Welcome to the Chambers Europe Guide 2026. Search the legal market's best law firms and lawyers using the search functionality above.      

Chambers Europe ranks the top lawyers and law firms across Europe, providing indispensable insights and market intelligence to assist those looking for the most suitable providers of legal services for when it matters.  

Our legal rankings are unrivalled in accuracy, depth and quality and are conducted by our dedicated team of independent researchers, ensuring that our outcomes are trusted and credible across the globe.  We continue to work with law firms of all sizes to ensure our coverage of the legal markets is up-to-date and accurate.  

Tens of thousands of one-to-one interviews with referees and clients take place each year to help us understand the views and experiences of clients for the legal work submitting firms provided.     

For more information on our methodology and insights into our submissions process, please visit our methodology page.  

Chambers France and Chambers Germany are dedicated to the coverage of the French and German markets. The rankings are based on in-depth national research conducted by our dedicated team of independent French- and German-speaking researchers.  

Click here to access rankings for Chambers France.  

Click here to access rankings for Chambers Germany. 

Chambers Europe covers a total of 43 jurisdictions, spanning Spain, Italy and the Netherlands as well as Monaco, Kosovo and Andorra. We also provide cross-jurisdictional coverage through our Baltic-wide, Europe-wide and Central & Eastern Europe rankings.  

Our dedicated team of researchers conducted in-depth research into the European legal markets between May and November 2025.   

During this time, our researchers have thoroughly reviewed law firm submissions and carried out thousands of interviews with referees and lawyers, giving us a detailed view of each jurisdiction and allowing us to produce market-leading rankings and insights.  

To illustrate the breadth of market presence among European law firms, the graph below shows which law firms achieved the highest number of department rankings. 

We also highlight the top 25 firms with the most Band 1 rankings in Chambers Europe 2026. These firms combine deep sector expertise with consistently excellent feedback from both their clients and the wider legal market.  

Promoting diversity in the legal profession is central to our research, and our team is committed to seeking broader perspective across the markets that we cover.  

We continue to see steady growth in the number of female lawyers recognised in our rankings, and we are proud to share the latest figures from our research.  

In the 2026 Europe guide, 566 female lawyers have gained new rankings. Female‑ranked lawyers now account for 26.64% of all rankings, up from 25.28% in the 2025 guide. We have seen the greatest increases in Poland and Turkey, where female representation has risen by 4% compared with the previous year. Romania remains at the forefront, continuing to have the highest proportion of female‑ranked lawyers, with women making up 56% of ranked lawyers. In the largest jurisdictions, including Spain and the Netherlands, the ratio of female lawyers has increased by 1% this year. 

We continue to focus on strengthening our coverage of both associates and younger partners in the 2026 Europe guide to ensure that we remain at the forefront of identifying the next generation of lawyers across the European legal markets.    

Thanks to the depth of our research, we were able to identify more than 627 younger lawyers who gained new rankings as either Associates to Watch or Up-and-Coming partners in the 2026 guide. 

We are also pleased to share the following statistics:

We saw continued growth in engagement from law firms and their referees across Europe which has allowed the team to further expand and consolidate our legal rankings across the continent. This has led to further subsections being added, notably in Italy, where we created dedicated Litigation and Arbitration tables, and in Poland where Litigation now features Elite and Highly Regarded tables.   

Submissions for the Chambers Europe 2027 guide are open. You can view the full schedule here. If you want to find out more about key developments for the 2027 guide and also learn about the referee rules in the upcoming research cycle, please click here.  

From this year, our in-depth research will run from May to November. 

In conversation with Agnieszka Janicka
Warsaw-based Agnieszka Janicka joins Magdalena Parkitna to talk about her journey to becoming the Managing Partner of Clifford Chance.

In Conversation with Anna Ogrenchuk
A compelling conversation with leading Ukrainian litigator Anna Ogrenchuk on her rise in the profession and leading the legal community through the challenges of war.

In Conversation with Mirjam de Blécourt
Amsterdam-based Mirjam de Blécourt talks to Magdalena Parkitna about her journey to becoming a prominent lawyer.

Chambers Europe Guide 2027 Research Schedule
The research schedule and submission deadline dates for Chambers Europe 2027 are now live.

Our legal rankings are based on in-depth analysis and research, conducted by our experienced team of Research Analysts, who conduct interviews with law firm clients/referees which helps us understand the views and experiences of clients for the legal work submitting firms provided. 

For more information on our methodology and insights into our submissions process, please visit our methodology page.