file you own, not the paycheck. (2026) https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/cms-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/cms-salary-2026/ Thu, 30 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMT The 2026 CMS salary table is still London NQ £120,000. When a hire off that table is cheaper than the next lockstep round, and when a general counsel should not match it. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-zurich-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-zurich-2026/ Thu, 30 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMT Lawyer salary Zurich in 2026: class 21 is CHF 112,382 to CHF 175,068. London NQ equals CHF 164,970. Dated cells for who earns it and who pays. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/of-counsel-vs-non-equity-partner-vs-salaried-partner/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/of-counsel-vs-non-equity-partner-vs-salaried-partner/ Thu, 30 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMT Of counsel vs non equity partner vs salaried partner: definitions, pay structure and the route to equity, with 2025 and 2026 figures. A guide for law firms. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/associate-retention-non-financial-levers/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/associate-retention-non-financial-levers/ Tue, 28 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMT Nine in ten associates weigh more than pay. The structural retention levers — career path, sponsorship, work allocation — grounded in BTI 2026, NALP Foundation and BigHand data. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/lateral-partner-due-diligence/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/lateral-partner-due-diligence/ Tue, 28 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMT What a general counsel must see before a panel firm's incoming hire closes: conflicts, clients, guarantees and references. New York research for in-house buyers. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/latham-watkins-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/latham-watkins-salary-2026/ Tue, 28 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMT Latham's 2026 U.S. class-year letter still prints $225,000-$435,000 as of 11 September 2026. Associate scale, last public bonus gate, PEP, and the in-house cash a general counsel must match. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/denver-legal-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/denver-legal-market-2026/ Tue, 28 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMT Denver, Colorado: 2,000+ mapped lawyers across 80+ firms, the practice mix that defines the market, and 98 live confidential mandates. A structural snapshot from our proprietary market map. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/gen-z-lawyers-what-they-actually-want/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/gen-z-lawyers-what-they-actually-want/ Mon, 27 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMT New York writes off Gen Z lawyers as unserious. They want printed cash and a named supervisor. Writing them off empties the later Attorney bench a general counsel must fill. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-nebraska-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-nebraska-2026/ Mon, 27 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMT Nebraska 2026 lawyer pay is a Midwest cell -- BLS May 2025 median $109,170 -- priced by dated fee and bar rules, not last year's Chicago lockstep. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/nuclear-and-smr-project-lawyers-a-reviving-niche/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/nuclear-and-smr-project-lawyers-a-reviving-niche/ Sun, 26 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMT Nuclear and small modular reactor programs buy legal capability between design assessment and the first long-lead contract. When that seat goes in-house. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/stephenson-harwood-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/stephenson-harwood-salary-2026/ Sun, 26 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMT The 2026 Stephenson Harwood London NQ rate is £105,000 on Legal Cheek's 2027 list — a price for 25 training contracts, not a counted in-house hire. Trainee rates, PEP, bonus pool, and how a general counsel matches the print. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/is-private-equity-law-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/is-private-equity-law-hiring-2026/ Sat, 25 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMT A supply-and-demand reality check on private-equity legal hiring — the deepest emerging-specialism bench in our market map against live demand. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/contract-attorney-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/contract-attorney-salary-2026/ Fri, 24 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMT The 2026 contract-attorney figure is three dated columns: Winter 2026 managed-review bands, ALSP secondment with no published take-home, and staff-attorney FTE. For general counsel and the lawyers they pay. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/selendy-gay-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/selendy-gay-salary-2026/ Fri, 24 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMT Selendy Gay salary starts at a $225,000 first-year base. December 2025 bonuses print $23,250–$157,250, and May 2026 spring bonuses reached $25,000. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/kansas-city-legal-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/kansas-city-legal-market-2026/ Fri, 24 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMT Kansas City, Missouri: 1,000+ mapped lawyers, the practice mix that defines the market, and live confidential mandates — a structural snapshot from our proprietary market map. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/women-in-private-equity-legal-market-shift-or-isolated/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/women-in-private-equity-legal-market-shift-or-isolated/ Thu, 23 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMT A sourced 2026 read on whether women in PE legal are a market shift or isolated progress — NALP and SRA partnership funnels, Level 20 PE-investing benches, the 2025 London PE lateral tape, the origination pay gap, and what hiring committees should underwrite. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/private-equity-lawyers-why-they-remain-the-most-sought/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/private-equity-lawyers-why-they-remain-the-most-sought/ Thu, 23 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMT Why private-equity lawyers stay perennially in demand — the sponsor-relationship flywheel, the lifecycle multiplier, the skills that take years to build, book portability, the pay signal, and where the scarce talent sits across London, New York, Milan and Frankfurt. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/in-house-transition-playbook-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/in-house-transition-playbook-2026/ Thu, 23 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMT A practical playbook for lawyers planning their first in-house move — timing, positioning, the hiring process stage by stage, and what to expect on compensation. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/general-counsel-salary-luxembourg-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/general-counsel-salary-luxembourg-2026/ Thu, 23 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMT EIB 2026 grade 9 base is €255,530–€313,605. €1 million funds 3.19 of those ceilings. What a Luxembourg general counsel offer prints, for payer and earner. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/what-book-of-business-portability-means/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/what-book-of-business-portability-means/ Wed, 22 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMT Relationship clients follow the lawyer. Institutional clients follow the firm. Which practice areas, tiers and book compositions produce portable versus captive revenue. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-new-hampshire-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-new-hampshire-2026/ Wed, 22 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMT May 2025 OEWS: New Hampshire lawyer median $120,810. Concord is not Boston: $106,880 Central NH vs $235,000 lockstep. For who earns it and who pays it. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidates/should-you-use-more-than-one-legal-recruiter/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidates/should-you-use-more-than-one-legal-recruiter/ Mon, 20 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMT One specialist usually covers a firm-lateral market; several rarely helps and can trigger the duplicate-submission and fee-dispute risks that sink a candidacy. When a second recruiter is genuinely reasonable — different practice, geography or in-house — the 6–12 month ownership window, and how to stay in control. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/general-counsel-salary-fortune-500-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/general-counsel-salary-fortune-500-2026/ Mon, 20 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMT Median General Counsel total pay is $4.76M across 236 large-company proxies (2026 season): $660K base, 60.5% equity, by size, sector and title. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/team-lift-out-economics/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/team-lift-out-economics/ Mon, 20 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMT Team lift-out economics and structure for managing partners: the search fee, how the guarantee splits, break-even and integration cost, with 2026 dates. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidates/ll-m-roi-for-italian-lawyers/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidates/ll-m-roi-for-italian-lawyers/ Sun, 19 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMT An Italian lawyer's LL.M. still costs a Milan year plus tuition. The US-seat rate NYU prints is 15-25% — not the associate scale the brochure sells. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/case-studies/general-counsel-succession-nasdaq-medtech-boston/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/case-studies/general-counsel-succession-nasdaq-medtech-boston/ Sun, 19 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMT Blind GC succession for a NASDAQ-listed Boston medtech company: shortlist of four on day 24, accepted offer in week 11. For companies, dated Sep 2026. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/law-firm-associate-attrition-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/law-firm-associate-attrition-2026/ Sun, 19 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMT The 2025 associate attrition rate was 19% overall and 24% at firms of 100 or fewer lawyers. Class year and firm type for who earns the lockstep and who pays to replace it. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/in-house-counsel-salary-paris-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/in-house-counsel-salary-paris-2026/ Sun, 19 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMT In 2026, €1 million of Paris brut funds 17.86 seats at the APEC Île-de-France legal-family median of €56,000. CDI brut, dated to December 2025. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/foreign-lawyer-relocating-to-us/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/foreign-lawyer-relocating-to-us/ Sat, 18 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMT An orientation guide for internationally qualified lawyers moving to the US: LLM study, the shape of bar admission, work authorisation and entering the legal market. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/wilmerhale-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/wilmerhale-salary-2026/ Sat, 18 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMT WilmerHale salary in 2026 still starts at $225,000. Matching that cell is not filling a Washington in-house job. Scale, bonus and PEP, dated and cited. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-texas-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-texas-2026/ Thu, 16 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMT Dallas lawyer median: $168,510 in May 2025 BLS wages. The 2026 posted salary that fails is the $235,000 matching-firm floor. Who earns it, who pays it. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/partner-team-moves-vs-solo/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/partner-team-moves-vs-solo/ Wed, 15 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMT Over 35% of partner-level conversations surface team-move dynamics. What drives partners to move with associates versus alone — and what they ask about bench depth. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/legal-salary-guide-private-practice-vs-in-house/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/legal-salary-guide-private-practice-vs-in-house/ Tue, 14 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMT A sourced 2026 comparison of private-practice and in-house lawyer pay across the US, UK and Italy — where the gap is widest, where it inverts at the top, and why comparing base salaries alone misleads. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/project-finance-for-green-hydrogen-and-ccs/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/project-finance-for-green-hydrogen-and-ccs/ Mon, 13 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMT About 9% of announced hydrogen projects reach FID. The gap between memorandum and financial close is legal work - offtake credit, subsidy conditions, CO2 liability - and this is who owns it in-house. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/in-house-counsel-salary-zurich-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/in-house-counsel-salary-zurich-2026/ Mon, 13 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMT At zero usable experience, Zurich Funktionsstufe 13 is CHF 126,912–155,115 from 1 April 2026. One million francs funds 6.45 seats at that ceiling. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/retained-vs-contingency-legal-search/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/retained-vs-contingency-legal-search/ Sat, 11 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMT A client's guide to retained vs contingency legal recruitment: when each model fits, how cost, exclusivity and quality differ, and how to choose. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-kansas-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-kansas-2026/ Sat, 11 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMT Wichita lawyers median $121,510 (May 2025 OEWS). Who is hiring that counsel in Kansas in 2026, and why the cell stays open. For the lawyer who earns it and the company that pays it. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/watson-farley-williams-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/watson-farley-williams-salary-2026/ Sat, 11 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMT Watson Farley & Williams nq salary is £107,000 on the 2026 Legal Cheek profile. Revenue was £247.6 million in 2024/25; profit per partner £566,000. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/corporate-attorney-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/corporate-attorney-salary-2026/ Fri, 10 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMT 2026 corporate attorney pay: the July $235,000 lockstep, ACC in-house medians, and why a general counsel's posted number is not filling the seat. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/legal-market-sydney-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/legal-market-sydney-2026/ Fri, 10 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMT Which Sydney seats a general counsel cannot fill in 2026 without a local practicing certificate, what they pay on the Law Society survey, and how long they take to fill. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidates/mid-level-associates-the-best-window-for-moving-firm/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidates/mid-level-associates-the-best-window-for-moving-firm/ Thu, 09 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMT Years 3-5 is the portable window for a London associate attorney to move firm. After that class year the same move reads as a stalled track, not a promotion. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/legal-market-singapore-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/legal-market-singapore-2026/ Thu, 09 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMT In 2024 MOM put in-house counsel at S$17,972 a month. Who earns that figure in Singapore, who pays it, and why funds and ECM seats stay open in 2026. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/holland-knight-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/holland-knight-salary-2026/ Thu, 09 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMT Holland & Knight has no public 2026 associate scale. Last U.S. grid: $205k–$365k (August 2021). Two-tier 2024 bonus; what a general counsel must match. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidates/the-deal-sheet-that-wins-the-interview/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidates/the-deal-sheet-that-wins-the-interview/ Wed, 08 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMT For corporate and transactional lawyers, the deal sheet — not the CV — wins the lateral interview. The anatomy of an entry, honest role language, confidentiality under Rule 1.6, the walk-through, and how to prepare the deals you list. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/nelson-mullins-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/nelson-mullins-salary-2026/ Wed, 08 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMT The last dated Nelson Mullins first-year band is 2025: $150,000 to $200,000. No 2026 scale memo. Partner PEP $2.51 million. What a general counsel should match now. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/ropes-gray-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/ropes-gray-salary-2026/ Tue, 07 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMT Boston.com listed a 2026 Ropes & Gray first-year at $225,000 on 31 July 2026. Bonus, 2024 PEP, London NQ, and why in-house seats staffed from the firm are not a public census. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/baker-mckenzie-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/baker-mckenzie-salary-2026/ Mon, 06 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMT Baker McKenzie's 2026 pay window is three tables: US careers still print $225,000–$435,000, London NQ is £150,000 from 1 July, and German partner-track base caps at €185,000. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/general-counsel-salary-uk-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/general-counsel-salary-uk-2026/ Mon, 06 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMT UK general counsel cash a board can defend in 2026: public bands, regulator bases, and the Top-10 hour that makes hiring cheaper than a panel refresh. For the lawyer who earns it and the company that pays it. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/general-counsel-salary-frankfurt-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/general-counsel-salary-frankfurt-2026/ Mon, 06 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMT Dated 2026 Frankfurt general-counsel cash in euros and dollars: how many seats EUR 1 million funds, who pays it, and what the disclosures measure. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/magic-circle-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/magic-circle-salary-2026/ Sun, 05 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMT All five Magic Circle NQ bases sit at £150,000 in 2026 ($202,977). A general counsel matching that cash without the training-contract gate is buying a London rate, not the City seat. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/law-firm-partner-salary-ireland-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/law-firm-partner-salary-ireland-2026/ Sun, 05 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMT PayScale's February 2026 Ireland partner average is €111,839 on 12 profiles — leftover NQ money, not equity. How a company matches the 2026 Dublin seat. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-tokyo-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-tokyo-2026/ Sun, 05 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMT On 1 October 2026 Tokyo's three bars held 24,362 bengoshi. The October customs dollar is 159 yen. What a company should budget, and what the lawyer keeps. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/vinson-elkins-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/vinson-elkins-salary-2026/ Sat, 04 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMT The last published Vinson & Elkins salary grid still opens at $225,000. What Houston energy companies lose when they screen only on that first-year cell. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/real-estate-legal-selective-recovery-or-fragile-market/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/real-estate-legal-selective-recovery-or-fragile-market/ Fri, 03 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMT Milan property demand came back in logistics, living and office debt, not in 2021 leasing. A mis-scoped in-house hire costs the next asset-class turn. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/the-legal-profiles-most-wanted-by-pe-backed-companies/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/the-legal-profiles-most-wanted-by-pe-backed-companies/ Thu, 02 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMT A PE-backed New York company hires an operating in-house lawyer first; the same sponsor's London payroll adds employment and privacy seats. Who hires, what they do, what they pay. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/tax-attorney-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/tax-attorney-salary-2026/ Thu, 02 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMT There is no official 2026 census of US tax attorneys. Dated lockstep, in-house ACC and GS-15 bands, plus who funds the seat. Cited figures, not estimates. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/in-house-counsel-salary-dublin-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/in-house-counsel-salary-dublin-2026/ Thu, 02 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMT Dublin legal-counsel mean pay on 2 October 2026 is €132,151 ($150,057). How many seats €1 million funds against the June 2026 Principal Officer cap. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/cell-and-gene-therapy-regulatory-counsel/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/cell-and-gene-therapy-regulatory-counsel/ Wed, 01 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMT The EU opened a dated filing calendar for advanced therapies in January 2025. Which in-house seat owns it, what it pays, and why it stays open for months. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/in-house-search-fees-guarantee-and-off-limits/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/in-house-search-fees-guarantee-and-off-limits/ Wed, 01 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMT What a company pays for a retained in-house search: 25-30% of total first-year compensation, with 30% of the fee as a retainer, 12-month GC replacement, 24-month off-limits. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/legal-market-dubai-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/legal-market-dubai-2026/ Wed, 01 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMT DIFC filed 1,509 claims in 2025; 995 were small claims. Who is hiring in Dubai, what the earner keeps under UAE tax, and which licensed seats stay empty. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/law-firm-partner-salary-zurich-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/law-firm-partner-salary-zurich-2026/ Wed, 01 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMT SAV counted 3,837 Zurich members on 31 December 2025. No franc partner scale is published. What a general counsel matches, and what the partner earns. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/why-law-firm-mergers-fail-on-culture/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/why-law-firm-mergers-fail-on-culture/ Tue, 31 Mar 2026 08:00:00 GMT Two-thirds of large U.S. law-firm combinations lag peers. For a general counsel, the test is whether the merged firm still has the working lawyers. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/london-grid-queue-data-center-counsel/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/london-grid-queue-data-center-counsel/ Mon, 30 Mar 2026 08:00:00 GMT British demand applications run to tens of gigawatts while London delivered 49 MW of live capacity in H1 2026. Ofgem's reform prices the queue position. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/wachtell-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/wachtell-salary-2026/ Mon, 30 Mar 2026 08:00:00 GMT Wachtell salary in 2026 is $12.152 million of 2025 PEP, an unpublished associate class-year grid, and the invoice a general counsel pays. Dated public cells only. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/integration-plans-the-hidden-dealbreaker-in-partner-hiring/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/integration-plans-the-hidden-dealbreaker-in-partner-hiring/ Sun, 29 Mar 2026 08:00:00 GMT A sourced guide to why lateral partner hires break without a written integration plan — onboarding versus the 18-month operating system, the 30–40% attrition gap, plan anatomy, and the diligence both sides should run before the term sheet. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/legal-procurement-enemy-or-ally-of-law-firms/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/legal-procurement-enemy-or-ally-of-law-firms/ Sun, 29 Mar 2026 08:00:00 GMT For a New York general counsel: what a legal-procurement seat is paid versus the panel, rate card, and make-versus-buy decision that seat has to run. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/general-counsel-salary-abu-dhabi-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/general-counsel-salary-abu-dhabi-2026/ Sat, 28 Mar 2026 08:00:00 GMT The 2026 Abu Dhabi GC cell is AED 684,000 median (PayScale, Oct 2025). It buys an ADGM or onshore ticket, not a court card — for who earns it and who pays it. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/thompson-hine-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/thompson-hine-salary-2026/ Sat, 28 Mar 2026 08:00:00 GMT Thompson Hine salary: no 2026 class-year scale is public. Cleveland summer pay is $3,365 a week, posted 1 October 2026. A general counsel match. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidates/senior-associate-stuck-promotion-track-or-lateral-move/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidates/senior-associate-stuck-promotion-track-or-lateral-move/ Fri, 27 Mar 2026 08:00:00 GMT The London lockstep bump is real money. Origination, client contact and a dated promotion review often are not. How a stuck senior associate should read the in-house fork. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidate-lies-recruiters-field-guide/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidate-lies-recruiters-field-guide/ Thu, 26 Mar 2026 08:00:00 GMT A verification-first field guide for legal recruiters: how to test search-status, compensation, portable-book and team-move claims — lawfully — before you submit. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidates/returning-from-in-house-to-private-practice-possible-or/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidates/returning-from-in-house-to-private-practice-possible-or/ Thu, 26 Mar 2026 08:00:00 GMT London has no official count of in-house lawyers returning to firms. The 2023 stock was 35,738 solicitors. Seats exist; the closed-door story is folklore. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/chief-litigation-officer-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/chief-litigation-officer-salary-2026/ Tue, 24 Mar 2026 08:00:00 GMT Chief litigation officer salary 2026: $450k–$650k base at large caps, $320k–$450k mid-cap. Bands by segment, ACC/Empsight cells, and what moves the offer. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/ai-investment-will-it-favour-mega-firms/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/ai-investment-will-it-favour-mega-firms/ Sun, 22 Mar 2026 08:00:00 GMT New York general counsel should not follow mega-firm AI capex by default. NYDFS and Local Law 144 sit on the company desk: hire the seat, rent the platform. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/in-house-counsel-salary-australia-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/in-house-counsel-salary-australia-2026/ Sun, 22 Mar 2026 08:00:00 GMT 2026 Australian in-house counsel cash sits at AUD 123,355 average base against a AUD 107,640 solicitor median. For who earns the seat and who pays it. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-rhode-island-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-rhode-island-2026/ Sat, 21 Mar 2026 08:00:00 GMT Rhode Island employed lawyers posted a $138,960 median in May 2025 BLS wages. The 2026 Boston print a Providence company is bidding against is $235,000. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidates/knowledge-lawyers-in-the-ai-era-from-support-to/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidates/knowledge-lawyers-in-the-ai-era-from-support-to/ Fri, 20 Mar 2026 08:00:00 GMT For a London general counsel: when to create a knowledge-lawyer seat, who hires it, what it does and pays, and when it stays a support cost. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/winston-strawn-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/winston-strawn-salary-2026/ Fri, 20 Mar 2026 08:00:00 GMT Winston & Strawn salary in 2026 still gates on class year; the employer's HTML prints no class-year USD table. Last named bonus match: December 2024. PEP: $4.05 million. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-london-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-london-2026/ Tue, 17 Mar 2026 08:00:00 GMT Dated 2026 London lawyer pay in GBP and USD: Magic Circle NQ £150,000 ($203,000); US offices peak at £189,000. For the associate and the GC matching the cell. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/how-to-hire-a-lateral-partner/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/how-to-hire-a-lateral-partner/ Mon, 16 Mar 2026 08:00:00 GMT How to hire a lateral partner: sourcing, diligence, offer and onboarding. 30-38% leave within five years (Above the Law, May 2026); a 4-stage checklist. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/orrick-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/orrick-salary-2026/ Mon, 16 Mar 2026 08:00:00 GMT Orrick nq salary is £170,000 in 2026. The last printed US associate column is $225,000–$435,000. What a general counsel must bid, from 2025 ACC medians. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/silver-circle-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/silver-circle-salary-2026/ Sat, 14 Mar 2026 08:00:00 GMT From 1 July 2026 Macfarlanes pays a £150,000 London NQ base, matching Magic Circle. The 2026 Silver Circle list and NQ table for who earns the figure and who pays it. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidates/biglaw-recruiting-oci-collapse-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidates/biglaw-recruiting-oci-collapse-2026/ Fri, 13 Mar 2026 08:00:00 GMT NALP: 80% of 2026 BigLaw summer offers came through employer-direct channels, not OCI. Latham exited campus interviews in March 2025. The new timeline and how to navigate it. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/general-counsel-job-description/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/general-counsel-job-description/ Fri, 13 Mar 2026 08:00:00 GMT A general counsel job description by company size: must-haves, nice-to-haves, and the red flags in a copied listed-company draft. ACC 2026 and the case files. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/data-privacy-attorney-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/data-privacy-attorney-salary-2026/ Thu, 12 Mar 2026 08:00:00 GMT The 2026 data-privacy attorney figure is a seat split: $235,000 first-year firm base versus $148,000 in-house Attorney median, not a cybersecurity title. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/austin-legal-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/austin-legal-market-2026/ Thu, 12 Mar 2026 08:00:00 GMT Austin, Texas: 1,000+ mapped lawyers, the practice mix that defines the market, and live confidential mandates — a structural snapshot from our proprietary market map. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/automated-legal-research-impact-on-traditional-training/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/automated-legal-research-impact-on-traditional-training/ Tue, 10 Mar 2026 08:00:00 GMT What a New York general counsel still has to teach after legal research is automated, versus the two-year training-contract junior a London desk can still buy. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/insurance-attorney-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/insurance-attorney-salary-2026/ Tue, 10 Mar 2026 08:00:00 GMT On 27 July 2026 California opened excess-layer coverage suits before exhaustion. Lockstep versus in-house insurance-attorney cash in 2026, for the lawyer who earns it and the general counsel who pays it. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-georgia-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-georgia-2026/ Mon, 09 Mar 2026 08:00:00 GMT Georgia's May 2025 lawyer median is $134,830. Atlanta's 75th overlaps the 2026 lockstep; Savannah's starting median does not. Who earns it, who pays it. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/in-house-counsel-salary-switzerland-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/in-house-counsel-salary-switzerland-2026/ Sun, 08 Mar 2026 08:00:00 GMT PayScale's 2026 Legal Counsel average in Switzerland is CHF 124,692, about USD 153,200. FSO medians, Article 167a, and what Swiss companies actually budget. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-sydney-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-sydney-2026/ Sat, 07 Mar 2026 08:00:00 GMT The 2026 Sydney lawyer-pay window: AUD tables for who earns it and who pays it, gazetted Crown floors, and when an AUD hire is cheaper in US dollars. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/day-one-partner-career-shortcut-or-reputation-risk/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/day-one-partner-career-shortcut-or-reputation-risk/ Fri, 06 Mar 2026 08:00:00 GMT When an early or day-one partner title accelerates a legal career — and when it inflates a CV. Non-equity vs equity, how peers and clients read the signal, and the diligence that separates a real mandate from a rate-card gift. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/trusts-and-estates-attorney-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/trusts-and-estates-attorney-salary-2026/ Fri, 06 Mar 2026 08:00:00 GMT What a US trusts-and-estates attorney earns in 2026: the $235,000 lockstep first-year versus ACC in-house medians, priced by a JD plus a live Form 706 docket. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/fintech-and-payments-regulatory-lawyers-psd3/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/fintech-and-payments-regulatory-lawyers-psd3/ Thu, 05 Mar 2026 08:00:00 GMT Who owns PSD3 readiness, the safeguarding audit, an open-banking dispute and fraud-liability allocation in-house, and why a City transactional pedigree answers none of them. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/entertainment-attorney-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/entertainment-attorney-salary-2026/ Thu, 05 Mar 2026 08:00:00 GMT Matching-firm first-year pay is $235,000 from 1 July 2026; ACC in-house attorney median was $148,000 as of 1 March 2025. Firm versus payroll, for studio general counsel and the lawyers they hire. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/in-house-counsel-salary-tokyo-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/in-house-counsel-salary-tokyo-2026/ Thu, 05 Mar 2026 08:00:00 GMT 92 of 354 JILA respondents in March 2026 earned ¥10-12.5 million. The 2026 Tokyo in-house table in yen and dollars, and how many seats ¥100 million funds. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/general-counsel-salary-hong-kong-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/general-counsel-salary-hong-kong-2026/ Thu, 05 Mar 2026 08:00:00 GMT The HKMA averages 14 Executive Directors at HK$5,881,000. HK$10 million funds 1.70 of those packages. The next General Counsel sits at that rank from 12 February 2027. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/is-privacy-data-protection-law-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/is-privacy-data-protection-law-hiring-2026/ Wed, 04 Mar 2026 08:00:00 GMT A supply-and-demand reality check on privacy, data protection and cybersecurity legal hiring — a mid-sized bench against a regulation-driven demand base. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/full-service-firm-vs-premium-boutique-talent-implications/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/full-service-firm-vs-premium-boutique-talent-implications/ Wed, 04 Mar 2026 08:00:00 GMT What a London general counsel buys from a full-service platform versus a New York premium boutique: who sits the work, what the seat pays, which bench you hire. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/white-collar-attorney-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/white-collar-attorney-salary-2026/ Wed, 04 Mar 2026 08:00:00 GMT 2026 white-collar attorney pay, law firm versus in-house: the Milbank lockstep, ACC title medians, and the dated DOJ calendar that still prices both checks. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/in-house-counsel-salary-sydney-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/in-house-counsel-salary-sydney-2026/ Tue, 03 Mar 2026 08:00:00 GMT Sydney in-house counsel averaged $235,439 in FY2023-24, against a $2,070 weekly national solicitor median. Who earns it, who pays it, and who cannot fill. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-montana-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-montana-2026/ Tue, 03 Mar 2026 08:00:00 GMT 2026 lawyer salary Montana: $103,720 BLS median, an active State Bar license, and why Billings and Missoula seats are not a $235,000 national associate scale. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/hunton-andrews-kurth-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/hunton-andrews-kurth-salary-2026/ Tue, 03 Mar 2026 08:00:00 GMT Hunton Andrews Kurth salary: New York entry-level still $225,000 on 1 July 2026. A September 2026 band is $235,000–$435,000. No 2026 scale match is public. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/philadelphia-legal-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/philadelphia-legal-market-2026/ Mon, 02 Mar 2026 08:00:00 GMT Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: 5,000+ mapped lawyers across 100+ firms, the practice mix that defines the market, and 111 live confidential mandates. A structural snapshot from our proprietary market map. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/haynes-boone-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/haynes-boone-salary-2026/ Mon, 02 Mar 2026 08:00:00 GMT Haynes Boone salary: Vault's 2024 scale is $225,000–$445,000. The 19 Dec 2025 bonus matched market at 2,000 hours. No 2026 base raise is public. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/special-situations-and-restructuring-counsel-in-private-credit/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/special-situations-and-restructuring-counsel-in-private-credit/ Sat, 28 Feb 2026 08:00:00 GMT What a private credit manager buys when it funds a workout seat: the seven workstreams a seasoning loan book generates, and how a general counsel counts them. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/merger-control-and-antitrust-economics-niche/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/merger-control-and-antitrust-economics-niche/ Sat, 28 Feb 2026 08:00:00 GMT For general counsel: when merger-control filing management belongs in-house, what the seat costs in U.S. cash data, and why the weeks you buy sit before the statutory clock. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/solicitor-salary-london-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/solicitor-salary-london-2026/ Sat, 28 Feb 2026 08:00:00 GMT Magic Circle NQ is £150,000 in 2026; US London solicitor NQ reaches £189,000. Dated pay by firm tier for the solicitor who earns it and the GC who funds it. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/what-companies-look-for-in-a-new-general-counsel/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/what-companies-look-for-in-a-new-general-counsel/ Fri, 27 Feb 2026 08:00:00 GMT Succession criteria for a second general counsel search: the three profiles shortlists cut in the first pass, what the seat now owns, and the scorecard written from the instruments. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/general-counsel-salary-riyadh-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/general-counsel-salary-riyadh-2026/ Thu, 26 Feb 2026 08:00:00 GMT PIF 2025 results: assets above $900 billion and revenue of $120 billion. No published Riyadh general counsel SAR band. What SAR 1 million of cash funds. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/retained-search-for-in-house-counsel-what-you-get/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/retained-search-for-in-house-counsel-what-you-get/ Thu, 26 Feb 2026 08:00:00 GMT Retained vs contingency for in-house counsel: the week-by-week deliverables, a four-name shortlist at 24 days, and the 8% of mandates that never complete. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/transatlantic-law-firm-mergers-trend-or-necessity/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/transatlantic-law-firm-mergers-trend-or-necessity/ Wed, 25 Feb 2026 08:00:00 GMT What a transatlantic close date does to a New York general counsel's panel, conflicts wall and in-house hiring — dated combinations, Rule 1.10 and who you can still instruct. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/trademark-attorney-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/trademark-attorney-salary-2026/ Wed, 25 Feb 2026 08:00:00 GMT Four dated 2026 cells a general counsel actually meets when pricing U.S. trademark counsel — lockstep, lumped IP, USPTO GS, and in-house title bands — with Sartori's New York associate-search telemetry. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidate-lies-law-firms-verify/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidate-lies-law-firms-verify/ Tue, 24 Feb 2026 08:00:00 GMT An underwriting-first guide for hiring committees: how to verify a lateral candidate's book, clients, compensation, conflicts and references before you sign. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/am-law-100-2026-table/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/am-law-100-2026-table/ Tue, 24 Feb 2026 08:00:00 GMT Am Law 100 2026: 2025 revenue, PEP and headcount as the price of underwriting the wrong partner — for general counsel who pay those invoices and partners who earn the row. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/how-much-is-a-multilingual-lawyer-worth/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/how-much-is-a-multilingual-lawyer-worth/ Mon, 23 Feb 2026 08:00:00 GMT What a company in London or the Gulf actually pays for a multilingual in-house seat — the legal perimeter, not a language add-on — and why the search stays open. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/covington-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/covington-salary-2026/ Mon, 23 Feb 2026 08:00:00 GMT Covington nq salary is £165,000 in London. The 2026 NALP form lists US entry-level at $225,000. Hours gate, partner profits, and the company bid. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/general-counsel-search-fees-and-guarantees/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/general-counsel-search-fees-and-guarantees/ Sun, 22 Feb 2026 08:00:00 GMT A retained general counsel search costs 25-30% of total first-year compensation, with 30% of the fee as a retainer and a 12-month replacement. Worked in dollars, with where the guarantee stops. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/trade-and-customs-lawyers-after-tariff-realignment/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/trade-and-customs-lawyers-after-tariff-realignment/ Fri, 20 Feb 2026 08:00:00 GMT After two years of tariff realignment, the board asks what a duty change costs. Who owns that answer in-house, and what the trade compliance seat must do. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/in-house-lawyer-salary-uk-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/in-house-lawyer-salary-uk-2026/ Fri, 20 Feb 2026 08:00:00 GMT ONS full-time median for UK solicitors and lawyers is £56,977 (to 5 April 2025). Magic Circle NQ base remains £150,000. Who earns it, and who pays. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidates/the-first-call-with-a-legal-recruiter-what-to/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidates/the-first-call-with-a-legal-recruiter-what-to/ Thu, 19 Feb 2026 08:00:00 GMT A candid first-call playbook for lawyers — the questions that reveal who a recruiter really works for, what to share and what to hold back, how to handle compensation, the red flags, and the consent that protects your CV. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/lateral-partner-hiring-statistics-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/lateral-partner-hiring-statistics-2026/ Thu, 19 Feb 2026 08:00:00 GMT How many lateral partners moved in 2025 and Q1 2026, by market and practice — the dated count a hiring committee underwrites, and the PEP a general counsel actually funds. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-colorado-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-colorado-2026/ Thu, 19 Feb 2026 08:00:00 GMT 2026 Colorado lawyer pay: Denver prints the $235,000 national lockstep; the statewide employed-lawyer median is $168,520. For associates and general counsel. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/sheppard-mullin-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/sheppard-mullin-salary-2026/ Wed, 18 Feb 2026 08:00:00 GMT Sheppard Mullin salary: last published U.S. scale is $225,000–$435,000. The 2025 bonus paid 16 January 2026. Fiscal 2025 PEP was about $3 million. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/transactional-attorney-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/transactional-attorney-salary-2026/ Tue, 17 Feb 2026 08:00:00 GMT The 2026 cash a deal lawyer earns and a general counsel posts: $235,000 lockstep, ACC in-house bands, and funds postings that do not close the seat. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/how-to-resign-from-a-law-firm/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/how-to-resign-from-a-law-firm/ Mon, 16 Feb 2026 08:00:00 GMT A technical resignation guide for partners and senior associates: when to resign relative to the bonus and distribution calendar, notice periods, garden leave, deferred and unvested comp, restrictive covenants, client-transition duties and references. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidates/legal-recruiters-for-in-house-moves-why-your-network/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidates/legal-recruiters-for-in-house-moves-why-your-network/ Mon, 16 Feb 2026 08:00:00 GMT For most in-house legal moves your own network beats a recruiter — referrals and internal hires dominate the market. Where retained executive search genuinely takes over (GC, deputy GC, CLO), and how to tell which kind of move you are making. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/how-long-does-a-lateral-partner-search-take/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/how-long-does-a-lateral-partner-search-take/ Mon, 16 Feb 2026 08:00:00 GMT The clock a general counsel cannot buy back: the candidate discarded mid-search, the four-to-seven-month fill, and the dated windows that close before the conflicts screen finishes. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidates/lateral-associate-moves/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidates/lateral-associate-moves/ Mon, 16 Feb 2026 08:00:00 GMT A general counsel who mis-credits a lateral associate by one lockstep year overpays or under-levels. Class-year credit, 2026 pay steps, and what the file must show. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-maine-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-maine-2026/ Mon, 16 Feb 2026 08:00:00 GMT The dated 2026 Maine lawyer pay table: a $113,120 May 2025 OEWS median, Augusta AAG bands, and the $235,000 Boston lockstep a New England company actually matches. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/associate-salary-uae-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/associate-salary-uae-2026/ Mon, 16 Feb 2026 08:00:00 GMT UAE associate pay in 2026: PayScale median AED 305,209 against a £150,000 London NQ lockstep. Dated AED and USD table for associates and the firms that pay them. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/blank-rome-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/blank-rome-salary-2026/ Mon, 16 Feb 2026 08:00:00 GMT Blank Rome salary: $225,000 New York and $210,000 Philadelphia on Vault's 2026 profile. Midlevel posting bands and 2025 PEP above $2 million. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/how-to-choose-a-legal-search-firm/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/how-to-choose-a-legal-search-firm/ Sat, 14 Feb 2026 08:00:00 GMT What companies pay and lose when they pick the wrong legal search firm: retained versus contingency, fees, and the questions that prevent that cost. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-florida-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-florida-2026/ Sat, 14 Feb 2026 08:00:00 GMT May 2025 OEWS puts Florida lawyer median pay at $133,180; Miami sits $32,830 above Tampa. The 2026 table by metro, seniority and who pays. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/lateral-partner-references-and-back-channel-checks/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/lateral-partner-references-and-back-channel-checks/ Sat, 14 Feb 2026 08:00:00 GMT How hiring committees check lateral partner references and run back-channel checks: what to verify, the legal limits, and how to protect confidentiality. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/cybersecurity-attorney-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/cybersecurity-attorney-salary-2026/ Fri, 13 Feb 2026 08:00:00 GMT US cybersecurity attorney salary in 2026: Am Law lockstep $235,000–$455,000 versus ACC in-house title medians, priced by the SEC four-business-day clock. For the lawyer who earns it and the general counsel who pays it. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/general-counsel-salary-paris-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/general-counsel-salary-paris-2026/ Fri, 13 Feb 2026 08:00:00 GMT General counsel salary Paris, 2026: €48,060 ceiling, a €6,500,000 CAC 40 chair mean that is not the seat, and how many gross seats €1 million funds. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/associate-attorney-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/associate-attorney-salary-2026/ Wed, 11 Feb 2026 08:00:00 GMT 2026 associate attorney salary is a perimeter: lockstep $235,000 from 1 July versus NALP's $155,000 private-practice median as of 16 March. For the associate and the general counsel who pays. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/legal-market-paris-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/legal-market-paris-2026/ Tue, 10 Feb 2026 08:00:00 GMT The legal market Paris in 2026 pays a 3,700-euro HT floor and a long tail. A general counsel who filters for bilingual avocats is buying a law-firm product. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-utah-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-utah-2026/ Tue, 10 Feb 2026 08:00:00 GMT BLS OEWS May 2025 puts Utah lawyer median pay at $132,830. The table a general counsel matching this state needs is a percentile ladder, not New York lockstep. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/associate-salary-toronto-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/associate-salary-toronto-2026/ Tue, 10 Feb 2026 08:00:00 GMT Law firm associate salary in Toronto is still the March 2025 cell: CAD 135,000 first-year and CAD 275,000 at year seven. No 2026 ladder was published. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/in-house-counsel-salary-canada-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/in-house-counsel-salary-canada-2026/ Mon, 09 Feb 2026 08:00:00 GMT In-house counsel pay in Canada: CAD 136,500 average (16 Feb 2026). How many seats CAD 1 million funds, in CAD and USD, for who pays it and who earns it. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/general-counsel-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/general-counsel-salary-2026/ Sun, 08 Feb 2026 08:00:00 GMT Directional 2026 salary ranges for General Counsel and Chief Legal Officers by company stage — base, bonus and equity — with the authoritative in-house comp benchmarks. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidates/from-italian-firm-to-international-platform-what-really-changes/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidates/from-italian-firm-to-international-platform-what-really-changes/ Sun, 08 Feb 2026 08:00:00 GMT A candid, sourced guide to what actually changes when an Italian lawyer leaves a domestic studio for a US or UK international platform — title versus ownership, the book that travels, conflicts, English-law product, hours, pay and reversibility. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/healthcare-attorney-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/healthcare-attorney-salary-2026/ Sun, 08 Feb 2026 08:00:00 GMT The 2026 healthcare attorney salary is a lawyer figure, not a compliance-officer band. Dated law-firm, in-house and federal tables for the lawyer who earns it and the general counsel who pays it. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-scotland-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-scotland-2026/ Fri, 06 Feb 2026 08:00:00 GMT 2026 Scots-qualified pay: Pinsent £69,000, CMS Scotland £60k vs London £110k, C1 from £62,111 — for the solicitor who earns it and the GC who pays it. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/norton-rose-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/norton-rose-salary-2026/ Fri, 06 Feb 2026 08:00:00 GMT The 2026 number a general counsel matches under Norton Rose is London NQ £140,000 from 1 April, £10,000 below Magic Circle. Dated table, unpublished PQE, PEP. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/mica-digital-assets-regulatory-counsel/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/mica-digital-assets-regulatory-counsel/ Thu, 05 Feb 2026 08:00:00 GMT Only 281 of 1,343 EEA crypto firms held a MiCA authorization at the transition. Who owns the license file inside a company after that, and what the seat pays. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/appellate-attorney-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/appellate-attorney-salary-2026/ Thu, 05 Feb 2026 08:00:00 GMT The 2026 appellate attorney salary is the Rule 25 briefing clock priced against lockstep ($235,000–$455,000 from 1 July) and ACC in-house title cash, for the lawyer who earns it and the general counsel who pays it. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/law-firm-business-development-director-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/law-firm-business-development-director-salary-2026/ Wed, 04 Feb 2026 08:00:00 GMT Am Law 100 firms outside New York paid a $282,800 median base on January 1, 2025 (PwC, n=30). Bonus, chief-level pay, and how a firm briefs the search. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/make-versus-buy-in-house-versus-outside-counsel/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/make-versus-buy-in-house-versus-outside-counsel/ Wed, 04 Feb 2026 08:00:00 GMT Which legal work belongs in-house, on the panel, or hybrid. Legal operations as the desk that holds the split. 12 ops placements, 9 weeks. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/fried-frank-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/fried-frank-salary-2026/ Wed, 04 Feb 2026 08:00:00 GMT Fried Frank salary: posted U.S. scale $225,000–$435,000 (4 June 2026), senior bonus stack $140,000, London NQ £173,000, and the in-house bid. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/hiring-a-head-of-legal-operations/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/hiring-a-head-of-legal-operations/ Mon, 02 Feb 2026 08:00:00 GMT Hire a head of legal operations before counsel four: CLOC Core 12, operator versus lawyer, cash bands, reporting line, and a nine-week search from 12 files. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/faegre-drinker-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/faegre-drinker-salary-2026/ Mon, 02 Feb 2026 08:00:00 GMT Faegre Drinker salary 2026 is a posted range, not a lockstep memo: entry $160k–$225k, IM to $435k. FY2024 PEP $1.27M. Bonus dollars are not public. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/law-firm-partner-salary-london-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/law-firm-partner-salary-london-2026/ Mon, 02 Feb 2026 08:00:00 GMT Dated 2026 London partner PEP in GBP and USD by firm tier — A&O Shearman GBP 2.2m / USD 2.9m — and the in-house cash a general counsel actually matches. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/reports/compliance-regulatory-talent-outlook-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/reports/compliance-regulatory-talent-outlook-2026/ Mon, 02 Feb 2026 08:00:00 GMT The compliance bar is small, senior and geographically concentrated — and that structure, not sentiment, is what makes it a seller's market. Drawing on a… https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/birmingham-legal-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/birmingham-legal-market-2026/ Mon, 02 Feb 2026 08:00:00 GMT Birmingham, Alabama: 1,000+ mapped lawyers, the practice mix that defines the market, and live confidential mandates — a structural snapshot from our proprietary market map. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/partner-objections-lateral-moves/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/partner-objections-lateral-moves/ Fri, 30 Jan 2026 08:00:00 GMT The ten recurring reasons senior lawyers decline a lateral move, ranked by frequency across 2,600+ partner interviews. Passive contentment leads at ~31%. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/case-studies/confidential-lateral-partner-energy-houston/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/case-studies/confidential-lateral-partner-energy-houston/ Fri, 30 Jan 2026 08:00:00 GMT A representative, anonymized case study of a confidential lateral partner search for a Houston energy practice — the problem, our discreet market-mapped approach, and the outcome. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/tax-lawyers-low-mobility-high-market-value/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/tax-lawyers-low-mobility-high-market-value/ Fri, 30 Jan 2026 08:00:00 GMT For a General Counsel hiring a head of tax: how many dual-capable tax lawyers a market holds, how many will move, and what to do when the count says none. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-ohio-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-ohio-2026/ Fri, 30 Jan 2026 08:00:00 GMT Columbus lawyers posted a $137,810 median in May 2025 BLS wages; Cleveland posted $134,680. Who earns the 2026 figure, and who pays it. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/simmons-simmons-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/simmons-simmons-salary-2026/ Fri, 30 Jan 2026 08:00:00 GMT Simmons & Simmons nq salary is £130,000 in London from 12 August 2026; Bristol NQ is £104,000. PEP was £1.25 million. What a general counsel must bid. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/luxembourg-securitisation-and-clo-counsel/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/luxembourg-securitisation-and-clo-counsel/ Thu, 29 Jan 2026 08:00:00 GMT When does a Luxembourg securitization or CLO platform need in-house counsel? The CSSF authorization line, the compartment arithmetic and where the seat pays for itself. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/banking-regulation-lawyers-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/banking-regulation-lawyers-2026/ Thu, 29 Jan 2026 08:00:00 GMT Banking regulation lawyer hiring in 2026 tracks 4,238 insured institutions, 36 second-quarter mergers, a March capital proposal, and an EU branch date of 11 January 2027. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/baker-botts-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/baker-botts-salary-2026/ Thu, 29 Jan 2026 08:00:00 GMT Baker Botts salary: the Nov 2025 memo kept 2026 base at $225,000–$435,000. 2025 revenue was $843.2 million. What a Houston general counsel must bid. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/aviation-finance-lawyers-and-the-cape-town-convention/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/aviation-finance-lawyers-and-the-cape-town-convention/ Wed, 28 Jan 2026 08:00:00 GMT The Cape Town Convention is uniform text applied through state-by-state declarations - and the declaration is what a court applies. Which in-house seat owns International Registry filings and the remedy clock across a fleet, in Dublin and London. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/shipping-and-maritime-finance-lawyers/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/shipping-and-maritime-finance-lawyers/ Wed, 28 Jan 2026 08:00:00 GMT A shipping and maritime finance seat runs four instruments on one asset. What the wrong hire costs a London owner, operator, lessor or ship-lending bank. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/practice-areas-ranked-by-lateral-mobility/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/practice-areas-ranked-by-lateral-mobility/ Tue, 27 Jan 2026 08:00:00 GMT A New York general counsel hiring from firms needs a hireability map: which in-house seats fill this year, and which the company must grow or buy from the panel. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/patent-attorney-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/patent-attorney-salary-2026/ Tue, 27 Jan 2026 08:00:00 GMT 2026 US patent attorney salary: lockstep $235,000–$455,000 from 1 July 2026 versus in-house IP counsel cash from the 2025 ACC survey. Who earns the figure, and what the general counsel pays. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/dechert-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/dechert-salary-2026/ Tue, 27 Jan 2026 08:00:00 GMT As of 11 September 2026, 18 Dechert-named pay cells are public — 14 U.S. 2025 bonuses, one PEP average, three London bases. A 2026 U.S. class-year base grid is not. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-uae-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-uae-2026/ Tue, 27 Jan 2026 08:00:00 GMT The only 2026 posted lawyer-pay cell in the UAE is a Magic Circle trainee scale of AED 340,000. A federal average does not close the DIFC or ADGM seat a general counsel is hiring. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-madrid-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-madrid-2026/ Tue, 27 Jan 2026 08:00:00 GMT Garrigues junior men earned EUR 46,009 in 2025. Madrid's 2026 convenio floor is EUR 21,826.70. ICAM's practicing roll was 44,883. For the payer and the earner. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-luxembourg-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-luxembourg-2026/ Tue, 27 Jan 2026 08:00:00 GMT EUR 3,325.59 a month is the qualified social minimum from 1 June 2026. The 2026 Luxembourg lawyer-pay floor, in euros and dollars, and who pays it. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/arbitration-careers-international-profile-narrow-market/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/arbitration-careers-international-profile-narrow-market/ Sat, 24 Jan 2026 08:00:00 GMT Decree 2026-741 reset court-side counsel rights in Paris. A general counsel still buys a thin advocacy bench — or hires the in-house juriste who briefs it. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/quinn-emanuel-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/quinn-emanuel-salary-2026/ Sat, 24 Jan 2026 08:00:00 GMT U.S. first-years at Quinn Emanuel earn $235,000 as of 1 July 2026; London NQs £189,000. The associate earns the cash; the general counsel funds the invoice. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-ireland-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-ireland-2026/ Sat, 24 Jan 2026 08:00:00 GMT 2026 lawyer salary Ireland: dated trainee floor €26,488 and State Solicitor from €41,521. Why a Dublin hire now is cheaper than the May 2027 NQ round. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-nevada-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-nevada-2026/ Sat, 24 Jan 2026 08:00:00 GMT Nevada lawyers posted a $150,510 BLS median (May 2025) against a $235,000 lockstep floor. When a Las Vegas hire still closes this year, and when a gaming-desk premium is not worth matching. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/how-much-does-a-general-counsel-cost/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/how-much-does-a-general-counsel-cost/ Fri, 23 Jan 2026 08:00:00 GMT What a general counsel costs in total compensation in 2026: base, bonus, equity, benefits and a 25-30% search fee, across five company-size bands. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/travers-smith-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/travers-smith-salary-2026/ Fri, 23 Jan 2026 08:00:00 GMT Travers Smith's 2026 NQ base is £130,000 from 1 July 2025, covering 21 of 23 autumn-2025 qualifiers. Bonus ceiling, PEP £1.4m, and how a GC matches it. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/employment-counsel-why-demand-is-rising-again/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/employment-counsel-why-demand-is-rising-again/ Thu, 22 Jan 2026 08:00:00 GMT When a London general counsel should create in-house employment counsel versus keep the Employer panel, timed to the 2026-27 Employment Rights Act clocks. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-paris-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-paris-2026/ Thu, 22 Jan 2026 08:00:00 GMT Paris Bar year-one floor is EUR 3,700 HT a month from 1 January 2026 (USD 51,468). Modal band EUR 5,000-8,000. What a lateral changes, in EUR and USD. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/legal-recruitment-fees-explained/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/legal-recruitment-fees-explained/ Wed, 21 Jan 2026 08:00:00 GMT How legal recruiter and executive-search fees work — who pays, how they're calculated, retained vs contingency, and what to expect in the engagement letter. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/am-law-200-2026-table/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/am-law-200-2026-table/ Wed, 21 Jan 2026 08:00:00 GMT The 2026 Am Law 200 is the Second Hundred: $29.4 billion of FY2025 revenue, PEP of $1.21 million, 32,903 lawyers. What a general counsel buys is RPL and the matter, not the rank. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/freshfields-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/freshfields-salary-2026/ Wed, 21 Jan 2026 08:00:00 GMT The 2026 London NQ cell is £150,000 — $202,965 at the 10 September 2026 Bank of England spot. Associate scale, bonus cash and 2026 partner PEP are not public. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/law-firm-cmo-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/law-firm-cmo-salary-2026/ Wed, 21 Jan 2026 08:00:00 GMT May 2025 BLS median for U.S. marketing managers is $166,790. Law firm CMO and legal marketing director ranges by firm band, for who is paid and who pays. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/white-collar-demand-driven-by-enforcement-and-geopolitics/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/white-collar-demand-driven-by-enforcement-and-geopolitics/ Tue, 20 Jan 2026 08:00:00 GMT New York companies still hunt former prosecutors for investigations. Hire the remediator the market discards, and price the seat against published in-house cash. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/legal-job-market-2026-outlook/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/legal-job-market-2026-outlook/ Tue, 20 Jan 2026 08:00:00 GMT Demand by practice, seat and market in 2026: when a company hire still closes, when it is a year late, and what those seats pay. Dated public clocks plus Sartori's New York in-house book. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/kirkland-ellis-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/kirkland-ellis-salary-2026/ Tue, 20 Jan 2026 08:00:00 GMT Kirkland's last published U.S. associate scale is the 30 November 2023 memo at $225,000–$420,000. No 2026 match is public. What a general counsel must bid, from 2025 ACC medians. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/nq-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/nq-salary-2026/ Tue, 20 Jan 2026 08:00:00 GMT London NQ pay in 2026: £189,000 at a US office, Magic Circle still £150,000. The firm-tier table for who earns that figure and the general counsel who matches it. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-alaska-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-alaska-2026/ Mon, 19 Jan 2026 08:00:00 GMT Alaska's lawyer median was $149,940 in May 2025 BLS wages; Anchorage was $153,590. The Department of Law Attorney 4 ceiling there is $147,322.50. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/lateral-partner-business-plan/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/lateral-partner-business-plan/ Sun, 18 Jan 2026 08:00:00 GMT What firms check in a lateral partner business plan: 22% average book brought, 2-in-3 miss, red flags and a template. For partners and firm committees. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-mississippi-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-mississippi-2026/ Sat, 17 Jan 2026 08:00:00 GMT May 2025 BLS puts the Mississippi lawyer median at $91,690 and Jackson at $104,460. What a 2026 company should post, and what that median does not buy. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/legal-project-manager-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/legal-project-manager-salary-2026/ Fri, 16 Jan 2026 08:00:00 GMT The May 2025 BLS project-manager median is $102,320. The 2026 in-house legal project manager band, bonus, and what the company should pay. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/general-counsel-salary-singapore-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/general-counsel-salary-singapore-2026/ Fri, 16 Jan 2026 08:00:00 GMT Dated 2026 Singapore general counsel pay in SGD and USD: MOM occupation cash, CPF and Employment Pass floors, and how companies price the seat. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/nashville-legal-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/nashville-legal-market-2026/ Fri, 16 Jan 2026 08:00:00 GMT Nashville, Tennessee: 1,000+ mapped lawyers across 40+ firms, the practice mix that defines the market, and 46 live confidential mandates. A structural snapshot from our proprietary market map. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/legal-market-hong-kong-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/legal-market-hong-kong-2026/ Thu, 15 Jan 2026 08:00:00 GMT Hong Kong versus Singapore in 2026: solicitor stocks, Government Counsel pay from HK$79,410 a month, and hiring on IPO, funds and listing rules. For GCs who pay and lawyers who earn. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/ballard-spahr-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/ballard-spahr-salary-2026/ Thu, 15 Jan 2026 08:00:00 GMT Ballard Spahr salary in 2026 is a posted band, not lockstep. Dated ATS ranges: $205,000–$275,000. Why a general counsel matching this firm still buys that mid-level. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/esg-legal-the-hype-is-over-the-transformation-remains/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/esg-legal-the-hype-is-over-the-transformation-remains/ Wed, 14 Jan 2026 08:00:00 GMT 1,350 UK groups file climate disclosures. London general counsel still need ESG legal cover for reporting and claims - who hires that seat, and what it pays. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidates/the-law-firm-ai-stack-a-new-selection-criterion/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidates/the-law-firm-ai-stack-a-new-selection-criterion/ Wed, 14 Jan 2026 08:00:00 GMT A New York general counsel cannot score most panel firms on tools versus marketing. When a firm's AI stack is a hiring or panel criterion — and who runs it. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidates/international-qualification-real-value-for-italian-lawyers/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidates/international-qualification-real-value-for-italian-lawyers/ Wed, 14 Jan 2026 08:00:00 GMT The 2025 CNF–Law Society SQE1-only path exists on paper. This guide asks whether it — or a New York ticket — actually moves a Milan career, and what a general counsel is buying instead. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/deputy-general-counsel-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/deputy-general-counsel-salary-2026/ Wed, 14 Jan 2026 08:00:00 GMT ACC/Empsight 2025: U.S. AGC median base $245,000; deputy GC $280,000 (1 March 2025). Who pays the 2026 seat, why it stays open, and how to read the letter. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/employment-attorney-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/employment-attorney-salary-2026/ Tue, 13 Jan 2026 08:00:00 GMT US employment lawyer salary in 2026: matching lockstep $235,000-$455,000 from 1 July 2026 against ACC in-house title medians from 1 March 2025. For the lawyer who earns it and the general counsel who pays it. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-vermont-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-vermont-2026/ Tue, 13 Jan 2026 08:00:00 GMT Vermont lawyer pay in 2026 is the Attorney Pay Plan and AO 4, not national lockstep. Staff Attorney I starts at $60,570 from 12 July 2026. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/head-of-legal-operations-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/head-of-legal-operations-salary-2026/ Mon, 12 Jan 2026 08:00:00 GMT ACC and Empsight, data effective 1 March 2025: VP of legal operations median base $246,000 against director $178,000. How a 2026 grade audit should price the seat. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-uk-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-uk-2026/ Mon, 12 Jan 2026 08:00:00 GMT London NQ in 2026: Magic Circle still £150,000, Quinn Emanuel £189,000 from 1 July. When hiring off the UK table is cheaper than waiting, for solicitors and GCs. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/law-firm-partner-salary-brussels-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/law-firm-partner-salary-brussels-2026/ Mon, 12 Jan 2026 08:00:00 GMT Law firm partner salary Brussels has no published 2026 PEP. The French bar's report: over 11% declare below a trainee. Tax is 50% above €51,070. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/jones-day-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/jones-day-salary-2026/ Sun, 11 Jan 2026 08:00:00 GMT Jones Day salary 2026: $240,000 first-year in 14 U.S. offices; $235,000 Midwest. Years 2-8 and partner pay are not public. How a general counsel matches it. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/law-firm-partner-salary-uae-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/law-firm-partner-salary-uae-2026/ Sun, 11 Jan 2026 08:00:00 GMT The 2026 UAE partner cash table in AED and USD: when the federal window is the right bid and a Dubai-only cell is not. PayScale average AED 590,000. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/first-general-counsel-vs-fractional/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/first-general-counsel-vs-fractional/ Sun, 11 Jan 2026 08:00:00 GMT First general counsel vs fractional GC, 2026: decision tree by revenue, regulation and stage, annual costs from $101,200, and the 3-day break-even. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/litigation-attorney-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/litigation-attorney-salary-2026/ Sat, 10 Jan 2026 08:00:00 GMT Matching U.S. firms pay litigators and deal lawyers the same 2026 class-year base ($235,000-$455,000 from 1 July). In-house Attorney median base was $148,000 as of 1 March 2025. Firm versus in-house, in one dated table. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/milbank-scale-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/milbank-scale-2026/ Sat, 10 Jan 2026 08:00:00 GMT On 2 June 2026 Milbank set associate base at $235,000–$455,000 from 1 July. The class-year table a general counsel matches, in-house medians, and who writes the check. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/a-o-shearman-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/a-o-shearman-salary-2026/ Sat, 10 Jan 2026 08:00:00 GMT London NQ is still £150,000 in 2026; New York posts $225,000–$435,000. Who hires from A&O Shearman now, and why that posted cash does not close a company search. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/is-ai-law-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/is-ai-law-hiring-2026/ Fri, 09 Jan 2026 08:00:00 GMT A supply-and-demand reality check on AI and emerging-technology law hiring — a young, thin specialist bench against demand from every sector. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/international-legal-recruiters-for-associates/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/international-legal-recruiters-for-associates/ Fri, 09 Jan 2026 08:00:00 GMT For general counsel: when a cross-border associate hire still closes this quarter, and when qualification, notice and visa clocks make the same search a year late. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-minnesota-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-minnesota-2026/ Wed, 07 Jan 2026 08:00:00 GMT Minnesota lawyer pay in 2026: the $155,140 state median, Minneapolis versus Chicago cash, and the headquarters table a company should still fund. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/from-family-style-firm-to-managed-platform-italian-market/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/from-family-style-firm-to-managed-platform-italian-market/ Tue, 06 Jan 2026 08:00:00 GMT A Milan family studio and a London platform still price the same lawyer on different contracts. How Italy is rewriting law firm management without importing the English stack. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/proskauer-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/proskauer-salary-2026/ Tue, 06 Jan 2026 08:00:00 GMT A wrong 2026 Proskauer-scale hire costs the dated class-year cell — $65,000 of market base on a fifth-year booked as fourth — then a second search. Scale, bonus match, PEP. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/venable-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/venable-salary-2026/ Tue, 06 Jan 2026 08:00:00 GMT The 2026 Venable salary question is a range cap, not a lockstep cell: Level 1 $215,000 through Level 8 $355,000 as of February 2025, plus 2025 partner PEP of $1.4 million. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/detroit-legal-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/detroit-legal-market-2026/ Mon, 05 Jan 2026 08:00:00 GMT Detroit, Michigan: 1,000+ mapped lawyers across 40+ firms, the practice mix that defines the market, and 19 live confidential mandates. A structural snapshot from our proprietary market map. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/law-firm-cfo-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/law-firm-cfo-salary-2026/ Sun, 04 Jan 2026 08:00:00 GMT Median law-firm CFO aggregate pay was $817,500 on 1 January 2025 (PwC, Am Law 100 excluding New York City, n=32). Ranges, UK filings, and the search price. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/new-albany-ohio-data-center-legal-work/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/new-albany-ohio-data-center-legal-work/ Sat, 03 Jan 2026 08:00:00 GMT Ohio priced the connection as a twelve-year contract: 17,861 MW under binding contract through 2035, so a New Albany campus never stops generating legal work. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/legal-practice-depth-by-city-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/legal-practice-depth-by-city-2026/ Sat, 03 Jan 2026 08:00:00 GMT A city-by-city map of legal practice depth across the major US and UK markets — Finance in London, Energy in Houston, the regulatory bar in DC. The biggest market is rarely the deepest. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/export-controls-and-sanctions-lawyers-in-the-semiconductor-era/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/export-controls-and-sanctions-lawyers-in-the-semiconductor-era/ Sat, 03 Jan 2026 08:00:00 GMT US export controls and EU dual-use licensing are two books, not two chapters. Which in-house seat a semiconductor or AI-hardware company needs, and what it pays. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-germany-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-germany-2026/ Sat, 03 Jan 2026 08:00:00 GMT German lawyer cash in 2026: EUR 190k US-firm ceiling, EUR 123k Syndizi, EUR 82k employed (STAR). Frankfurt, Munich and Berlin priced separately, in EUR and USD. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/cooley-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/cooley-salary-2026/ Sat, 03 Jan 2026 08:00:00 GMT Public 2026 Cooley cash: $225,000 US summer (2025 FAQ) and £157,000 London NQ. Who earns it, who matches it, and why neither fills a tech-associate seat. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-indiana-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-indiana-2026/ Sat, 03 Jan 2026 08:00:00 GMT Indiana's 2026 lawyer median is $126,860 — 21% below the U.S. The table a general counsel can get signed, and the number a lawyer earns, by metro and seat. Not a Chicago or New York scale. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/law-firm-partner-salary-singapore-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/law-firm-partner-salary-singapore-2026/ Sat, 03 Jan 2026 08:00:00 GMT The 2026 Singapore law-firm partner cell is S$200,000–S$300,000 at top local firms. Firm-wide PEP is not a Singapore salary. Dated SGD and USD by tier. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/italian-firms-and-international-alliances-strategic-options/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/italian-firms-and-international-alliances-strategic-options/ Wed, 31 Dec 2025 08:00:00 GMT Italian independents that join a network still cannot staff the English-law inbound desk the brochure promised. What that vacant seat means for associates, and why general counsel send the SPA elsewhere. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-new-york-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-new-york-2026/ Wed, 31 Dec 2025 08:00:00 GMT July 2026 New York lockstep is $235,000–$455,000; year-end bonus is still the November 2025 scale. What associates earn and what a general counsel matches. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/ai-native-law-firms-threat-to-big-law-or/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/ai-native-law-firms-threat-to-big-law-or/ Tue, 30 Dec 2025 08:00:00 GMT A New York general counsel's panel test: when an AI-native firm is a real alternative, and when it is still an experiment that cannot take the work. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/mishcon-de-reya-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/mishcon-de-reya-salary-2026/ Tue, 30 Dec 2025 08:00:00 GMT Mishcon de Reya 2026 London NQ is £110,000 from September. A general counsel matching it also prices the US lockstep at $235,000 from 1 July. Dated tables, both markets. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-switzerland-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-switzerland-2026/ Tue, 30 Dec 2025 08:00:00 GMT The 2026 Switzerland lawyer salary table in CHF, USD and GBP: federal and Zurich Lohnklassen against the London NQ lockstep a general counsel is matching. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-tennessee-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-tennessee-2026/ Tue, 30 Dec 2025 08:00:00 GMT Tennessee 2026 lawyer pay: 9,010 filled jobs, $136,180 statewide median, $142,540 in Nashville. What companies pay and which seats stay open. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/commercial-litigation-attorney-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/commercial-litigation-attorney-salary-2026/ Mon, 29 Dec 2025 08:00:00 GMT The 2026 commercial litigation paycheck is a New York lockstep grid, a thinner in-house W-2, and the hourly invoice a general counsel actually pays. Firm versus company, sourced. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/compliance-attorney-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/compliance-attorney-salary-2026/ Sun, 28 Dec 2025 08:00:00 GMT US companies still post 2025 in-house bands for compliance counsel. Fifth-year lockstep is $385,000 from 1 July 2026. Who hires that lawyer, and why the posted number is not closing the search. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/fieldfisher-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/fieldfisher-salary-2026/ Sun, 28 Dec 2025 08:00:00 GMT Fieldfisher's 2026 London commercial NQ is £102,000. PI and regional cells, employer NI on-cost, PEP, and which figure a general counsel actually matches. Cited from the firm's table. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/in-house-counsel-salary-uk-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/in-house-counsel-salary-uk-2026/ Sun, 28 Dec 2025 08:00:00 GMT 2026 UK in-house counsel pay a company can defend: public-sector lawyer scales in pounds and dollars, the City NQ collision that misses, and who pays the seat. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-abu-dhabi-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-abu-dhabi-2026/ Sun, 28 Dec 2025 08:00:00 GMT 2026 Abu Dhabi lawyer pay in AED and USD by firm tier: US lockstep and London NQ converted at the CBUAE peg, for the earner and the general counsel who matches it. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/ai-governance-and-liability-counsel-eu-ai-act/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/ai-governance-and-liability-counsel-eu-ai-act/ Sat, 27 Dec 2025 08:00:00 GMT A general counsel in Brussels, Paris or London faces a dated EU AI Act calendar, a conformity route and a market-surveillance authority. The same job title in the United States is a different seat. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/business-development-for-senior-associates-a-practical-guide/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/business-development-for-senior-associates-a-practical-guide/ Sat, 27 Dec 2025 08:00:00 GMT London still coaches originators, not billers. A 12-month origination file a general counsel can test — for senior associates the coaching list skipped. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/akin-gump-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/akin-gump-salary-2026/ Sat, 27 Dec 2025 08:00:00 GMT Legal Cheek still listed Akin Gump London NQ at $225,000 as of 1 August 2026. Dated scale, 2024 bonus match, PEP, and the trade or energy seat a general counsel matches. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/private-credit-funds-and-pe-the-practices-driving-partner/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/private-credit-funds-and-pe-the-practices-driving-partner/ Fri, 26 Dec 2025 08:00:00 GMT Why private credit, investment funds and private equity form one partner-demand cluster — Bain and AIMA figures, secondaries and AIFMD II, London–New York–Frankfurt–Luxembourg hiring signals, and what firms underwrite. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/kobre-kim-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/kobre-kim-salary-2026/ Fri, 26 Dec 2025 08:00:00 GMT Kobre & Kim salary: U.S. postings list $260,000–$420,000 (9 January 2026), before the July scale. Fiscal 2025 revenue per lawyer was $2,132,000. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-frankfurt-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-frankfurt-2026/ Fri, 26 Dec 2025 08:00:00 GMT Skadden's first-year base in Frankfurt is EUR 180,000. The 2024 STAR mean in cities over 500,000 is EUR 98,000. Price the cell you are hiring. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/recruiter-lies-legal-candidates/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/recruiter-lies-legal-candidates/ Wed, 24 Dec 2025 08:00:00 GMT The process lies — invented exclusivity, manufactured urgency, soft promises on pay, culture and portability — and the written defences that protect your CV and leverage. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/capital-solutions-buzzword-or-new-legal-practice/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/capital-solutions-buzzword-or-new-legal-practice/ Tue, 23 Dec 2025 08:00:00 GMT A sourced read on whether capital solutions is a marketing umbrella or a hireable legal practice — hybrid capital and LMEs, Chambers versus firm pages, the 2024–26 launch wave, and what firms actually underwrite. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-new-jersey-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-new-jersey-2026/ Tue, 23 Dec 2025 08:00:00 GMT New Jersey lawyer pay in 2026: $235,000 New York lockstep versus a $161,430 statewide median — dated by metro, seniority and who writes the check. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-brisbane-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-brisbane-2026/ Tue, 23 Dec 2025 08:00:00 GMT Queensland PO3 reprints 1 September 2026 at A$107,695–A$117,296 (USD 77,239–84,125). A Brisbane general counsel cannot price the seat off a Sydney scale. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-louisiana-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-louisiana-2026/ Tue, 23 Dec 2025 08:00:00 GMT Louisiana's 2026 lawyer median is $104,100. The New Orleans energy and maritime desk pays a different cell. Dated table, who earns it, who pays it. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidates/from-uk-lockstep-to-a-us-firm-compensation-pressure/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidates/from-uk-lockstep-to-a-us-firm-compensation-pressure/ Mon, 22 Dec 2025 08:00:00 GMT A candid, sourced guide to what actually changes when a lockstep-trained UK lawyer joins a US firm — the cash wedge, hours, title versus ownership, origination credit, capital and clawbacks, and the culture shift from waiting your turn to originating. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/paul-hastings-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/paul-hastings-salary-2026/ Mon, 22 Dec 2025 08:00:00 GMT Paul Hastings salary 2026: a 17 December 2025 U.S. associate bonus memo, a 2023 base of $225,000–$435,000, and $8.330 million PEP. No 2026 base match. What a general counsel must bid. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/general-counsel-salary-brussels-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/general-counsel-salary-brussels-2026/ Mon, 22 Dec 2025 08:00:00 GMT The June 2023 IBJ median for a Brussels exco legal manager is EUR 10,648 a month. What a 2026 offer grows by, in euros and at the 6 October ECB rate. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/law-firm-partner-salary-sydney-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/law-firm-partner-salary-sydney-2026/ Mon, 22 Dec 2025 08:00:00 GMT Sydney partner cash in 2026: A$4–7 million at named firms, US$2.87–5.02 million at the 11 September 2026 RBA rate. For who earns it and who matches it. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/rainmaker-economics-why-firms-pay-multi-year-guarantees/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/rainmaker-economics-why-firms-pay-multi-year-guarantees/ Sun, 21 Dec 2025 08:00:00 GMT Why law firms underwrite multi-year compensation guarantees for lateral rainmakers — scarcity and ramp logic, underwriting math, package anatomy, failure rates, cheap versus expensive deals, and what both sides should diligence. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/cozen-o-connor-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/cozen-o-connor-salary-2026/ Sun, 21 Dec 2025 08:00:00 GMT Cozen O'Connor salary: last public first-year is $195,000 (Philadelphia, January 2024). Fiscal-2025 revenue is $803 million, rank 80. No 2026 class-year scale is public. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/international-arbitration-attorney-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/international-arbitration-attorney-salary-2026/ Sun, 21 Dec 2025 08:00:00 GMT The 2026 New York lockstep pays $235,000–$455,000 by class year. That table prices the firm seat, not the company-panel invoice a general counsel actually pays. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/mayer-brown-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/mayer-brown-salary-2026/ Fri, 19 Dec 2025 08:00:00 GMT Mayer Brown nq salary in 2026 is still the posted $225,000 U.S. first-year. London NQ is £150,000. Why that print does not close a company-side search. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/legal-hiring-trends-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/legal-hiring-trends-2026/ Wed, 17 Dec 2025 08:00:00 GMT A qualitative, source-attributed read on 2026 legal hiring — the practices in demand, where lateral partner activity concentrates, and why in-house and compliance hiring keeps rising. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/cravath-scale-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/cravath-scale-2026/ Mon, 15 Dec 2025 08:00:00 GMT The 2026 Cravath scale first-year figure is $235,000, but Cravath still publishes $225,000–$420,000. Full class-year base and bonus table, and how a GC matches it. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/law-firm-lateral-hiring-budget/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/law-firm-lateral-hiring-budget/ Mon, 15 Dec 2025 08:00:00 GMT Law firm lateral hiring budget and recruiter fees in 2026: 25–35% search fees, guarantee cost and a worked recoupment example for finance directors. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/lateral-partner-guarantees-opportunity-or-trap/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/lateral-partner-guarantees-opportunity-or-trap/ Sun, 14 Dec 2025 08:00:00 GMT A candidate-facing decision guide to multi-year lateral partner compensation guarantees — when a floor is insurance, when it is a handcuff, package anatomy, the year-three cliff, clawbacks, and the diligence that decides. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/general-counsel-compensation-in-italy-benchmarks-and-levers/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/general-counsel-compensation-in-italy-benchmarks-and-levers/ Sun, 14 Dec 2025 08:00:00 GMT What a general counsel costs in Italy in 2026: the managers' contract floor, the compulsory variable, the funds above the base, and the lever that closes a Milan offer when base is fixed. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/osborne-clarke-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/osborne-clarke-salary-2026/ Sun, 14 Dec 2025 08:00:00 GMT Osborne Clarke's 2026 London NQ is posted at £100,000. Who pays that figure, who earns it, and why a general counsel matching it still loses the hire to a US London bid. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/senior-associate-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/senior-associate-salary-2026/ Sat, 13 Dec 2025 08:00:00 GMT Lockstep senior bases are $410,000, $440,000 and $455,000 from 1 July 2026. Counsel and nonequity are a different instrument for who earns it and who pays it. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/law-firm-partner-salary-amsterdam-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/law-firm-partner-salary-amsterdam-2026/ Sat, 13 Dec 2025 08:00:00 GMT De Stand counted 46 De Brauw partners on 1 January 2026. Amsterdam partner pay is profit share, not Linklaters' EUR 11,919 monthly gross. NOvA: 6,788. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/susman-godfrey-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/susman-godfrey-salary-2026/ Fri, 12 Dec 2025 08:00:00 GMT The 2026 Susman Godfrey associate grid runs $240,000 to $450,000 firmwide, with December 2025 median bonuses of $120,000 to $280,000. What a general counsel actually matches. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/summer-associate-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/summer-associate-salary-2026/ Thu, 11 Dec 2025 08:00:00 GMT Cravath still printed $4,327 a week for 2026 summers — the $225,000 lockstep, not the $235,000 raise. Who pays it, and what a general counsel does not match. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/perkins-coie-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/perkins-coie-salary-2026/ Thu, 11 Dec 2025 08:00:00 GMT Perkins Coie has not published a 2026 associate scale. Market lockstep is $235,000–$455,000; Seattle in-house postings cap at $208,200. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/space-and-satellite-regulatory-counsel/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/space-and-satellite-regulatory-counsel/ Wed, 10 Dec 2025 08:00:00 GMT A constellation licensed in Washington and the same one licensed in London or Luxembourg need different in-house lawyers. Which regime your seat must be native in, and what it pays. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-wisconsin-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-wisconsin-2026/ Wed, 10 Dec 2025 08:00:00 GMT Wisconsin lawyers posted a $126,760 median in the May 2025 OEWS. Matching Milwaukee lockstep cash beats waiting for the next memo only on the lockstep tail. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/in-house-counsel-salary-germany-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/in-house-counsel-salary-germany-2026/ Tue, 09 Dec 2025 08:00:00 GMT Frankfurt year-1 in-house legal cash is EUR 74,500–82,400 at Deutsche Bank (azur, September 2026) against EUR 150,000–180,000 in the elite firm cell. STAR's 2024 syndicus mean is EUR 123,000. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/why-partners-leave-law-firms/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/why-partners-leave-law-firms/ Mon, 08 Dec 2025 08:00:00 GMT Ranked by frequency from 2,600+ partner conversations: the push and pull factors that actually drive senior-lawyer lateral moves, with portability data and book context. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidates/will-ai-reduce-demand-for-junior-lawyers/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidates/will-ai-reduce-demand-for-junior-lawyers/ Mon, 08 Dec 2025 08:00:00 GMT From 1 January 2026 a London company may still hire a junior lawyer as an apprentice. Who hires that seat, what it does once research is automated, what it pays, and why it stays unfilled. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/general-counsel-salary-ireland-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/general-counsel-salary-ireland-2026/ Mon, 08 Dec 2025 08:00:00 GMT The 2026 Ireland general counsel salary table a company should fund — PayScale, ERI and public scales against Dublin NQ cash — and why the cheaper lockstep is the wrong substitute. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-connecticut-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-connecticut-2026/ Sun, 07 Dec 2025 08:00:00 GMT Hartford lawyers median $157,200 and Stamford $180,610 in May 2025 OEWS. What 2026 attorney pay actually is in Connecticut — for the lawyer who earns it and the company that pays it. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/indianapolis-legal-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/indianapolis-legal-market-2026/ Sun, 07 Dec 2025 08:00:00 GMT Indianapolis, Indiana: 1,000+ mapped lawyers across 30+ firms, the practice mix that defines the market, and 20 live confidential mandates. A structural snapshot from our proprietary market map. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/vedder-price-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/vedder-price-salary-2026/ Sun, 07 Dec 2025 08:00:00 GMT Vedder Price salary: first-year $225,000 and second-year $230,000–$235,000 in the 2026 Chambers profile. No later cell and no Milbank match are public. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/sanctions-compliance-officer-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/sanctions-compliance-officer-salary-2026/ Sat, 06 Dec 2025 08:00:00 GMT OFAC logged $265,746,819 across 14 actions in 2025. The sanctions officer table, and the May 2025 gap versus accountant and auditor pay. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/interim-general-counsel-day-rates-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/interim-general-counsel-day-rates-2026/ Sat, 06 Dec 2025 08:00:00 GMT The 2026 interim general counsel day rate: $1,800-$3,200 in the US, £1,400-£2,400 in the UK, and the same dollar band in the Gulf, set against permanent cash per working day. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/real-estate-attorney-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/real-estate-attorney-salary-2026/ Fri, 05 Dec 2025 08:00:00 GMT A 2026 wrong real-estate counsel hire costs panel hours plus a second search. Dated lockstep, NALP, ACC and posted in-house bands, with the New York associate desk that fills the seat. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/in-house-counsel-salary-madrid-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/in-house-counsel-salary-madrid-2026/ Fri, 05 Dec 2025 08:00:00 GMT Posted 2026 Madrid in-house cash is €55,102.06 gross ($62,095). One million euros funds 18.15 seats. Who pays it, and what the number measures. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/law-firm-partner-salary-frankfurt-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/law-firm-partner-salary-frankfurt-2026/ Fri, 05 Dec 2025 08:00:00 GMT JUVE put revenue per lawyer at €712,000 for 2025/26 on 30 September 2026. What a Frankfurt partner draw is, and is not, for the company that pays. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/dwf-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/dwf-salary-2026/ Thu, 04 Dec 2025 08:00:00 GMT DWF nq salary for 2026 is undisclosed. The public table is trainee pay; the cash funds a PE-owned insurance and claims seat. Sartori & Partners. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/sullivan-cromwell-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/sullivan-cromwell-salary-2026/ Thu, 04 Dec 2025 08:00:00 GMT Sullivan & Cromwell matched $235,000–$455,000 on 26 June 2026, while Cravath stayed silent. Associate endpoints, 2025 bonus, and what a general counsel matching this firm actually pays. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/chief-ip-counsel-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/chief-ip-counsel-salary-2026/ Thu, 04 Dec 2025 08:00:00 GMT Chief IP counsel salary 2026: ACC 2025 medians of $245K AGC and $330K GC base, patents vs licensing, tech vs life sciences, and what to offer. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/gowling-wlg-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/gowling-wlg-salary-2026/ Thu, 04 Dec 2025 08:00:00 GMT Gowling WLG nq salary is £108,000 in London as of 24 July 2026, up from £105,000. Regional NQ is £72,000; the London adviser median is £66,934. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/london-vs-new-york-legal-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/london-vs-new-york-legal-market-2026/ Wed, 03 Dec 2025 08:00:00 GMT Two legal markets, opposite shapes — leverage, practice mix and pay compared across the Atlantic. New York leads on litigation and headcount; London on finance and leverage. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/willkie-farr-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/willkie-farr-salary-2026/ Wed, 03 Dec 2025 08:00:00 GMT Willkie still publishes a $225,000 U.S. first-year as of September 2026. The 2026 firm table is the bonus match, London NQ at £180,000, and 2023 PEP — not the July $235,000 floor. For associates and the general counsel who matches them. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-south-dakota-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-south-dakota-2026/ Tue, 02 Dec 2025 08:00:00 GMT South Dakota's May 2025 lawyer median is $102,040. Sioux Falls prints $112,260. What a 2026 company should pay, and what counsel actually earn. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/associate-salary-madrid-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/associate-salary-madrid-2026/ Tue, 02 Dec 2025 08:00:00 GMT Garrigues associate men averaged €61,120 in 2025. The Madrid law-firm grade ladder, junior through senior associate, and what a company matches. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-illinois-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-illinois-2026/ Mon, 01 Dec 2025 08:00:00 GMT Illinois lawyers posted a $160,800 May 2025 median. Peoria sits inside Chicago's band. Who earns it, who pays it, by metro and seat. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/troutman-pepper-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/troutman-pepper-salary-2026/ Mon, 01 Dec 2025 08:00:00 GMT The 2026 class-year cell at this firm is not a published grid. Summer pay is $4,327 a week; DOL LCAs sit at $225,000–$275,000. No 2026 bonus memo or PEP. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/law-firm-partner-salary-paris-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/law-firm-partner-salary-paris-2026/ Mon, 01 Dec 2025 08:00:00 GMT Justice counted 9,711 Paris associés on 1 January 2024. The CNB 2026 median is EUR 52,148. USD 2.9 million global PEP is not a Paris paycheck. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/legal-operations-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/legal-operations-salary-2026/ Sun, 30 Nov 2025 08:00:00 GMT Directional 2026 compensation ranges for legal operations roles — analyst, manager, director and Head of Legal Operations — with an honest read on data quality. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/law-firm-merger-talent-integration/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/law-firm-merger-talent-integration/ Sun, 30 Nov 2025 08:00:00 GMT Merger partner retention, 2026: 17+ partners left one firm before the close; 30-38% of laterals leave in 5 years. Clawback limits and an integration file. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/cravath-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/cravath-salary-2026/ Sat, 29 Nov 2025 08:00:00 GMT Cravath's 2026 associate bases are still $225,000–$420,000 on the 18 November 2025 memo. Bonus, PEP and the in-house match a general counsel actually funds — not the market-scale nickname. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/womble-bond-dickinson-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/womble-bond-dickinson-salary-2026/ Fri, 28 Nov 2025 08:00:00 GMT 2026 Womble Bond Dickinson pay: $757,000 combined PEP, £83,000 London NQ, U.S. LCA wages. Not a Charlotte lockstep. For associates and general counsel. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/davis-polk-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/davis-polk-salary-2026/ Thu, 27 Nov 2025 08:00:00 GMT The 2026 Davis Polk salary prices a U.S. class-year $225,000 grid against a London NQ of £180,000, plus dated 2025 bonuses and $9.8 million PEP. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/phoenix-legal-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/phoenix-legal-market-2026/ Thu, 27 Nov 2025 08:00:00 GMT Phoenix, Arizona: 1,000+ mapped lawyers, the practice mix that defines the market, and live confidential mandates — a structural snapshot from our proprietary market map. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/maritime-attorney-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/maritime-attorney-salary-2026/ Wed, 26 Nov 2025 08:00:00 GMT Ninety lawyers on carrier payrolls versus thousands of shipping employers: dated 2026 law-firm, in-house and federal pay tables for the U.S. admiralty bar. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/in-house-counsel-salary-toronto-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/in-house-counsel-salary-toronto-2026/ Wed, 26 Nov 2025 08:00:00 GMT The 2026 CAD and USD table for Toronto in-house counsel: federal LP grids, Bay Street competing bands, who is hiring, and why a posted range does not close the seat. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-north-dakota-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-north-dakota-2026/ Wed, 26 Nov 2025 08:00:00 GMT North Dakota's 2026 lawyer median is $106,880. The Fargo 75th sits on the Minneapolis cell. What companies pay, and what counsel earn, by metro and desk. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/associate-salary-singapore-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/associate-salary-singapore-2026/ Wed, 26 Nov 2025 08:00:00 GMT Two 2026 locksteps for Singapore associates: more than SGD 100,000 at a top local firm, USD 235,000 on the US peg. What CPF and resident tax leave of the dollar. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/associate-salary-hong-kong-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/associate-salary-hong-kong-2026/ Wed, 26 Nov 2025 08:00:00 GMT Clifford Chance prints Hong Kong trainee pay at HK$58,000 a month. No 2026 NQ scale is published. What associates earn, and what a company should budget. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/team-move-vs-individual-move-risks-timing-and-upside/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/team-move-vs-individual-move-risks-timing-and-upside/ Tue, 25 Nov 2025 08:00:00 GMT A candidate-facing decision guide to practice-group lift-outs versus solo laterals — when a team is the stronger instrument, when going alone is cleaner, coordination and ethics risks, timing, associate free will, and the diligence that decides. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/in-house-counsel-salary-singapore-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/in-house-counsel-salary-singapore-2026/ Tue, 25 Nov 2025 08:00:00 GMT 2026 Singapore in-house pay in SGD and USD against the funds and ECM seat a company fills, not the June 2024 MOM monthly still quoted as the rate. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/lateral-partner-due-diligence-questions/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/lateral-partner-due-diligence-questions/ Mon, 24 Nov 2025 08:00:00 GMT The platform, strategy, footprint and process questions a lateral partner asks before committing — drawn from 2,600+ partner-level interviews. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/debevoise-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/debevoise-salary-2026/ Mon, 24 Nov 2025 08:00:00 GMT Debevoise salary in 2026 still starts at $225,000 in the US. Last bonus match 21 Nov 2025; London NQ £173,100; PEP $6 million — for the associate and the GC. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/non-equity-partner-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/non-equity-partner-salary-2026/ Mon, 24 Nov 2025 08:00:00 GMT Citi's 2024 large-firm nonequity mean is $850,000 against $3.59 million Am Law 100 PEP. The title is not equity cash, for the lawyer or the company that pays the rate. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/general-counsel-salary-uae-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/general-counsel-salary-uae-2026/ Sun, 23 Nov 2025 08:00:00 GMT PayScale's 2026 UAE General Counsel average is AED 682,500. Who hires that GC in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, and why the federal mean does not close the posted cell. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/government-attorney-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/government-attorney-salary-2026/ Sat, 22 Nov 2025 08:00:00 GMT The dated January 2026 GS, AUSA, SEC and New York City pay tables for government lawyers, and the number a company matches when hiring from that bench. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/cadwalader-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/cadwalader-salary-2026/ Sat, 22 Nov 2025 08:00:00 GMT Cadwalader nq salary is roughly £170,000 on a $225,000 New York first-year (June 2026). Last U.S. scale, 2025 bonus, and what a general counsel must bid. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/in-house-vs-law-firm/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/in-house-vs-law-firm/ Fri, 21 Nov 2025 08:00:00 GMT A balanced guide for lawyers deciding between in-house counsel and private practice — compensation, hours, scope, autonomy and trajectory compared. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/legal-market-madrid-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/legal-market-madrid-2026/ Wed, 19 Nov 2025 08:00:00 GMT Madrid 2026: firms still close this year's hiring window; the same in-house seat is often a year late. Dated pay, buyers and calendars for who earns and who pays. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-idaho-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-idaho-2026/ Tue, 18 Nov 2025 08:00:00 GMT Idaho lawyer pay in 2026 is a dated bar and fee table, not lockstep: statewide median $103,400, Boise $109,780, Idaho Falls $95,300. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/the-2026-lateral-hiring-market-what-partners-should-expect/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/the-2026-lateral-hiring-market-what-partners-should-expect/ Mon, 17 Nov 2025 08:00:00 GMT A sourced, partner-facing read of the 2026 lateral hiring market — NALP and Am Law volume, what firms underwrite, London New York Milan and Dubai, practice heat, guarantees and clawbacks, and why integration still decides outcomes. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/general-counsel-first-100-days/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/general-counsel-first-100-days/ Mon, 17 Nov 2025 08:00:00 GMT Week-by-week calendar after the general counsel starts: stakeholder map, risk register, outside-counsel review. ACC 2026: 79% attend the board; 52% have a line. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/in-house-counsel-salary-frankfurt-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/in-house-counsel-salary-frankfurt-2026/ Mon, 17 Nov 2025 08:00:00 GMT No published 2026 Frankfurt in-house average exists. STAR's 2024 Syndikus mean is EUR 123,000. How many seats EUR 1 million funds. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/partner-pay-london-law-firms/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/partner-pay-london-law-firms/ Sun, 16 Nov 2025 08:00:00 GMT A read of the public record on London partner pay — Magic Circle PEP, the gap between average and top earners, elite US economics, lockstep and tax structure. Every figure sourced. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/why-us-firms-keep-winning-the-talent-war-in/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/why-us-firms-keep-winning-the-talent-war-in/ Sat, 15 Nov 2025 08:00:00 GMT A sourced structural read on why US law firms keep attracting European talent — associate pay premiums, partner economics, platform gravity, London–Paris–Milan–Frankfurt dynamics, and where European firms still win. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/art-law-and-private-client-a-growing-niche-in/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/art-law-and-private-client-a-growing-niche-in/ Sat, 15 Nov 2025 08:00:00 GMT Which Milan family office or collector vehicle hires art-law counsel, what the in-house seat can do, what the profession pays, and why the search stays open. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-japan-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-japan-2026/ Sat, 15 Nov 2025 08:00:00 GMT 2026 Japan lawyer pay: JFBA median receipts of 15.00 million yen (2022) versus a Tokyo M&A cell priced by the 1 May FIEA rewrite. For who earns it and who pays. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-2026/ Fri, 14 Nov 2025 08:00:00 GMT 2026 U.S. lawyer pay by seniority, firm type and state: OEWS median $159,670, lockstep $235K-$455K, NALP size bands. For the lawyer and the general counsel who pays. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/morgan-lewis-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/morgan-lewis-salary-2026/ Fri, 14 Nov 2025 08:00:00 GMT 2026 Morgan Lewis pay: Am Law rank 11, last named associate scale $225,000–$435,000, 2025 bonus match, and the in-house price a general counsel must match. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/international-trade-attorney-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/international-trade-attorney-salary-2026/ Fri, 14 Nov 2025 08:00:00 GMT After the 20 February 2026 IEEPA ruling, 2026 trade-attorney pay is lockstep AmLaw cash, a DC remedies band, or an in-house median a general counsel funds. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-riyadh-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-riyadh-2026/ Fri, 14 Nov 2025 08:00:00 GMT Ministry of Justice counted 15,936 licenses in 2023. No 2026 SAR lawyer scale exists. Which Riyadh payroll a company should buy, and which it should not. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/associate-rates-leaked/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/associate-rates-leaked/ Thu, 13 Nov 2025 08:00:00 GMT Public court filings show elite-firm associates now billing four figures an hour. The rate inflation, the sticker-versus-collected gap, and why the model is fragile. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-manchester-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-manchester-2026/ Thu, 13 Nov 2025 08:00:00 GMT Published 2026 Manchester NQ bases a company must match: DLA Piper £84,000, Eversheds £80,000, Pinsent Masons £69,000. GBP and USD, year and source on every cell. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-calgary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-calgary-2026/ Wed, 12 Nov 2025 08:00:00 GMT Calgary lawyer pay in 2026 is not Toronto's CAD 130,000 first-year median or the US USD 235,000 floor. City, Crown and Western Canada cells, in CAD and USD, for the lawyer who earns them and the general counsel who pays them. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-mexico-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-mexico-2026/ Wed, 12 Nov 2025 08:00:00 GMT 2026 Mexico lawyer pay is a stack, not a paycheck: IMCO Derecho mean MXN 24,178/month; PEF DG net MXN 128,882-144,359. USD at Banxico FIX 16.9722 (10 Sep 2026). https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-iowa-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-iowa-2026/ Wed, 12 Nov 2025 08:00:00 GMT Iowa's 2026 lawyer median is $123,550. Des Moines sits at $134,560 against Chicago's $165,660. Who earns it, who pays it, and how companies should price the seat. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidates/linkedin-for-lawyers-professional-discreet-and-searchable/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidates/linkedin-for-lawyers-professional-discreet-and-searchable/ Tue, 11 Nov 2025 08:00:00 GMT New York associate seats stay empty when you are invisible or leaking on LinkedIn. What a general counsel searches, and the discreet profile that fills the seat. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/of-counsel-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/of-counsel-salary-2026/ Tue, 11 Nov 2025 08:00:00 GMT The 2026 of-counsel window: a cash cut versus the $455,000 eighth-year lockstep, or the specialist and in-house seats a general counsel actually funds. Cited table. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/wilson-sonsini-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/wilson-sonsini-salary-2026/ Tue, 11 Nov 2025 08:00:00 GMT Wilson Sonsini salary: $225,000–$435,000 from the 4 January 2024 memo. The 2027 posting still lists $225,000. The company bid, against 2025 ACC medians. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/paul-weiss-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/paul-weiss-salary-2026/ Mon, 10 Nov 2025 08:00:00 GMT 2026 Am Law: Paul Weiss PEP $8.631 million. Last public associate scale $225,000–$435,000 and 2025 bonus $21,000–$140,000 — the cash a general counsel must match. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/associate-salary-amsterdam-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/associate-salary-amsterdam-2026/ Mon, 10 Nov 2025 08:00:00 GMT Linklaters Amsterdam year-one is EUR 5,713 a month as of 1 January 2026, EUR 229 under the IND age-30 norm. The year-cell a company should match. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/sec-enforcement-lawyer-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/sec-enforcement-lawyer-hiring-2026/ Sun, 09 Nov 2025 08:00:00 GMT SEC enforcement lawyer hiring in 2026. Fiscal 2025: 456 actions, 18% Enforcement attrition, and 625 FINRA cases. What the docket does to a search. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidates/partnership-odds-by-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidates/partnership-odds-by-market-2026/ Sat, 08 Nov 2025 08:00:00 GMT Associate-per-partner leverage by US metro and practice, plus cited public data on equity-partner odds (3-5% at elite firms), the 50.9% non-equity majority and 20% attrition. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/general-counsel-hiring-trends-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/general-counsel-hiring-trends-2026/ Sat, 08 Nov 2025 08:00:00 GMT Who hires a general counsel in 2026, from where, at what pay: the 551 disclosed legal chiefs a board underwrites, and two pay instruments not to blend. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/in-house-counsel-salary-dubai-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/in-house-counsel-salary-dubai-2026/ Sat, 08 Nov 2025 08:00:00 GMT 2026 Dubai Legal Counsel cash median: AED 46,000 a month, USD 150,306 a year, after the first UAE tax year. Seniority cells in AED and USD for the company that pays the seat. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/withers-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/withers-salary-2026/ Sat, 08 Nov 2025 08:00:00 GMT The 2026 Withers NQ cell is £95,000 in London and $170,000 in the US, unchanged as PEP hit £903,000. Dated 2026 table for who earns it and who matches it. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/fractional-general-counsel-rates-and-models/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/fractional-general-counsel-rates-and-models/ Sat, 08 Nov 2025 08:00:00 GMT Fractional general counsel rates 2026: US $2,800-$4,500 a day, UK £1,800-£3,200, retainer vs hourly, break-even vs a full-time GC, and when to convert. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidates/boutique-vs-big-law-career-strategy-beyond-brand/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidates/boutique-vs-big-law-career-strategy-beyond-brand/ Fri, 07 Nov 2025 08:00:00 GMT Milan associates who pick boutique or Big Law on brand spend three PQE years on a book a general counsel will not buy. Choose the seat mix, not the logo. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-montreal-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-montreal-2026/ Fri, 07 Nov 2025 08:00:00 GMT Job Bank's 2026 Montreal lawyer median is $50.87 an hour. Why that occupation wage does not close a bilingual in-house seat, and which public grids a general counsel actually posts against. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/law-firm-coo-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/law-firm-coo-salary-2026/ Thu, 06 Nov 2025 08:00:00 GMT PwC, June 2025: Am Law 100 ex-NYC COO median base was $1,000,000 on 1 January 2025 (29 firms). US and UK ranges for who is paid and who pays. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/why-collegial-culture-is-no-longer-enough/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/why-collegial-culture-is-no-longer-enough/ Thu, 06 Nov 2025 08:00:00 GMT Demand hours, bonus, and office-day proof before treating collegiality as a reason to join a New York desk. Sartori's associate research on the 2026 credential gate. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/gibson-dunn-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/gibson-dunn-salary-2026/ Thu, 06 Nov 2025 08:00:00 GMT Last public Gibson Dunn U.S. associate pay is $225,000–$435,000; London NQ is £180,000. A wrong 2026 class-year match costs a second search. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidates/ai-hallucinations-why-legal-judgment-remains-the-core-skill/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidates/ai-hallucinations-why-legal-judgment-remains-the-core-skill/ Wed, 05 Nov 2025 08:00:00 GMT What a New York general counsel should hire after an AI hallucination on company work: who owns the advice, what the in-house seat pays, and why a tool cannot take it. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidates/of-counsel-non-equity-track-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidates/of-counsel-non-equity-track-2026/ Mon, 03 Nov 2025 08:00:00 GMT Counsel, of-counsel and non-equity partner now form the largest senior tier in BigLaw. How normal and how large the alternative track really is in 2026 — quantified. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/how-law-firms-value-a-book-of-business/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/how-law-firms-value-a-book-of-business/ Fri, 31 Oct 2025 08:00:00 GMT A general counsel should not price an LPQ total as cash. Portability, origination and realization are three haircuts, with New York telemetry. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/is-tax-law-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/is-tax-law-hiring-2026/ Wed, 29 Oct 2025 08:00:00 GMT Tax demand grew 0.5% in Q4 2025, Thomson Reuters' slowest named practice. Who is hiring tax lawyers in 2026, the pay, and where briefs stall. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/profits-per-partner-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/profits-per-partner-2026/ Tue, 28 Oct 2025 08:00:00 GMT The 2026 Am Law 100 table puts PEP at $3.59 million for fiscal 2025. What that residual does not price as take-home, or as a general counsel's invoice. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-wyoming-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-wyoming-2026/ Mon, 27 Oct 2025 08:00:00 GMT Wyoming lawyers posted a $100,130 median in the May 2025 OEWS table. Cheyenne does not track Denver lockstep. Who earns the 2026 figure, who pays it, and what a company should budget. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/how-to-run-a-general-counsel-search/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/how-to-run-a-general-counsel-search/ Sun, 26 Oct 2025 08:00:00 GMT Run a retained GC search: Blueprint in week 1, map the sitting field, shortlist in 24 days, offer in 11 weeks. Of 52 GC and CLO files since 2017. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/law-firm-partner-salary-uk-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/law-firm-partner-salary-uk-2026/ Sun, 26 Oct 2025 08:00:00 GMT Magic Circle FY26 PEP prints £2.2m-£2.48m; US London partners sit on $4.4m-$11.1m Am Law units. UK-wide 2026 partner pay by tier, in sterling and dollars, for who earns it and who pays it. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/in-house-counsel-salary-uae-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/in-house-counsel-salary-uae-2026/ Sun, 26 Oct 2025 08:00:00 GMT What a 2026 UAE in-house counsel salary buys in Dubai versus the London law-firm cell: tax-free take-home, 9 percent Corporate Tax, DIFC Core Benefits, and who pays the seat. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/pay-transparency-in-law-firms-possible-or-unrealistic/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/pay-transparency-in-law-firms-possible-or-unrealistic/ Sat, 25 Oct 2025 08:00:00 GMT Can a London company publish what a legal seat pays? How gender-pay filings, EU range rules and City lockstep decide whether printing the number is possible. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidates/ai-literacy-for-lawyers-an-interview-checklist/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidates/ai-literacy-for-lawyers-an-interview-checklist/ Sat, 25 Oct 2025 08:00:00 GMT A New York general counsel's interview scorecard for AI-fluent in-house counsel: who sits in the room, what the hire must actually do on the tools, and what the existing title pays. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/general-counsel-salary-london-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/general-counsel-salary-london-2026/ Sat, 25 Oct 2025 08:00:00 GMT Dated 2026 London general-counsel cash in pounds and dollars: how many seats £1 million funds, who pays it, and what the disclosures measure. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/cincinnati-legal-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/cincinnati-legal-market-2026/ Sat, 25 Oct 2025 08:00:00 GMT Cincinnati, Ohio: 1,000+ mapped lawyers across 20+ firms, the practice mix that defines the market, and 16 live confidential mandates. A structural snapshot from our proprietary market map. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/biglaw-bonus-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/biglaw-bonus-2026/ Fri, 24 Oct 2025 08:00:00 GMT The 2025 lockstep year-end-plus-special still pays $21,000–$140,000 by class — more than the 2026 $10k–$20k base raise. Clerkship and in-house STI compared. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-south-carolina-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-south-carolina-2026/ Fri, 24 Oct 2025 08:00:00 GMT South Carolina lawyer pay in 2026 is a dated metro table: May 2025 BLS median $120,310, Charleston $127,280, Columbia $105,200. Last year's cell is a five-figure miss. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/cfius-and-eu-fdi-screening-counsel-geopolitics-creates-a/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/cfius-and-eu-fdi-screening-counsel-geopolitics-creates-a/ Thu, 23 Oct 2025 08:00:00 GMT CFIUS cleared 66 percent of declarations in 2025, down from 78. Which in-house lawyer owns the filing calendar across the US, UK and EU screening regimes. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/associate-salary-sydney-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/associate-salary-sydney-2026/ Thu, 23 Oct 2025 08:00:00 GMT A$194,987 was the FY2023-24 private-practice average. No 2026 Sydney NQ lockstep is published. What a firm associate earns, and the company match. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/sports-attorney-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/sports-attorney-salary-2026/ Wed, 22 Oct 2025 08:00:00 GMT BLS counted 250 US spectator-sports lawyers in May 2023. No open-seat census exists. Dated 2026 pay: lockstep $235K–$455K, club-side mean $259,150, and Form 990s. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/italy-private-equity-us-law-firms-milan-rainmakers/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/italy-private-equity-us-law-firms-milan-rainmakers/ Tue, 21 Oct 2025 08:00:00 GMT Italy's private equity market is active, technical and relationship-heavy. US law firms need portable Milan PE rainmakers before they need a Milan office — read through AIFI/PwC data, the Ropes & Gray launch and the ranked Italian PE bar. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/white-case-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/white-case-salary-2026/ Tue, 21 Oct 2025 08:00:00 GMT New York first-year base last confirmed at $225,000 versus London NQ of £175,000 at White & Case. Bonus endpoints, PEP, and the in-house match for a general counsel. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/is-energy-transition-law-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/is-energy-transition-law-hiring-2026/ Mon, 20 Oct 2025 08:00:00 GMT A supply-and-demand reality check on energy transition and renewables legal hiring — a small specialist bench against project-finance-shaped demand. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/general-counsel-compensation-equity/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/general-counsel-compensation-equity/ Mon, 20 Oct 2025 08:00:00 GMT Private-company GC equity: cash first, then the option grant, vesting, severance and change of control. Of 52 GC and CLO files since 2017. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/case-studies/deputy-general-counsel-pe-backed-industrial-houston/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/case-studies/deputy-general-counsel-pe-backed-industrial-houston/ Mon, 20 Oct 2025 08:00:00 GMT PE-backed industrial group in Houston hired a deputy GC after a carve-out: shortlist in 18 days, accepted offer in week 8. For companies, dated Sep 2026. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/law-firm-partner-salary-canada-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/law-firm-partner-salary-canada-2026/ Sun, 19 Oct 2025 08:00:00 GMT The 2026 Canadian equity-partner cell is USD $986,000-$1,418,000 at the two firms that disclose PEP. What a partnership pays, and what a company must match, in CAD and USD. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/law-firm-partner-salary-milan-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/law-firm-partner-salary-milan-2026/ Sun, 19 Oct 2025 08:00:00 GMT Milan's 2024 lawyer mean is €93,604, not partner pay. MAG's May 2026 print put 2025 revenue per socio at €2.1 million. What a company must match. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/corporate-secretary-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/corporate-secretary-salary-2026/ Sun, 19 Oct 2025 08:00:00 GMT Corporate secretary salary in 2026: $315k median US large-cap base, £265k FTSE 100. Listed vs private and US vs UK, for the person and the payer. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/upc-patent-litigators-the-new-european-lateral-market/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/upc-patent-litigators-the-new-european-lateral-market/ Sat, 18 Oct 2025 08:00:00 GMT How the Unified Patent Court created one of Europe's most active lateral markets — where patent-litigation work concentrates, who is qualified to run it under Article 48, the EPLC and the closed grandfather window, and what it pays. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/compliance-officer-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/compliance-officer-salary-2026/ Sat, 18 Oct 2025 08:00:00 GMT Directional 2026 US compliance officer and CCO salary ranges by sector — banking, fintech, healthcare. Base vs total comp, with caveats and authoritative sources. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/tax-controversy-and-transfer-pricing-disputes-counsel/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/tax-controversy-and-transfer-pricing-disputes-counsel/ Sat, 18 Oct 2025 08:00:00 GMT Milan groups price this disputes seat like a tax specialist and scope it like a litigator who briefs the CFO. One in-house hire or three, and why the cheaper half costs more. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/biglaw-first-year-pay-reality-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/biglaw-first-year-pay-reality-2026/ Fri, 17 Oct 2025 08:00:00 GMT Companion to the salary scale. NALP's 2025 associate survey median is $200,000. Milbank's $235,000 base took effect July 1, 2026; Cravath was still off the public match list on September 30, 2026. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/employer-branding-for-law-firms-what-works/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/employer-branding-for-law-firms-what-works/ Fri, 17 Oct 2025 08:00:00 GMT New York general counsel still discard counsel whose file is thinner than a firm's brand. What that brand actually signals when you hire from, or buy from, that firm. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/sidley-austin-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/sidley-austin-salary-2026/ Fri, 17 Oct 2025 08:00:00 GMT Last published Sidley U.S. associate scale is $225,000–$445,000 (November 2023); London NQ is £175,000. Dated 2025 bonuses, $6 million PEP, and the in-house match for general counsel. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/oil-and-gas-attorney-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/oil-and-gas-attorney-salary-2026/ Fri, 17 Oct 2025 08:00:00 GMT 2026 oil-and-gas attorney pay is two books: $235,000-$455,000 lockstep from 1 July versus in-house extraction and ACC prints, then who writes the check. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/big-law-exit-options/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/big-law-exit-options/ Thu, 16 Oct 2025 08:00:00 GMT 83% of departing BigLaw associates left within five years in 2025 (NALP Foundation). Realistic exit options — in-house, government, boutique and business roles — with verified salary data. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/how-new-international-offices-attract-teams/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/how-new-international-offices-attract-teams/ Wed, 15 Oct 2025 08:00:00 GMT A new Milan office is sold as filling an uncovered in-house seat. For a general counsel, that office is panel coverage, not a hireable local lawyer. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/promoting-the-deputy-or-hiring-a-new-gc/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/promoting-the-deputy-or-hiring-a-new-gc/ Wed, 15 Oct 2025 08:00:00 GMT Promote the deputy or search outside: the perimeter test, ACC's $424k–$503k step, continuity versus a portable executive, and when an internal promotion fails. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/the-ai-skills-premium-are-tech-savvy-lawyers-paid/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/the-ai-skills-premium-are-tech-savvy-lawyers-paid/ Tue, 14 Oct 2025 08:00:00 GMT What a New York general counsel overpays, or fails to pay, when an AI-skills premium is a title rather than the legal work the seat must actually do. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/immigration-attorney-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/immigration-attorney-salary-2026/ Tue, 14 Oct 2025 08:00:00 GMT NALP's 2025 first-year median is $200,000; New York lockstep sat at $225,000; federal 2026 attorney bands run $85,447–$197,200 — not a job-title average. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/general-counsel-salary-toronto-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/general-counsel-salary-toronto-2026/ Tue, 14 Oct 2025 08:00:00 GMT CAD 196,112 five-city GC average (16 Feb 2026) funds 5.10 seats per CAD 1 million in Toronto. Above CAD 200,000, a 2026 posting may omit pay. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/reports/legal-leverage-atlas-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/reports/legal-leverage-atlas-2026/ Tue, 14 Oct 2025 08:00:00 GMT How many associates sit behind every partner — mapped across every major U.S. and U.K. legal market, by metro, by practice, and across the Atlantic. Drawing on a proprietary cross-sectional mapping of the major U.S.… https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/general-counsel-salary-sydney-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/general-counsel-salary-sydney-2026/ Mon, 13 Oct 2025 08:00:00 GMT A$1 million funds 2.50 seats at an AUD 400,000 FY25 industrials TFR, or 4.25 at the NSW corporate average of AUD 235,439. The TFR is one issuer, not a Sydney census. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/in-house-counsel-salary-ireland-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/in-house-counsel-salary-ireland-2026/ Mon, 13 Oct 2025 08:00:00 GMT Ireland's 2026 in-house table prices 3,442 counsel at a Dublin mean of €131,875 ($152,870). What companies pay, what counsel earns, and how many seats still need filling. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/pep-useful-metric-or-vanity-number/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/pep-useful-metric-or-vanity-number/ Sun, 12 Oct 2025 08:00:00 GMT A New York general counsel who prices a hire or a fee off profit per partner is using a firm residual, not an invoice. What to use instead: billed hours and in-house cash. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/milwaukee-legal-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/milwaukee-legal-market-2026/ Sun, 12 Oct 2025 08:00:00 GMT Milwaukee, Wisconsin: 1,000+ mapped lawyers, the practice mix that defines the market, and live confidential mandates — a structural snapshot from our proprietary market map. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/private-equity-attorney-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/private-equity-attorney-salary-2026/ Fri, 10 Oct 2025 08:00:00 GMT 2026 PE attorney pay, law firm vs in-house: the matching $235k-$455k ladder, ACC cash, and when hiring the seat beats a panel refresh. Cited figures. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidates/partnership-track-strong-signals-vs-weak-signals/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidates/partnership-track-strong-signals-vs-weak-signals/ Wed, 08 Oct 2025 08:00:00 GMT The London committee does not ask if you are good. It asks whether the file already supports equity. Strong signals are published profit, mix and dated rules; hours and tenure are weak. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/white-collar-lateral-partner-moves-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/white-collar-lateral-partner-moves-2026/ Wed, 08 Oct 2025 08:00:00 GMT Dated tracker of 2026 white-collar lateral partner moves: 7 partners at 4 firms, sourced by row, plus the DOJ enforcement shift and what firms pay. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/general-counsel-bonus-and-equity-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/general-counsel-bonus-and-equity-2026/ Tue, 07 Oct 2025 08:00:00 GMT Equity was 60% of median GC total for 236 named executives in the 2026 proxy season. Salary was 15% of that total, cash incentive 19%. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/conflicts-of-interest-lateral-partner-moves/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/conflicts-of-interest-lateral-partner-moves/ Tue, 07 Oct 2025 08:00:00 GMT Client conflicts and restrictive covenants block partner lateral moves in ways that never appear on a shortlist. Where conflicts strike hardest, from 2,600+ conversations. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/mining-and-critical-minerals-counsel/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/mining-and-critical-minerals-counsel/ Mon, 06 Oct 2025 08:00:00 GMT What a critical-minerals legal seat really contains - permitting, host-government agreements, offtake, screening and a listing regime - and why the mispriced version stays open. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/partner-compensation-negotiation/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/partner-compensation-negotiation/ Mon, 06 Oct 2025 08:00:00 GMT The 2026 checklist a general counsel needs before a multi-year floor closes: guarantee versus the book the firm can underwrite, with dated Am Law, Citi and ACC benchmarks. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/mcdermott-will-emery-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/mcdermott-will-emery-salary-2026/ Mon, 06 Oct 2025 08:00:00 GMT McDermott Will & Emery salary is $235,000–$455,000 on the 2 June 2026 match. 2025 revenue was $2.99 billion. The in-house bid uses 2025 ACC medians. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/book-of-business-portability-by-practice/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/book-of-business-portability-by-practice/ Sun, 05 Oct 2025 08:00:00 GMT Insurance and Banking & Finance books travel well. Private Equity is largely institutional. Disputes is bimodal. Data from 2,600+ partner interviews, by practice. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/case-studies/first-general-counsel-venture-backed-saas-california/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/case-studies/first-general-counsel-venture-backed-saas-california/ Sat, 04 Oct 2025 08:00:00 GMT A venture-backed California SaaS company hired its first GC on a retained search: shortlist day 24, offer accepted in week 10. For companies, Sep 2026. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-virginia-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-virginia-2026/ Fri, 03 Oct 2025 08:00:00 GMT Virginia lawyers posted a $167,210 May 2025 median; Richmond $144,910 vs the Washington metro $195,190. Who earns the figure, and who pays it. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/law-firm-partner-salary-toronto-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/law-firm-partner-salary-toronto-2026/ Fri, 03 Oct 2025 08:00:00 GMT No 2026 Toronto partner scale is published. The March 2025 seventh-year base is CAD 275,000. Lexpert lists 406 lawyers in one Bay Street office. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidates/legal-cv-mistakes-that-cost-interviews/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidates/legal-cv-mistakes-that-cost-interviews/ Thu, 02 Oct 2025 08:00:00 GMT A polished legal CV still fails New York screens. The document errors a general counsel, chief legal officer and head of legal stop on. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/skadden-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/skadden-salary-2026/ Thu, 02 Oct 2025 08:00:00 GMT Dated 2026 contrast: Skadden New York class-year base still $225,000–$435,000 versus London NQ £177,000 ($239,499 at the 10 September 2026 BoE spot). For the lawyer who earns it and the general counsel who matches it. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-spain-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-spain-2026/ Thu, 02 Oct 2025 08:00:00 GMT The 2026 Spain lawyer-pay table a Madrid company matches is EUR 40,000-46,000 at junior, not London Magic Circle NQ cash. Who earns it, and who pays it. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/privacy-counsel-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/privacy-counsel-salary-2026/ Thu, 02 Oct 2025 08:00:00 GMT Data privacy lawyer salary in 2026: IAPP dual-domain median $169,700. US privacy counsel cash by title, the $280,000 CPO average, and the firm move. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/amsterdam-data-center-admissibility-counsel/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/amsterdam-data-center-admissibility-counsel/ Wed, 01 Oct 2025 08:00:00 GMT Since 11 June 2025 a data center above 2,000 m2 and 5 MVA is a forbidden use across Amsterdam. The first legal question is whether the project may exist. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/insurance-linked-securities-ils-counsel/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/insurance-linked-securities-ils-counsel/ Wed, 01 Oct 2025 08:00:00 GMT What a company buys when it hires insurance-linked securities counsel in London: seven workstreams inside one ILS program, three shapes of in-house seat, and why no published pay band exists. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidates/lateral-interviews-how-to-discuss-billables-and-compensation/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidates/lateral-interviews-how-to-discuss-billables-and-compensation/ Wed, 01 Oct 2025 08:00:00 GMT London and New York ask the same pay question with two scripts. How associates should discuss hours, bonus gates, and printed base in a New York interview. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/legal-market-tokyo-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/legal-market-tokyo-2026/ Tue, 30 Sep 2025 08:00:00 GMT On 1 September 2026 Tokyo's three bars held 24,382 attorneys. Dated against Hong Kong: who is hiring, what pay is public, and which gaiben versus bengoshi seats stay empty. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/chief-legal-officer-vs-general-counsel/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/chief-legal-officer-vs-general-counsel/ Sun, 28 Sep 2025 08:00:00 GMT Chief legal officer vs general counsel: ACC 2026 has GC at 55% and CLO at 34%. Title, scope, one pay row, who reports where, and when to print CLO. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/associate-salary-frankfurt-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/associate-salary-frankfurt-2026/ Sun, 28 Sep 2025 08:00:00 GMT Skadden's Frankfurt advert states EUR 180,000 gross for year one. What that 2026 associate figure buys, and why a London NQ is the wrong cell. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/reports/practice-metro-atlas-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/reports/practice-metro-atlas-2026/ Sun, 28 Sep 2025 08:00:00 GMT Every practice has a city, and every city has a practice. This Atlas maps the legal talent supply of the major U.S. and U.K. markets onto a practice-by-metro grid — where each discipline actually concentrates, which… https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidates/how-to-run-a-confidential-job-search-without-your/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidates/how-to-run-a-confidential-job-search-without-your/ Sat, 27 Sep 2025 08:00:00 GMT A practical playbook for lawyers exploring the market discreetly — how leaks actually happen, the no-names market approach, controlling who sees your CV, LinkedIn and digital hygiene, references and timing, and what to do if you are discovered. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/dla-piper-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/dla-piper-salary-2026/ Sat, 27 Sep 2025 08:00:00 GMT A general counsel matching DLA Piper in 2026 is matching a 2025 US class-year grid, a July London NQ of £140,000, or a local desk. Dated tables and the in-house offer. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/securities-attorney-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/securities-attorney-salary-2026/ Sat, 27 Sep 2025 08:00:00 GMT What US law firms and companies pay a 2026 securities attorney: lockstep $235,000–$455,000 from 1 July 2026 versus ACC in-house title cash, read against the SEC calendar. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/king-spalding-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/king-spalding-salary-2026/ Sat, 27 Sep 2025 08:00:00 GMT Last public King & Spalding U.S. associate scale is $225,000-$420,000. 2025 bonus, 2026 Am Law ranks, London NQ, and the in-house cash a general counsel must match. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-hong-kong-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-hong-kong-2026/ Sat, 27 Sep 2025 08:00:00 GMT In 2026 Clifford Chance prints Hong Kong trainee pay at HK$58,000 a month; London Magic Circle NQ remains £150,000. The only rank-by-rank table is Government Counsel. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/associate-salary-uk-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/associate-salary-uk-2026/ Fri, 26 Sep 2025 08:00:00 GMT 2026 law firm associate salary UK: £150,000 Magic Circle NQ, £170k–£189k US London. Dated GBP/USD table for who earns the figure and who pays it. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-maryland-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-maryland-2026/ Thu, 25 Sep 2025 08:00:00 GMT Maryland lawyer salary in 2026: BLS May 2025 median $139,110, not the Beltway $195,190. Statewide, Baltimore, public, and GS tables for who earns and who pays. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/banking-attorney-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/banking-attorney-salary-2026/ Thu, 25 Sep 2025 08:00:00 GMT The 2026 banking attorney salary is two cells: lockstep $235,000–$455,000 from 1 July versus a GSIB in-house band of $175,000–$259,700, read against capital rules that are still a proposal. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/nq-retention-rates-uk-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/nq-retention-rates-uk-2026/ Wed, 24 Sep 2025 08:00:00 GMT Clifford Chance kept 37 of 45 autumn 2026 NQs. A firm-by-firm UK retention table for the qualifier who stays and the London general counsel who hires later. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/law-firm-mergers-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/law-firm-mergers-2026/ Wed, 24 Sep 2025 08:00:00 GMT Three dated 2026 closes — 1 June, 28-29 June, 1 July — rearrange who a company can still instruct or hire. The list, the New York screen, and the pay bands that survived each close. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/squire-patton-boggs-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/squire-patton-boggs-salary-2026/ Wed, 24 Sep 2025 08:00:00 GMT Squire Patton Boggs salary 2026 is office-by-office: London NQ £110,000; New York Associate LCA $250,000. No public U.S. lockstep. How a general counsel matches it. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/kennedys-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/kennedys-salary-2026/ Wed, 24 Sep 2025 08:00:00 GMT The dated 2026 Kennedys London NQ cell is £85,000. What a wrong match costs a general counsel, which associate and partner figures are public, and which are not. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/taylor-wessing-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/taylor-wessing-salary-2026/ Tue, 23 Sep 2025 08:00:00 GMT Winston Taylor set London NQ pay at £125,000 ($166,000) in July 2026. US class-year cash is unpublished. Associate, bonus and partner cells, sourced and dated. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/associate-salary-dubai-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/associate-salary-dubai-2026/ Tue, 23 Sep 2025 08:00:00 GMT 2026 Dubai associate and NQ cash against London hypotax: AED 407,172 occupational mean take-home versus Magic Circle NQ net of about £91,300. DIFC versus onshore. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/legal-market-zurich-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/legal-market-zurich-2026/ Mon, 22 Sep 2025 08:00:00 GMT Zurich vs London and Frankfurt, 2026: who hires in-house, what pay is public, and which Swiss seats stay empty. FINMA, SIX and Takeover Board figures, dated. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/legal-market-amsterdam-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/legal-market-amsterdam-2026/ Sun, 21 Sep 2025 08:00:00 GMT NOvA counted 6,788 Amsterdam advocates on 1 January 2026. Who is hiring, what in-house counsel earn, and why public legal seats stay empty against Zuidas year-one pay. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidates/legal-salary-negotiation/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidates/legal-salary-negotiation/ Sun, 21 Sep 2025 08:00:00 GMT California's 2026 upon-hire rule changes how a general counsel may price a legal seat. Benchmarks, scripts and timing for the company that pays — not a candidate how-to. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/in-house-counsel-salary-hong-kong-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/in-house-counsel-salary-hong-kong-2026/ Sat, 20 Sep 2025 08:00:00 GMT Four 2025-26 Hong Kong in-house cash cells are public at counsel rank, all statutory. HKD and USD figures, who prints them, and how companies price the rest. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/paris-data-center-grid-ready-land-counsel/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/paris-data-center-grid-ready-land-counsel/ Thu, 18 Sep 2025 08:00:00 GMT RTE recorded 770 MW of connection capacity at the end of 2025, mostly in Ile-de-France, against 6.5 GW requested in the region. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidates/board-exposure-a-key-skill-for-future-general-counsel/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidates/board-exposure-a-key-skill-for-future-general-counsel/ Thu, 18 Sep 2025 08:00:00 GMT The price of the top legal seat has moved on the proxy; the perimeter has not. What a company is really buying when it pays a general counsel for board exposure. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/antitrust-attorney-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/antitrust-attorney-salary-2026/ Thu, 18 Sep 2025 08:00:00 GMT The 2026 US antitrust attorney salary sits on three cash machines: Milbank lockstep $235,000-$455,000, ACC in-house title medians, and the GS-15 cap, against a 2,006-deal HSR calendar. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/aml-compliance-officer-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/aml-compliance-officer-salary-2026/ Wed, 17 Sep 2025 08:00:00 GMT May 2025 BLS finance compliance median is $82,310, $10,980 under accountants and auditors. US BSA officer versus UK MLRO, and the audit gap. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-oregon-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-oregon-2026/ Tue, 16 Sep 2025 08:00:00 GMT Oregon lawyer pay in 2026 is dated public cells, not the national lockstep. Portland's May 2025 OEWS median is $155,330. What companies pay, and lawyers earn. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/general-counsel-salary-milan-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/general-counsel-salary-milan-2026/ Mon, 15 Sep 2025 08:00:00 GMT €1 million funds 8.31 Milan general-counsel seats at the €120,380 ERI average gross (2 October 2026). Floor, survey, and the band a notice can print. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/orlando-legal-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/orlando-legal-market-2026/ Mon, 15 Sep 2025 08:00:00 GMT Orlando, Florida: 1,000+ mapped lawyers, the practice mix that defines the market, and live confidential mandates — a structural snapshot from our proprietary market map. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/hiring-your-first-general-counsel/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/hiring-your-first-general-counsel/ Sat, 13 Sep 2025 08:00:00 GMT When and why to hire a first general counsel, what to look for, and what to budget. A practical guide for founders and boards — with directional comp ranges. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/law-firm-partner-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/law-firm-partner-salary-2026/ Sat, 13 Sep 2025 08:00:00 GMT 2026 partner take-home by equity, nonequity and firm tier, set against PEP as a vanity average — and the hourly invoice a general counsel actually pays. Cited Am Law, NALP, Citi and Thomson Reuters figures. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/fox-rothschild-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/fox-rothschild-salary-2026/ Sat, 13 Sep 2025 08:00:00 GMT Fox Rothschild salary in 2026 is not Am Law PEP and not a Philadelphia lockstep cell. Last published PEP $1,109,000 (FY2024); no 2026 associate grid is public. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/associate-salary-luxembourg-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/associate-salary-luxembourg-2026/ Sat, 13 Sep 2025 08:00:00 GMT No 2026 Luxembourg NQ scale is published. Qualified minimum is EUR 3,325.59 a month from 1 June 2026. What the index moves, for the associate and the firm. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/hybrid-work-competitive-advantage-or-training-risk/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/hybrid-work-competitive-advantage-or-training-risk/ Fri, 12 Sep 2025 08:00:00 GMT A New York general counsel who gets the hybrid legal hire wrong buys flexibility and loses training, or buys office days and loses the counsel. Dated New York, 2026. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-new-mexico-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-new-mexico-2026/ Fri, 12 Sep 2025 08:00:00 GMT Albuquerque's 2026 lawyer median is $114,610 (BLS OEWS). Public desks pay under it; lab and Permian seats sit above. Who earns the cell and who pays it. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/how-to-choose-a-law-firm-recruiter-for-partner-hires/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/how-to-choose-a-law-firm-recruiter-for-partner-hires/ Fri, 12 Sep 2025 08:00:00 GMT How to choose a recruiter for partner hires: retained vs contingent, exclusivity, conflicts and fees, plus one unflattering finding from our own record. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/columbus-legal-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/columbus-legal-market-2026/ Fri, 12 Sep 2025 08:00:00 GMT Columbus, Ohio: 1,000+ mapped lawyers, the practice mix that defines the market, and live confidential mandates — a structural snapshot from our proprietary market map. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-milan-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-milan-2026/ Thu, 11 Sep 2025 08:00:00 GMT Milan bar mean IRPEF was €108,151 in 2024 (Cassa Forense/Censis, April 2026). The district mean was €93,604. See what a 2026 notice can print. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/stoel-rives-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/stoel-rives-salary-2026/ Thu, 11 Sep 2025 08:00:00 GMT Stoel Rives salary in 2026 is posted by seat, not a scale. A Portland junior role lists $180,000; senior project finance lists $315,000 to $350,000. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidates/general-counsel-as-business-leader-not-legal-department-head/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidates/general-counsel-as-business-leader-not-legal-department-head/ Tue, 09 Sep 2025 08:00:00 GMT Since 25 July 2024 the due-diligence duty has sat on the company, not on its filings. What a board is really buying when it hires a general counsel, and how to write the mandate. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/partner-compensation-models-lockstep-modified-lockstep-and-eat-what/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/partner-compensation-models-lockstep-modified-lockstep-and-eat-what/ Tue, 09 Sep 2025 08:00:00 GMT A New York general counsel hiring from a firm must know which pay model still holds the lawyer they want: lockstep, modified lockstep, or eat-what-you-kill. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/chief-privacy-officer-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/chief-privacy-officer-salary-2026/ Tue, 09 Sep 2025 08:00:00 GMT CPO salary 2026: $345,000 median base at listed mid-caps, $450,000 at large caps, against IAPP's $200,000 (2019) and $123,000 (2025) survey medians. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/associate-retention-burnout-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/associate-retention-burnout-2026/ Sat, 06 Sep 2025 08:00:00 GMT US BigLaw associate attrition held at 19-20% in 2024-2025. The share exiting the profession entirely doubled in a year. Replacing a mid-level associate now costs over $1 million. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/clerkship-bonus-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/clerkship-bonus-2026/ Fri, 05 Sep 2025 08:00:00 GMT 2026 clerkship bonus: $125,000–$180,000 per federal clerk. A 1,001+ lawyer firm averaged 15 such checks per class in 2025. The firm writes it; clients fund it. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/is-construction-law-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/is-construction-law-hiring-2026/ Fri, 05 Sep 2025 08:00:00 GMT August 2026 US construction spending was $2,203.1 billion, 1.7% under 2025. Who is hiring construction lawyers, where laterals move, and the pay bands. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/addleshaw-goddard-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/addleshaw-goddard-salary-2026/ Thu, 04 Sep 2025 08:00:00 GMT Addleshaw Goddard 2026 London NQ is £100,000 frozen. What that cash costs a general counsel to match, what the firm has not published, and the FY26 partner spread. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/hfw-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/hfw-salary-2026/ Thu, 04 Sep 2025 08:00:00 GMT HFW nq salary is £103,500 from 4 July 2025. The London shipping and insurance seat, PEP, hours, and how general counsel match that cell. Dated figures. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/weil-gotshal-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/weil-gotshal-salary-2026/ Wed, 03 Sep 2025 08:00:00 GMT Weil Gotshal salary 2026: last public U.S. base is $225,000–$435,000 (1 Jan 2024) plus the 25 Nov 2025 bonus match. No 2026 letter. 2024 PEP $5.371m. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/in-house-counsel-salary-amsterdam-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/in-house-counsel-salary-amsterdam-2026/ Wed, 03 Sep 2025 08:00:00 GMT The 2026 Amsterdam in-house counsel number is EUR 100,000–150,000, not a leftover from the Zuidas lockstep. Posted bank, regulator and municipal bands, with year and source on every figure. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/case-studies/head-of-legal-operations-listed-software-austin/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/case-studies/head-of-legal-operations-listed-software-austin/ Tue, 02 Sep 2025 08:00:00 GMT Listed software group in Austin hired its first head of legal operations: thin pool, shortlist in 21 days, accepted offer in week 9. For companies, Sep 2026. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/building-in-house-legal-teams/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/building-in-house-legal-teams/ Sat, 30 Aug 2025 08:00:00 GMT When to hire your first general counsel, how to sequence an in-house legal team, the in-house vs outside-counsel balance, and how to benchmark legal pay. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/legal-succession-pipeline-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/legal-succession-pipeline-2026/ Fri, 29 Aug 2025 08:00:00 GMT Which practice areas carry the thinnest associate pipelines — a ranked index of structural succession risk by US practice. As of June 2026. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidates/ai-and-legal-careers-skills-that-increase-market-value/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidates/ai-and-legal-careers-skills-that-increase-market-value/ Fri, 29 Aug 2025 08:00:00 GMT Which lawyer skills actually gain value in an AI era — verification, AI governance, legal-tech leadership and durable human judgment — and which are commoditising, with sourced adoption, hiring and reliability data. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/red-flags-partners-cite-about-firms/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/red-flags-partners-cite-about-firms/ Fri, 29 Aug 2025 08:00:00 GMT Brand downgrade, culture mismatch and billing-rate inflation are the three substantive objections partners name most often. What the 2,600+ interview corpus shows. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidates/how-to-build-a-credible-legal-tech-cv/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidates/how-to-build-a-credible-legal-tech-cv/ Fri, 29 Aug 2025 08:00:00 GMT Which thin legal-tech file a New York general counsel should still shortlist, what the in-house seat does, and what ACC pay data says it costs. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/equity-partner-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/equity-partner-salary-2026/ Fri, 29 Aug 2025 08:00:00 GMT The 2026 Am Law 100 PEP average is $3.59 million on fiscal 2025 results. Who that average actually describes, and what a company must match to hire one. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-hawaii-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-hawaii-2026/ Fri, 29 Aug 2025 08:00:00 GMT Hawaii 2026 lawyer pay: BLS median $124,990 vs $235,000 lockstep first-year. When a Honolulu hire still closes, and when the island premium is not worth matching. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-delaware-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-delaware-2026/ Fri, 29 Aug 2025 08:00:00 GMT Wilmington first-year pay is $220,000 in 2026; the New York lockstep is $235,000. What a Delaware lawyer earns and what a general counsel should actually write. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/battery-and-gigafactory-project-counsel/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/battery-and-gigafactory-project-counsel/ Thu, 28 Aug 2025 08:00:00 GMT A battery plant is four legal files at once: construction, technology license, state aid and supply-chain compliance. Who owns the interface in-house, and why the seat stays open. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/husch-blackwell-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/husch-blackwell-salary-2026/ Thu, 28 Aug 2025 08:00:00 GMT 2026 Husch Blackwell salary: no published class-year grid. Two 2025 LCAs print $200k and $205.2k. General counsel match the hour, 2025 profit, and ACC cash. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/uk-bulk-annuity-and-pensions-de-risking-lawyers/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/uk-bulk-annuity-and-pensions-de-risking-lawyers/ Wed, 27 Aug 2025 08:00:00 GMT Bulk annuities are signed once. What a corporate sponsor's in-house legal seat has to test before the trustees sign - benefit specification, GMP, member data, residual risks, counterparty - and what it costs to open the requisition after the insurer has been chosen. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidates/from-law-firm-to-general-counsel-what-really-changes/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidates/from-law-firm-to-general-counsel-what-really-changes/ Tue, 26 Aug 2025 08:00:00 GMT A candid, sourced guide to what actually changes when a private-practice lawyer becomes a General Counsel — advisor to owner, the breadth shock, the cost-centre identity, isolation, influence versus authority, hours, comp and reversibility. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/is-banking-regulation-law-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/is-banking-regulation-law-hiring-2026/ Tue, 26 Aug 2025 08:00:00 GMT A 2026 supply-and-demand read on banking regulatory lawyer hiring: the March capital proposal, a thinner enforcement docket, who hires, and what the pay series do not say. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/law-firm-partner-salary-tokyo-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/law-firm-partner-salary-tokyo-2026/ Mon, 25 Aug 2025 08:00:00 GMT On 1 October 2026 Tokyo's three bars held 24,362 attorneys. No office publishes a 2026 partner salary. The 45 percent bracket starts at ¥40 million. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-india-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-india-2026/ Sun, 24 Aug 2025 08:00:00 GMT Campus CTC at Indian full-service firms: ₹15.7–23 lakh (Bar & Bench, Oct 2025). Why that posted 2026 figure does not close Mumbai and Delhi legal seats. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/associate-salary-dublin-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/associate-salary-dublin-2026/ Sun, 24 Aug 2025 08:00:00 GMT Legal Cheek lists Matheson NQ at €76,000 and Mason Hayes and Curran at €78,000 (7 October 2026). What a Dublin associate banks, and what a company matches. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/is-export-controls-cfius-law-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/is-export-controls-cfius-law-hiring-2026/ Sun, 24 Aug 2025 08:00:00 GMT Export controls lawyer hiring in 2026 is narrow: 347 CFIUS filings, declaration clearances at 66 percent, and BIS penalties of about $324 million in calendar 2025. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/general-counsel-reference-checks/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/general-counsel-reference-checks/ Sat, 23 Aug 2025 08:00:00 GMT What a board verifies before a general counsel offer: license, discipline, and back-channel rules. Of 52 GC/CLO files since 2017, dossiers at day 24. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-toronto-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-toronto-2026/ Sat, 23 Aug 2025 08:00:00 GMT 2026 Toronto lawyer pay: CAD 135,000 first-year and CAD 275,000 at year seven at large firms, with USD, for the associate who earns it and the general counsel who matches it. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/chief-legal-officer-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/chief-legal-officer-salary-2026/ Sat, 23 Aug 2025 08:00:00 GMT Chief legal officer salary in 2026: $330,000 median base and $503,000 total target pay (ACC 2025); listed CLOs, $4.76M median total (2026 proxies). https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/partner-book-of-business-by-practice/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/partner-book-of-business-by-practice/ Fri, 22 Aug 2025 08:00:00 GMT Banded book-of-business data from 2,600+ proprietary partner interviews: medians, ranges and portability by practice. The proprietary number nobody else publishes. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidates/how-to-explain-short-tenure-at-a-law-firm/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidates/how-to-explain-short-tenure-at-a-law-firm/ Fri, 22 Aug 2025 08:00:00 GMT When a short London firm stint is still a story, when a general counsel or head of legal reads a pattern, and how to explain it or sit. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-amsterdam-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-amsterdam-2026/ Fri, 22 Aug 2025 08:00:00 GMT Linklaters Amsterdam year-one is EUR 5,713 a month as of 1 January 2026. Year-seven is EUR 11,919. Which published cell a company should match. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/associate-salary-paris-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/associate-salary-paris-2026/ Wed, 20 Aug 2025 08:00:00 GMT €3,700 HT is the Paris year-one floor from 1 January 2026 ($50,034 at the 6 October 2026 ECB rate). Who earns it, and what a company should not copy. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/legal-market-riyadh-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/legal-market-riyadh-2026/ Sun, 17 Aug 2025 08:00:00 GMT Riyadh's uncovered 2026 legal seat is in-house: who hires it on Vision 2030 work, what the file actually does, why the requisition stays open, and why no regulator publishes a seniority-by-seat pay table. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/associate-salary-canada-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/associate-salary-canada-2026/ Sun, 17 Aug 2025 08:00:00 GMT NALP's called-2024 median was CAD 115,000 on 1 January 2025. What a 2026 Canadian associate offer matches, in CAD and USD, for the lawyer and the company. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-brussels-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-brussels-2026/ Sun, 17 Aug 2025 08:00:00 GMT From 1 September 2026 the French Brussels bar floor is EUR 25,800; the Dutch-speaking bar is EUR 28,800. The EUR and USD table for both sides of the offer. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidates/how-to-assess-client-portability-before-moving-firm/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidates/how-to-assess-client-portability-before-moving-firm/ Sat, 16 Aug 2025 08:00:00 GMT A candidate-side framework for partners and counsel: how to test whether clients will really follow a lateral move — ownership, conflicts, rates, panels and practice patterns — before you claim a portable book. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/erisa-attorney-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/erisa-attorney-salary-2026/ Sat, 16 Aug 2025 08:00:00 GMT ERISA attorney salary in 2026 is a $235,000 lockstep floor from 1 July against a $148,000 ACC Attorney median (1 March 2025). Firm versus in-house. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/dei-rollback-law-firm-recruiting-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/dei-rollback-law-firm-recruiting-2026/ Fri, 15 Aug 2025 08:00:00 GMT A factual briefing on BigLaw DEI in 2025-2026: the EEOC settlement with four firms, Diversity Lab's closure, NALP data on Black summer-associate representation, and the pipeline shifts. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/dubai-milan-london-comparing-net-compensation-for-legal-talent/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/dubai-milan-london-comparing-net-compensation-for-legal-talent/ Fri, 15 Aug 2025 08:00:00 GMT For a general counsel hiring in Dubai, Milan and London: how many in-house seats a given net actually funds, and why a gross comparison leaves seats open. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/partner-promotion-rates-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/partner-promotion-rates-2026/ Fri, 15 Aug 2025 08:00:00 GMT Who made partner in 2026, and where. Dated class sizes, the nonequity gate, and what a general counsel is buying when the CV says partner — Sartori New York desk. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/associate-salary-tokyo-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/associate-salary-tokyo-2026/ Fri, 15 Aug 2025 08:00:00 GMT JFBA's 2023 survey of 2022 put under-five-year median receipts at 5.50 million yen (n = 277; prior year). No 2026 Tokyo associate yen scale is published. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/is-securities-law-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/is-securities-law-hiring-2026/ Fri, 15 Aug 2025 08:00:00 GMT Securities lawyer hiring in 2026: 36 corporate IPOs in Q1 and 52 in Q2, against 63 and 48 a year earlier. SEC Q2 proceeds were $115,718.0 million. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/fund-finance-and-subscription-line-counsel-demand-outstrips-supply/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/fund-finance-and-subscription-line-counsel-demand-outstrips-supply/ Thu, 14 Aug 2025 08:00:00 GMT Why fund-finance and subscription-line counsel remain scarce — multi-trillion market estimates, the sub-line versus NAV skill gap, credential gates, hubs from New York and Charlotte to London and offshore, and how firms and candidates should act. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/ediscovery-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/ediscovery-salary-2026/ Thu, 14 Aug 2025 08:00:00 GMT 2026 base bands for the discovery seat, the gap between the May 2025 project-manager median and the vendor hour, and the budget a company should set. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidates/when-not-to-move-firm-even-with-a-higher/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidates/when-not-to-move-firm-even-with-a-higher/ Thu, 14 Aug 2025 08:00:00 GMT A higher London offer is a date, not a reason. When associates should refuse stay-put cash, and when a general counsel seat is the real next job. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/legal-executive-search-vs-recruitment-agency/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/legal-executive-search-vs-recruitment-agency/ Thu, 14 Aug 2025 08:00:00 GMT After 8 May 2016 a general counsel chooses retained executive search or a recruitment agency by seat. Officer versus posted attorney; the UK letter duty is gone. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidates/biglaw-to-in-house-move/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidates/biglaw-to-in-house-move/ Wed, 13 Aug 2025 08:00:00 GMT A general counsel hiring from BigLaw budgets a title-specific cash step-down, the mapped in-house title, and a 4-to-7-month clock — not a slogan pay cut. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/general-counsel-salary-tokyo-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/general-counsel-salary-tokyo-2026/ Tue, 12 Aug 2025 08:00:00 GMT A 2026 general counsel salary Tokyo figure is how many seats ¥100 million funds. Dated yen and dollar cash, the disclosure gate, and who pays. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/associate-salary-milan-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/associate-salary-milan-2026/ Tue, 12 Aug 2025 08:00:00 GMT Censis put Milan bar mean IRPEF at €108,151 for 2024. No 2026 associate lockstep is published. What a lateral move changes, in euro and dollars. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-dubai-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-dubai-2026/ Mon, 11 Aug 2025 08:00:00 GMT 2026 Dubai legal pay is a bid problem, not a published scale: when tax-free DIFC cash is the right offer versus UK hypotax and in-house benefits, in AED and USD. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-oklahoma-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-oklahoma-2026/ Sat, 09 Aug 2025 08:00:00 GMT May 2025 OEWS puts Oklahoma lawyer median pay at $103,060; Oklahoma City sits at $103,490. Who earns the 2026 figure, and who pays it. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/general-counsel-salary-madrid-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/general-counsel-salary-madrid-2026/ Thu, 07 Aug 2025 08:00:00 GMT €1 million funds 0.71 of the IBEX senior-manager mean (€1,404,000, CNMV 2025). Madrid general counsel cash: who pays it, and what is disclosed. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/cleary-gottlieb-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/cleary-gottlieb-salary-2026/ Thu, 07 Aug 2025 08:00:00 GMT Cleary Gottlieb salary: firm page still prints a $225,000 U.S. first-year. No 2026 match is public. Bonus match, £172,500 London NQ, and the in-house bid. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidates/best-time-to-move-law-firms/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidates/best-time-to-move-law-firms/ Wed, 06 Aug 2025 08:00:00 GMT No public 2026 split of hires before versus after bonus. How a general counsel times an in-house start against cash dates, STI, and the clocks that do not wait. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/law-firm-partner-salary-dubai-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/law-firm-partner-salary-dubai-2026/ Wed, 06 Aug 2025 08:00:00 GMT The 2026 Dubai partner seat has no official AED cell. DIFC Courts listed 1,351 lawyers at 256 firms in H1 2026 — caseload, not pay. Who hires that partner, and who matches the figure. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/law-firm-partner-salary-luxembourg-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/law-firm-partner-salary-luxembourg-2026/ Tue, 05 Aug 2025 08:00:00 GMT List I held 2,137 avocats à la Cour on 1 June 2025. No euro partner salary is published. What a 2026 Luxembourg profit share is, and who pays it. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/legal-market-frankfurt-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/legal-market-frankfurt-2026/ Mon, 04 Aug 2025 08:00:00 GMT 2026 legal market Frankfurt: three first-year bands, not one city rate. Price the funds, funds-finance or German-corporate seat you are actually buying. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/hogan-lovells-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/hogan-lovells-salary-2026/ Mon, 04 Aug 2025 08:00:00 GMT Hogan Lovells confirmed a London NQ base of £145,000 from 1 May 2026. The published UK scale, U.S. bonus grid, and what a general counsel must match — cited, dated figures. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidates/are-legal-recruiters-worth-it/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidates/are-legal-recruiters-worth-it/ Fri, 01 Aug 2025 08:00:00 GMT Who pays a legal recruiter and how that shapes their incentives, the six-month lockout, what lawyers complain about, when a recruiter is genuinely worth it versus when to apply direct, and how to vet one before any CV moves. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/hiring-in-house-counsel-for-pe-backed-companies/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/hiring-in-house-counsel-for-pe-backed-companies/ Fri, 01 Aug 2025 08:00:00 GMT Hiring in-house counsel inside a PE-backed company: operating GC vs group CLO, hold period, exit. Shortlist in 26 days; close in 12 weeks. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/staff-attorney-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/staff-attorney-salary-2026/ Fri, 01 Aug 2025 08:00:00 GMT The dated 2026 staff-attorney cash table is NALP's Class of 2024 $100,000 median. What a full-time seat costs the company versus a document-review hour, with the New York search record behind the pricing error. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/associate-salary-brussels-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/associate-salary-brussels-2026/ Fri, 01 Aug 2025 08:00:00 GMT The 2023/24 Brussels NQ median is €106,900 across 16 international firms (Lexology, 25 Sep 2025). How a 2026 company offer should read that gross. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/in-house-counsel-salary-abu-dhabi-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/in-house-counsel-salary-abu-dhabi-2026/ Thu, 31 Jul 2025 08:00:00 GMT What a mis-set 2026 AED package costs in Abu Dhabi: PayScale's UAE Legal Advisor average is AED 220,000 (n=14). ADGM funds seats do not close on that cell. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-missouri-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-missouri-2026/ Wed, 30 Jul 2025 08:00:00 GMT Missouri's May 2025 lawyer median is $133,450. St. Louis is $142,690 and Springfield is $103,790. Who earns the 2026 figure, and who pays it. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-dublin-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-dublin-2026/ Wed, 30 Jul 2025 08:00:00 GMT Matheson NQ pay is €76,000 on Legal Cheek's 2026 table. Which Dublin cell a company should match, in euro and dollars, and which seat it does not buy. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/associate-salary-london-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/associate-salary-london-2026/ Tue, 29 Jul 2025 08:00:00 GMT The 2026 London NQ and associate table by firm tier: Magic Circle £150,000, US London above £170,000, Quinn £189,000. What a US class-year map does not buy. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/eversheds-sutherland-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/eversheds-sutherland-salary-2026/ Tue, 29 Jul 2025 08:00:00 GMT London NQ is £120,000 as of 30 July 2026. When a general counsel should match that figure, when waiting is cheaper, and what is public on bonus and partner pay. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidates/legal-operations-career-path/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidates/legal-operations-career-path/ Mon, 28 Jul 2025 08:00:00 GMT A candidate's guide to legal operations careers — the roles and ladder, the CLOC Core 12 competencies, how to break in without a JD, and what the field pays. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/dallas-houston-data-center-legal-benches/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/dallas-houston-data-center-legal-benches/ Sun, 27 Jul 2025 08:00:00 GMT Texas hires as two legal markets: Dallas concentrates operator and delivery counsel, Houston the energy and projects bench. What picking wrong costs. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/firm-rankings-how-much-they-influence-candidates/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/firm-rankings-how-much-they-influence-candidates/ Sun, 27 Jul 2025 08:00:00 GMT A London general counsel needs a single-digit panel, not thousands of ranking slots. What Chambers and Legal 500 change — and what they do not — for who a company can hire. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/legal-awards-vanity-asset-or-hiring-tool/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/legal-awards-vanity-asset-or-hiring-tool/ Fri, 25 Jul 2025 08:00:00 GMT A London general counsel who buys or hires from a trophy pays for a firm or a seat the live statute cannot use. Four to seven months to unwind. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidates/prompt-engineering-in-legal-interviews-gimmick-or-new-skill/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidates/prompt-engineering-in-legal-interviews-gimmick-or-new-skill/ Fri, 25 Jul 2025 08:00:00 GMT A New York general counsel can test two finalists, not the whole desk. A parlor-trick prompt is a gimmick; verification of output is the skill the hire must have. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/exit-interviews-ignored-talent-intelligence/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/exit-interviews-ignored-talent-intelligence/ Thu, 24 Jul 2025 08:00:00 GMT How many exit interviews a corporate legal function runs against how few are ever coded, read or acted on — and the reading a general counsel can put in front of a CFO. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-new-zealand-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-new-zealand-2026/ Thu, 24 Jul 2025 08:00:00 GMT The 2026 New Zealand lawyer-pay window in NZD and USD: Tahatū span, Crown Law bands, and why an Auckland or Wellington in-house bid is not a Sydney scale. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-michigan-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-michigan-2026/ Wed, 23 Jul 2025 08:00:00 GMT Michigan in-house median $195,000 (2025 income) is not closing 2026 OEM seats. OEWS, NALP Midwest and the $235,000 scale — who pays the number and who earns it. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/reports/legal-hiring-structural-report-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/reports/legal-hiring-structural-report-2026/ Wed, 23 Jul 2025 08:00:00 GMT Demand you can act on. This report ties the structure of the legal market — which practices are largest, which are most leveraged, where the seats physically are — to cited public demand data and a live read of… https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-arkansas-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-arkansas-2026/ Tue, 22 Jul 2025 08:00:00 GMT Little Rock's May 2025 lawyer median is $97,870. It funds the typical house and $1,230 rent; it does not buy national-lawyer consumption or NWA Counsel pay. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/knobbe-martens-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/knobbe-martens-salary-2026/ Tue, 22 Jul 2025 08:00:00 GMT Knobbe Martens salary: no 2026 class-year scale is public. Lateral floor at least $215,000. February 2025 spring bonuses were $2,500 to $25,000. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/antitrust-and-competition-a-countercyclical-practice/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/antitrust-and-competition-a-countercyclical-practice/ Sun, 20 Jul 2025 08:00:00 GMT Does a company still need in-house competition cover when deals slow? In Brussels the work changes shape: dawn raids, DMA and FSR that ignore filings. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/partner-non-compete-and-garden-leave-by-jurisdiction/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/partner-non-compete-and-garden-leave-by-jurisdiction/ Sun, 20 Jul 2025 08:00:00 GMT Partner non-compete and garden leave in the US, UK, Germany, France, UAE, Hong Kong and Singapore: the two-year caps, the 50% pay floor, dated sources. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/lateral-partner-questionnaire-lpq/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/lateral-partner-questionnaire-lpq/ Sat, 19 Jul 2025 08:00:00 GMT What the Lateral Partner Questionnaire is, the questions it asks, how portable book of business is defined and tested, and how firms diligence a lateral partner move. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/recruiter-lies-law-firms/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/recruiter-lies-law-firms/ Sat, 19 Jul 2025 08:00:00 GMT The biggest lateral-hiring risk is not candidate embellishment — it is what the firm buys without proof. A blunt governance playbook for hiring committees. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/case-studies/chief-compliance-officer-nyse-payments-new-york/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/case-studies/chief-compliance-officer-nyse-payments-new-york/ Sat, 19 Jul 2025 08:00:00 GMT NYSE-listed payments company in New York hired a CCO against the DOJ ECCP: shortlist in week 3, accepted offer in week 10. For companies, dated Sep 2026. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/how-to-move-law-firms-as-a-lateral-partner/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/how-to-move-law-firms-as-a-lateral-partner/ Fri, 18 Jul 2025 08:00:00 GMT When a New York receiving firm discards a lawyer on origination, the general counsel still needs the process, timeline and data before the move closes. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/general-counsel-salary-canada-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/general-counsel-salary-canada-2026/ Fri, 18 Jul 2025 08:00:00 GMT CAD 195,750 is the 16 February 2026 general counsel role average (USD 140,848). It sits CAD 4,250 under Ontario's wages line. Who pays it, and what a company must budget. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/carbon-markets-and-article-6-counsel/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/carbon-markets-and-article-6-counsel/ Thu, 17 Jul 2025 08:00:00 GMT Article 6.4 standards, CORSIA eligibility windows and the EU carbon border regime turned offsetting into a dated compliance calendar. Who owns that seat in-house. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/nq-salary-tables-why-pay-attracts-but-does-not/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/nq-salary-tables-why-pay-attracts-but-does-not/ Thu, 17 Jul 2025 08:00:00 GMT A London general counsel who hired off the newly qualified table is asking why that in-house seat is empty again. Keep rates, in-house cash, and the job the cell does not price. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/legal-market-toronto-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/legal-market-toronto-2026/ Thu, 17 Jul 2025 08:00:00 GMT On 1 March 2026 the NCA reset who can sit a Toronto seat. Firms, pay tracks, and hiring demand for the GC who pays and the lawyer who earns it. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/partner-role-models-why-they-matter-in-recruiting/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/partner-role-models-why-they-matter-in-recruiting/ Wed, 16 Jul 2025 08:00:00 GMT London associates: a seat without a usable teacher is a career cost — what a wrong firm blocks when a general counsel or head of legal later will not hire you. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/general-counsel-search-process/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/general-counsel-search-process/ Wed, 16 Jul 2025 08:00:00 GMT How companies hire a general counsel: search process, timeline and fees. Shortlist in 24 days, accepted offer in 11 weeks median, of 52 GC and CLO searches since 2017. Fee 25-30% of first-year pay. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidates/counsel-and-non-equity-partner-in-europe-title-power/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidates/counsel-and-non-equity-partner-in-europe-title-power/ Tue, 15 Jul 2025 08:00:00 GMT What 'counsel', 'of counsel' and 'salaried' or 'non-equity' partner actually mean in London, Paris, Milan and Frankfurt — the three ladders behind one title, what 'partner' legally implies country by country, the pay gap the word hides, and how to read an offer. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/associate-salary-ireland-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/associate-salary-ireland-2026/ Tue, 15 Jul 2025 08:00:00 GMT Law firm associate salary Ireland in 2026: leading Dublin NQ pay is €65,000–€80,000. What a company matches at 2–5 PQE, and what firms do not publish. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/equity-vs-income-partnership-lateral/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/equity-vs-income-partnership-lateral/ Mon, 14 Jul 2025 08:00:00 GMT How the equity-vs-income distinction shapes lateral decisions. From 2,600+ partner interviews: what equity questions partners ask, why tracks get blocked, and what it means. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/the-squeezed-middle-partner-who-pays-for-lateral-hiring/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/the-squeezed-middle-partner-who-pays-for-lateral-hiring/ Sun, 13 Jul 2025 08:00:00 GMT For a New York general counsel and head of HR: who funds the firm-side premium, and when mid-2026 hours make waiting cheaper than matching that rate letter now. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/med-tech-and-digital-health-regulatory-counsel/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/med-tech-and-digital-health-regulatory-counsel/ Sat, 12 Jul 2025 08:00:00 GMT Who hires the uncovered device-regulatory seat in London, what its real perimeter is, what the market will not price, and why the requisition stays open. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/minneapolis-legal-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/minneapolis-legal-market-2026/ Sat, 12 Jul 2025 08:00:00 GMT Minneapolis, Minnesota: 2,000+ mapped lawyers across 50+ firms, the practice mix that defines the market, and 82 live confidential mandates. A structural snapshot from our proprietary market map. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/in-house-counsel-salary-by-industry-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/in-house-counsel-salary-by-industry-2026/ Fri, 11 Jul 2025 08:00:00 GMT May 2025 BLS mean for lawyers at insurance carriers is $186,420; pharmaceutical manufacturing is $277,820. Banking, tech, energy, and real estate stay on the May 2023 profiles, beside 2026 named-GC pay. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/questions-partners-ask-recruiters/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/questions-partners-ask-recruiters/ Thu, 10 Jul 2025 08:00:00 GMT Analysis of 1,200+ classified partner questions from a dataset of 2,600+ interviews. Firm strategy leads at ~19%, compensation at ~13%, team headcount at ~10%. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/general-counsel-salary-dublin-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/general-counsel-salary-dublin-2026/ Thu, 10 Jul 2025 08:00:00 GMT RTÉ's 2025 Director of Legal Affairs salary was €191,900. How many Dublin seats €1 million funds, in euro and dollars, and what a company actually pays. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/is-antitrust-law-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/is-antitrust-law-hiring-2026/ Thu, 10 Jul 2025 08:00:00 GMT Fiscal 2025 produced 2,006 HSR transactions, down from 2,031. Who hires antitrust lawyers in 2026, how laterals moved, and what the seats pay. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-melbourne-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-melbourne-2026/ Wed, 09 Jul 2025 08:00:00 GMT What a 2026 Melbourne lawyer costs in AUD and USD by seniority and type: VPS from A$75,971, the national solicitor median, 12 percent super, and Sydney as the check. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/alston-bird-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/alston-bird-salary-2026/ Wed, 09 Jul 2025 08:00:00 GMT Alston & Bird's 2026 posted first-year cell is still $225,000 — Los Angeles and New York, not Atlanta. Bonus, PEP, and the in-house match a general counsel funds. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-west-virginia-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-west-virginia-2026/ Wed, 09 Jul 2025 08:00:00 GMT Huntington's May 2025 lawyer median is $98,070. Matching Pittsburgh cash is a 36 percent step-up the 2026 West Virginia window does not require — for the lawyer who earns it and the company that pays it. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/fish-richardson-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/fish-richardson-salary-2026/ Wed, 09 Jul 2025 08:00:00 GMT Fish & Richardson salary: 2026 summers pay $4,327 a week ($225,004 a year). FY2025 revenue was $556,371,000. The hours gate, the bonus, and the in-house bid. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/legal-leverage-atlas-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/legal-leverage-atlas-2026/ Tue, 08 Jul 2025 08:00:00 GMT Associates per partner in every major US and UK market — the leverage atlas by metro and practice, the US-UK inversion, and what the pyramid means for hiring and the partner track. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/aviation-attorney-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/aviation-attorney-salary-2026/ Tue, 08 Jul 2025 08:00:00 GMT What a 2026 US aviation attorney costs on payroll versus at a firm: ACC in-house cash (1 March 2025), the July 2026 lockstep scale, and the Am Law 100 billed hour. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/general-counsel-salary-australia-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/general-counsel-salary-australia-2026/ Tue, 08 Jul 2025 08:00:00 GMT The 2026 Australian general-counsel cash table in AUD and USD, priced by this year's tax scale, the 12 percent Superannuation Guarantee, and Payday Super — not by a US GC band. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidates/general-counsel-and-ai-governance-a-new-career-frontier/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidates/general-counsel-and-ai-governance-a-new-career-frontier/ Mon, 07 Jul 2025 08:00:00 GMT Companies say AI governance has an owner. The counts say the seat is rarely staffed. A buyer's read on creating a seat, writing it into the general counsel role, or leaving it with a committee. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/hiring-a-chief-legal-officer/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/hiring-a-chief-legal-officer/ Mon, 07 Jul 2025 08:00:00 GMT How to hire a chief legal officer: retained model, named panel, written scorecard. Of 52 GC/CLO searches since 2017, shortlist in 24 days, offer in 11 weeks. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/lateral-partner-onboarding-first-12-months/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/lateral-partner-onboarding-first-12-months/ Mon, 07 Jul 2025 08:00:00 GMT Lateral partner onboarding first 12 months: owner, client introductions, origination ledger and four checkpoints, against a 30–38% five-year exit band. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/polsinelli-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/polsinelli-salary-2026/ Sun, 06 Jul 2025 08:00:00 GMT Polsinelli salary in 2026: first-year base is $210,000, $215,000 or $225,000 by office. No public year-3 grid. What a general counsel must bid. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/interim-versus-permanent-in-house-counsel/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/interim-versus-permanent-in-house-counsel/ Sat, 05 Jul 2025 08:00:00 GMT Interim, fractional, or a permanent in-house hire. Cover starts in 7 days (60+ files). A retained GC search shortlists in 24 days and closes in 11 weeks. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/simpson-thacher-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/simpson-thacher-salary-2026/ Sat, 05 Jul 2025 08:00:00 GMT Simpson Thacher salary 2026: $225,000 first-year still on the careers page. When a GC should match it, 2025 bonus endpoints, and $8.569M PEP. Dated sources. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidates/when-over-specialisation-becomes-a-career-risk/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidates/when-over-specialisation-becomes-a-career-risk/ Thu, 03 Jul 2025 08:00:00 GMT A London general counsel who staffs a single-practice specialist into an AI-era in-house seat pays twice: payroll, then panel hours on every adjacent file the hire cannot cover. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/in-house-counsel-salary-milan-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/in-house-counsel-salary-milan-2026/ Thu, 03 Jul 2025 08:00:00 GMT In-house counsel salary in Milan averages €99,570 gross as of 2 October 2026 (ERI). The €85,000 floor, the tax, and how many seats €1 million funds. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/law-firm-partner-salary-madrid-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/law-firm-partner-salary-madrid-2026/ Thu, 03 Jul 2025 08:00:00 GMT Gómez-Acebo & Pombo's 2025 professional-partner mean was €348,104, a labor contract. No Madrid equity PEP is published. Who earns it, and who pays. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/ai-driven-panel-selection-are-clients-changing-how-they/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/ai-driven-panel-selection-are-clients-changing-how-they/ Wed, 02 Jul 2025 08:00:00 GMT When a New York general counsel refreshes a panel, an AI score ranks firms; the in-house desk still names the lawyer. Informal preferred lists, AI disclosure, and the seats that follow. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/norton-rose-fulbright-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/norton-rose-fulbright-salary-2026/ Wed, 02 Jul 2025 08:00:00 GMT US associates: $235,000–$455,000 from 1 July 2026. London NQs: £140,000 from 1 April. Two verein payrolls, and the general counsel who has to match them. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/in-house-counsel-salary-riyadh-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/in-house-counsel-salary-riyadh-2026/ Wed, 02 Jul 2025 08:00:00 GMT SAR 132,000 is PayScale's 27 January 2026 Legal Advisor median on 11 profiles, not a Riyadh counsel band. What GOSI and end-of-service add on the payroll a company funds. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/security-clearance-attorney-maryland/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/security-clearance-attorney-maryland/ Wed, 02 Jul 2025 08:00:00 GMT What cleared in-house legal seats pay in the Fort Meade corridor, which Maryland companies hire them, and why the clearance sets the start date, not the market. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/sports-regulatory-and-football-governance-lawyers/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/sports-regulatory-and-football-governance-lawyers/ Tue, 01 Jul 2025 08:00:00 GMT Clubs and leagues hire commercial sports lawyers first and regulatory counsel last. Which in-house seat actually protects the license, the season and the asset. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/clifford-chance-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/clifford-chance-salary-2026/ Mon, 30 Jun 2025 08:00:00 GMT London NQ is £150,000 on Clifford Chance's 2026 careers page; New York ads start at $260,000. Bonus, PEP and the match a general counsel actually pays. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/is-health-regulatory-law-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/is-health-regulatory-law-hiring-2026/ Sat, 28 Jun 2025 08:00:00 GMT Fiscal 2025 health-care False Claims Act recoveries exceeded $5.7 billion. Who hires healthcare regulatory lawyers in 2026, and why books do not travel. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/ferc-large-load-counsel-washington-dc/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/ferc-large-load-counsel-washington-dc/ Fri, 27 Jun 2025 08:00:00 GMT Six federal dockets opened in June 2026 with filing clocks attached. For a company with large load in PJM, which in-house lawyer owns that record? https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/in-house-counsel-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/in-house-counsel-salary-2026/ Fri, 27 Jun 2025 08:00:00 GMT Directional 2026 in-house counsel compensation ranges by seniority — counsel, AGC, deputy GC, GC — and by US metro. Sourced caveats, not quoted numbers. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-arizona-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-arizona-2026/ Fri, 27 Jun 2025 08:00:00 GMT Arizona lawyer pay in 2026 is a metro table, not Phoenix lockstep: statewide median $134,260, Phoenix $135,670, Tucson $107,510. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/associate-salary-riyadh-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/associate-salary-riyadh-2026/ Fri, 27 Jun 2025 08:00:00 GMT No 2026 lockstep SAR table exists for Riyadh associates or NQs. Who is hiring that counsel now, the 15-20% Dubai premium, and why the cell stays open. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/legal-hiring-2026-hottest-practice-areas-across-key-markets/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/legal-hiring-2026-hottest-practice-areas-across-key-markets/ Thu, 26 Jun 2025 08:00:00 GMT A sourced, structural read on which legal practice areas are actually hot in 2026 — the counter-cyclical US rotation, where the laterals moved, the demand-versus-hiring paradox, AI's pull on IP talent, and the UK and European cycle. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/salary-wars-what-they-reveal-about-the-legal-market/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/salary-wars-what-they-reveal-about-the-legal-market/ Thu, 26 Jun 2025 08:00:00 GMT On 1 July 2026 a published New York scale reset the cash a company must bid against. How general counsel and heads of HR should price an in-house seat. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/boutique-law-firm-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/boutique-law-firm-salary-2026/ Wed, 25 Jun 2025 08:00:00 GMT NALP, 1 January 2025: first-year median $150,000 at firms of 250 or fewer. Second Hundred average PEP was $1,207,826 in 2025. For the lawyer and the GC. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/port-washington-data-center-permit-stack/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/port-washington-data-center-permit-stack/ Tue, 24 Jun 2025 08:00:00 GMT Six dated approvals cleared in sequence from April 2025, and the transmission docket behind them was reset in August 2026. Who holds that file in-house? https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/associate-bonuses-when-variable-pay-matters-more-than-base/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/associate-bonuses-when-variable-pay-matters-more-than-base/ Tue, 24 Jun 2025 08:00:00 GMT For New York general counsel and heads of HR: when the associate bonus you must match outweighs posted base, and what work that cash is actually buying. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/cleveland-legal-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/cleveland-legal-market-2026/ Tue, 24 Jun 2025 08:00:00 GMT Cleveland, Ohio: 1,000+ mapped lawyers across 30+ firms, the practice mix that defines the market, and 16 live confidential mandates. A structural snapshot from our proprietary market map. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/is-life-sciences-law-hiring-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/is-life-sciences-law-hiring-2026/ Mon, 23 Jun 2025 08:00:00 GMT A supply-and-demand reality check on life-sciences legal hiring — a comparatively thin bench against heavy, partner-concentrated demand. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-australia-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-australia-2026/ Mon, 23 Jun 2025 08:00:00 GMT Jobs and Skills Australia put solicitor median pay at A$2,070 a week in May 2025. This 2026 guide adds NSW, in-house and firm-tier bands in AUD and USD. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-washington-dc-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-washington-dc-2026/ Mon, 23 Jun 2025 08:00:00 GMT From 1 July 2026, Washington DC lockstep first-year base is $235,000, matching New York. What the lawyer earns and the general counsel matches, by desk type. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/associate-salary-australia-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/associate-salary-australia-2026/ Mon, 23 Jun 2025 08:00:00 GMT Point Blank put Sydney graduate cash at A$117,000 on 2 September 2025. No 2026 Australian associate lockstep is public. Who earns it, and who pays. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/law-firm-partner-salary-dublin-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/law-firm-partner-salary-dublin-2026/ Mon, 23 Jun 2025 08:00:00 GMT Dublin holds 8,827 of 12,430 practising certificates (LSRA 2025). PayScale partner average: €111,839. How a company prices the 2026 Dublin seat. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/what-the-largest-law-firms-are-built-on-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/what-the-largest-law-firms-are-built-on-2026/ Sun, 22 Jun 2025 08:00:00 GMT Full-service giants concentrate a median 54% of labelled fee-earner effort in just three practices. The structural map of practice concentration — four anonymised archetypes, with leverage. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/m-a-attorney-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/m-a-attorney-salary-2026/ Sat, 21 Jun 2025 08:00:00 GMT The 2026 US market publishes no M&A attorney census. Matching-firm lockstep base runs $235,000–$455,000 from 1 July 2026; one in-house M&A posting prints $330,000–$366,000 plus equity. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/talent-intelligence-using-data-to-prevent-attrition/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/guides/talent-intelligence-using-data-to-prevent-attrition/ Fri, 20 Jun 2025 08:00:00 GMT The loaded cost of replacing an in-house lawyer you could have kept - and the five signals already in your own systems that flag the departure months before the resignation. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-california-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-california-2026/ Fri, 20 Jun 2025 08:00:00 GMT 2026 California lawyer pay: Los Angeles median $194,410, San Francisco $212,500, against a $235,000 national lockstep first-year. For lawyers and general counsel. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/law-firm-partner-salary-hong-kong-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/law-firm-partner-salary-hong-kong-2026/ Fri, 20 Jun 2025 08:00:00 GMT No Hong Kong office publishes a 2026 PEP figure. Dated HKD and USD by firm tier, plus the Directorate cash a general counsel can actually match. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/general-counsel-salary-germany-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/general-counsel-salary-germany-2026/ Thu, 19 Jun 2025 08:00:00 GMT General counsel salary Germany in 2026 is a seat count: €1 million funds 7.33 federal B 6 seats or 0.26 of an average DAX board package. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/general-counsel-salary-zurich-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/general-counsel-salary-zurich-2026/ Thu, 19 Jun 2025 08:00:00 GMT General counsel salary Zurich in 2026: canton Lohnklasse 29 caps at CHF 292,819. How many seats CHF 1 million funds, in francs and dollars. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/associate-salary-zurich-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/associate-salary-zurich-2026/ Thu, 19 Jun 2025 08:00:00 GMT Law firm associate salary in Zurich is unpublished in 2026. Canton class 21 runs CHF 112,382 to CHF 175,068, and that annual already includes the 13th month. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/seattle-legal-market-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/market/seattle-legal-market-2026/ Thu, 19 Jun 2025 08:00:00 GMT Seattle, Washington: 2,000+ mapped lawyers, the practice mix that defines the market, and live confidential mandates — a structural snapshot from our proprietary market map. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/compliance-talent-acquisition/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/compliance-talent-acquisition/ Wed, 18 Jun 2025 08:00:00 GMT How to hire Chief Compliance Officers and senior regulatory talent in a tight market: what to look for, sector nuances across fintech, banking and healthcare. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-vancouver-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/lawyer-salary-vancouver-2026/ Wed, 18 Jun 2025 08:00:00 GMT NALP's Western Canada first-year median covering Vancouver is CAD 115,000 as of 1 January 2025 versus Toronto CAD 130,000, with USD at the 10 September 2026 Bank of Canada rate, for the associate who earns it and the general counsel who matches it. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/construction-attorney-salary-2026/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/salary/construction-attorney-salary-2026/ Wed, 18 Jun 2025 08:00:00 GMT 2026 construction attorney salary in the US: $235,000 lockstep first-year vs $150,000 at firms of 250 or fewer, and what in-house construction counsel costs the general counsel who pays it. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidates/legal-project-managers-the-bridge-between-lawyers-and-technology/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/candidates/legal-project-managers-the-bridge-between-lawyers-and-technology/ Tue, 17 Jun 2025 08:00:00 GMT New York general counsel brief: what the process-owner seat pays, what it owns between lawyers and tools, and why the license does not close the bridge. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/case-studies/interim-general-counsel-series-c-fintech-san-francisco/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/case-studies/interim-general-counsel-series-c-fintech-san-francisco/ Tue, 17 Jun 2025 08:00:00 GMT Series C fintech in San Francisco needed interim GC cover for parental leave plus a financing: day-rate, live on the work on day 6. For companies, Sep 2026. https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/data/general-counsel-pay/ https://sartoriglobal.com/insights/data/general-counsel-pay/ Mon, 16 Jun 2025 08:00:00 GMT What the General Counsel or Chief Legal Officer is paid at the largest US-listed companies, from each proxy's Summary Compensation Table: medians by size, sector and title, and against the CEO. Yearly, CSV and JSON.