Highlights for Am Law Mid-Year 2023: healthy first half of 2023 with 896 moves; Litigation edges out Corporate M&A Securities for the top practice area; Lewis Brisbois nabs 27 Litigation partners
WHAT WE’RE SEEING
Partner Moves By Month: We’re used to seeing movements slow down a bit in the summer, but May proved to be a very active month with 173 moves, making Q2 a fairly robust quarter.
Top Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation (212 moves) finally edged out Corporate M&A Securities (191 moves), while Government jumped several spots to sixth place. Real Estate, meanwhile, fell a few places to ninth.
Cities Drawing the Most Moves: Chicago has held strong to the third place spot, while Dallas and Houston jockey for the most popular destination in Texas. Unusually, we had a three-way tie for the last spots in the top 10: Atlanta, Boston and Pittsburg.
Firms Drawing the Most Moves: Prior to Lewis Brisbois’ headline-grabbing summer, it added a remarkable 26 partners—more than half of its moves—to their Corporate Litigation teams. Also worth noting, all save a few were independent hires versus M&A.
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LIST OF NATIONAL PARTNER MOVES: MID-YEAR 2023
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