Welcome to the Chambers Global Guide 2025. Search the legal market's top global law firms, lawyers and in-house counsel using the search functionality above.   

The Chambers Global Guide ranks the top global lawyers, law firms and in-house counsel in over 200 jurisdictions across the world.      

Our legal rankings are the most thorough and independent on the market. Each ranking is based on the in-depth research conducted by our dedicated and experienced team of researchers. Our unparalleled analysis of the legal market enables Chambers Global to deliver indispensable coverage and insights into the leading law firms and legal professionals.      

Chambers Global provides recommendations that can be relied on, to ensure law firm clients are able to make the best-informed decision when choosing legal services when it matters.    

Please see our methodology page if you would like to find out more about our submissions process and our unrivalled research method.    

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

Keep up to date with all of your relevant submission deadlines throughout the year and get personalised submission reminders in your calendar here.

Due to the ongoing war in Ukraine and after careful consideration, we have made the decision not to conduct research on Russia and Belarus this year. We will review this decision for the 2026 release, the research for which will begin in March 2025.  

We will be providing more information on how in-house counsel can take part in our GC research shortly. If you have any questions about this area of research, please contact Vian Chowdhury.  

Please contact the EMEA Research Director Marlene Hermann or Head of Global International Capabilities Vian Chowdhury directly with any questions. 

Our new Global Market Leaders: General Counsel rankings highlight the world’s leading in-house counsel. These rankings are based on thousands of interviews with in-house counsel, private-practice lawyers and third-party advisors, all conducted by our independent and dedicated team. These tables rank leading in-house lawyers in the following jurisdictions: 

Africa 
Asia-Pacific 
Brazil 
Canada 
Europe 
Greater China Region  
Latin America 
Middle East 
UK 
USA 

This year saw an incredible number of new practice areas added to the Chambers Global guide across a range of jurisdictions. 

If you would like to suggest a practice area, please email [email protected].

Our research runs from March to October. As well as covering many areas of law across key jurisdictions worldwide, the Global Guide also includes rankings at a regional and global level. 

Our team of experienced researchers conduct thousands of one-to-one calls each research cycle in order to identify and recognise the firms best placed to handle complex international mandates in our dedicated International & Cross-Border Capabilities table, wherever they exist.  

A selection of our International & Cross-Border Capabilities tables contain Chambers’ Quadrants, helping clients compare the world`s leading international firms.   

Updates and Best Practice Tips for Africa, Middle East, Caribbean and Offshore Research 2026
Discover updates for the Africa, Middle East, Caribbean and Offshore research for the Chambers Global 2026 guide.

A note on Africa-Wide research
Explore the criteria for Africa-Wide ranking tables in the Chambers Global guide in this Legal Topics article.

Offshore legal trends
In the Offshore world, we have seen a continuation of several of the themes discussed in previous launches, with the increase in regulation featuring heavily in our conversations with lawyers.

2023 Trends in the Middle East
The Chambers Global team discusses how 2023 has proven to be a very interesting year for the Middle East Region.

Trends and Developments in Global International Capabilities
The Global International Capabilities team's research highlighted the continued importance of cross-border capabilities for clients.  

A Celebration of Top Legal Talent in the Middle East
On Thursday, March 7 the 2024 Chambers Middle East Awards was held in the Ballroom of the Conrad Hotel in Dubai. Read more about the event and it's winners.

Business & Human Rights in 2023
Business and human rights (BHR) law is a fast-growing field, with several significant trends over the past year including the introduction of increasing legislation, links between BHR and climate issues and the uptick in use of alternative forms of dispute resolution.

Best practices for International & Cross-Border Capabilities research
In this article, we will explain some of the key differences and provide some tips on the International and Cross-Border Capabilities (ICBC) research.

Tax Developments in Kenya
Ana Licurci (the Chambers research manager overseeing sub-Saharan Africa) presents some thoughts on changes to Kenya’s tax legislation and its implications for businesses. This content has been provided to us by Anjarwalla & Khanna, winner of the Kenya Law Firm of the Year award at the 2024 Chambers Africa Awards.

Reflections on the Legal Market in South Africa
The Chambers Global research team recently spent a week in South Africa meeting with law firms and discussing the current state of the market and anticipated developments over the coming year.

All ranked firms in the guide have submitted and have been meticulously researched and analysed by our Research Analysts, ensuring our coverage and insights into the top law firms and lawyers is based on quantifiable data and intelligence.  

To discover what is involved in our methodology, please visit our research methodology page here.