The Global Partner Market Report 2026 · January to November
Who moved in 2026, market by market, and what happened to them next.
Partner moves from January to November 2026 across London, New York, Washington D.C., California, Germany, Brussels and Paris, set against the three years before: who is building, where the heat is, and how many earlier moves were still in place two years on.
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What's different
Most reports count moves. This one follows them.
Page 7 tracks what happened to partners who moved in 2024: how many had moved again or left within two years, by firm group, and for individual against team moves. It draws on Tenex Search's own records, which no published source covers.
What's inside
Ten pages. One question: is the hiring paying back?
The year in one number
The headline finding, three supporting findings, and the three founders who signed it.
The global picture
Partner moves across seven markets, January to November 2026, against the same months of 2024 and 2025, and how partners flowed between them.
The transatlantic trade
Moves between London and the US markets in both directions, and which firm groups drove them.
Who is building
Net partner gain by firm group, from US firms and the Magic Circle to European and other international firms, with the biggest net builders.
Where the heat is
Net flow by practice in each market: private equity, finance, capital solutions, restructuring, disputes, competition and investigations.
Moves follow the work
Whether partner moves tracked where the work went, practice by practice, and the largest team lifts of the year.
What happened next
Of the partners who moved in 2024, the share who had moved again or left within two years, by firm group, and individual against team moves.
Market close-ups
London, New York and Germany in more detail: the year's moves, the busiest practices and the firms building fastest.
Questions for 2027
Three questions every board should ask this year, and the signals to watch. Our view, not a forecast.
Method and about
Sources, definitions, how coverage was checked, and how to ask for your own firm's page.
Method
Public moves, checked against the record.
- Scope. Partner moves between firms into offices in London, New York, Washington D.C., California, Germany, Brussels and Paris, January to November 2026, against the same months of 2024 and 2025. Internal transfers and promotions don't count. December moves follow in a short online update in February.
- Checked. TNX Market Intelligence, built on Tenex Search's own records of partner and team moves, is checked against published market counts, and the method page says how closely they match.
- Aggregates only. No figure is shown for fewer than five moves. Firms are named only from publicly reported moves, and no individual is named.
- Signed. Mahmoud Awad, Max Swycher and Dylan Teasdale sign the report by name. Your own firm's page is shown privately, in a Partner Market Briefing, at no fee.
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