Welcome to the Chambers Europe Guide 2025. 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.  

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.  

Welcome to the Chambers Europe Guide 2024. Search the legal market's best law firms and lawyers using the search functionality above.  

Chambers France and Chambers Germany are two new guides 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 learn more about Chambers France. 

Click here to learn more about Chambers Germany. 

Chambers Europe continues 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.

Chambers Europe covers a total of 44 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 2024.  

We continue to focus on enhancing our coverage of both associates and younger partners in the 2025 Europe guide, to ensure that we remain at the forefront of identifying the next generation of lawyers across the European legal markets.   

It is thanks to the depth of our research, that we were able to identify over 550 younger lawyers who gained new rankings as either associates to watch or as up-and-coming partners in the 2025 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 added a new Arbitration rankings under Dispute Resolution and also in Spain, where we created dedicated Litigation and Arbitration tables.  

Submissions for the Chambers Europe 2026 guide are open, you can view the full schedule here. If you want to find out more about key developments for the 2026 guide and also learn about the referee rules in the upcoming research cycle, please click here.  

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

For Europe 2026, we are pleased to confirm that we will be able to accept submissions and referee lists for Corporate / M&A and Dispute Resolution practice areas.  We will also be accepting submissions for Employment, Competition, Intellectual Property and Banking & Finance as we did for Europe 2025. One key update is that we will also be accepting submissions for Restructuring & Insolvency as well as Tax this year. 

Further to this, we continue not to carry out research into the legal markets in Russia or Belarus for the 2026 guide.  

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

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

From Submissions to Rankings: Chambers Explained – Spain
It includes insights into our Spanish research, updates on ranking table changes as well as key information on submissions and on the 2026 research cycle.  

Europe Guide 2026 – Submission Process for the Netherlands
Netherlands submissions: referee and work highlight rules for Arbitration, Corporate/M&A, Litigation, and more.

Europe Guide 2026 – Submission Process for Benelux, Austria, Switzerland and Liechtenstein
Key questions on submissions and referees for Benelux, Austria, Switzerland, and Liechtenstein.

No-Poach Agreements across European Law
Learn about the growing trend across Europe, 'no-poach agreements’ in this insightful overview.

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.

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.