CompaniesProfessional ServicesLegal professionPrint articleCapital markets drive law partner movesMichael PellyLegal editorSep 29, 2022 – 12.10pmSaveLog in or Subscribe to save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? LoginAustralia’s roaring capital markets created the busiest sector for top legal talent in 2021-22, as 240 people were hired from other firms as partners amid record demand for legal services.However, data compiled by market analyst Eric Chin indicates the sector could be cooling slightly, with the lowest activity across 2021-22 coming in the final quarter, when there were only 48 partner movements.Loading...Michael Pelly was The Australian Financial Review’s legal editorSaveLog in or Subscribe to save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? LoginLicense articleIntroducing your NewsfeedFollow the topics, people and companies that matter to you.Find out moreRead MoreLegal professionLaw Partnership SurveyWorkplaceLatest In Professional servicesFetching latest articlesMost Viewed In CompaniesThe Australian Financial Review Magazine‘I would not have survived without laughing’: Lewinsky 30 years onJessica GardnerThe Apple Watch is 10. What’s next for the world’s No.1 wearable?In pictures: AFR Magazine’s 30th anniversary celebrationBOSS Financial ReviewHow this elite child gymnast leapt to the top of SportsbetHannah TattersallWhat 18-hour days on a farm taught this NAB exec about bankingHow a young exec went from university dropout to dream job in ParisLife & LeisureStep inside this modernist penthouse with 360-degree viewsStephen ToddIs all this talk of wine terroir a load of hooey?Want to live longer? Try this new brain enhancement programRich ListThree decades of PMs, fashion icons and the odd person headed for jailBrook TurnerFortescue near settlement with US tycoon after energy deal bust-upAustralia’s 50 Richest Bosses revealed