Welcome to the Chambers Europe Guide 2024. 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 for law firm clients as well as legal professionals.    

Chamber and Partners rankings are based on in-depth analysis and research, conducted by our dedicated, experienced team of researchers. 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.   

Our rankings and research provide clients, in-house counsel, GCs and other buyers of legal services across the European legal market with the insights they need when it matters, and aids them in finding the most suitable providers of legal services, wherever they exists.  

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

Chambers and Partners is excited to announce the creation of two new, country guides: Chambers France and Chambers Germany.   

The creation of these two new guides reflects the evolving dynamics that shape the different legal markets across Europe. The guides will also allow firms within the Europe guide a greater chance to showcase their expertise in their respective jurisdictions.    

Click here to learn more about Chambers France.

Click here to learn more about Chambers Germany.

Chambers Europe will continue to be a priority and a core guide for the Chambers research team. We will be enhancing the depth of our research across the continent, ensuring that we continue to cover European markets in the most accurate way.

Learn more about our plans and about the two guides here.

Submissions for the Chambers Europe 2026 guide are open, you can view the full schedule here.  

One major impact on the rankings is the continued war in Ukraine. Two years ago, we have decided to reframe how we approach the rankings and which practice areas would be covered.  

For Europe 2025, we will be accepting submissions for Corporate/M&A, Dispute Resolution, Employment, Competition and Intellectual Property as we did for Europe 2024. One key update is that we will also be accepting submissions for Banking & Finance this year. We are also going to conduct research calls for some practice areas in Ukraine during the upcoming research cycle. For more information on our approach, please read our Ukraine Overview.  

Further to this, we also made the decision to not carry out research into legal markets in Russia or Belarus for the 2025 guide. 

Please contact the EMEA Research Director Marlene Hermann or Head of Europe Magdalena Parkitna directly with any questions.  

This year of research 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 Portugal, where the Dispute Resolution table was divided into Elite and Highly Regarded, and Turkey, where we created new Litigation and Arbitration tables.   

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

Chambers Europe Guide 2026 Research Schedule
The research schedule and submission deadline dates for Chambers Europe 2026 are now live.

Verein KlimaSeniorinnen Schweiz v. Switzerland: updates and analysis on historic ruling, half a year on
Discover how the outcome of the Climate Seniors case at the European Court of Human Rights could have an impact on Switzerland, the EU, the UK, and the rest of the world.

Competition Law in Israel – What changes should European companies and firms be aware of?
In this article the Chambers Europe team discusses the current legal landscape in the competition law market in Israel.

Ukraine Research August Update 
The Chambers Europe team provide a recent update on research into Ukraine for the Chambers Europe 2025 Guide.   

Premier League uses Competition law to tackle schedule
Discover how competition law is playing a major role in the Premier League's decision to sue the football governing body, Fifa.

Judgment of the European Super League
Read about the decision of Madrid's Commerical Court in the legal matter between the European Super League and UEFA related to the proposed new league.

Changes to Referee Rules in Europe 2025
Discover the research changes in the Chambers Europe 2025 guide

Ukraine Research Update
The Chambers Europe team provide an update on research into Ukraine for the Chambers Europe 2025 Guide. 

Energy and Energy Security in the Nordics
Discover the developments in the energy sector in the Nordics the Chambers Europe team discovered in the research into the Chambers Europe 2024 guide.

2023 Trends and Developments in the Baltics
This article outlines some of the findings from the research of the Baltics for the Chambers Europe 2024 guide.

Chambers Europe 2024 Rankings
Discover the Chambers Europe 2024 rankings and stats from this year's research into the Chambers Europe guide.

The Buzz in Ireland
The Chambers Europe team discuss the main trends and developments in the Irish Competition Law legal market in 2023.

The Buzz in the Baltics
Discover some of the key trends in the competition law market in the Baltics.

France Competition Review – A Return to ‘Normal’?
Learn about the trends in French competition law legal market in 2023.

Competition law review – Do You SEE What I SEE?
The Chambers Europe team discuss the trends and developments in competition law in South-Eastern Europe.

Competition Law Review – Putting the Consumer at the Centre?
Discover some of the trends and changes that the Chambers Europe team identified in the Competition law market.

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.