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Discover a new practice area which aimed at successful law firms that cater to smaller businesses, and how to submit.
Learn moreChambers UK 2024 e-Edition available to download.
Find the top Lawyer and Law Firms across UK 2024 in our e-Edition, now available to download per chapter.
Chambers UK 2024 Launch Webinar
Watch the 2024 guide launch webinar on-demand and discover key findings from this year's research into the UK legal market.
About the Chambers UK Legal Guide 2024
Welcome to the Chambers UK Guide 2024. Search the legal market's best law firms and lawyers using the search functionality above.
Search for the top ranked lawyers and law firms in the UK and read analysis that you can trust. Our rankings are the most thoroughly researched and independent on the market. Each one is assessed by our dedicated team of experienced researchers using our unrivalled research methodology, which includes tens of thousands of one-to-one interviews every year.
If you are buying legal services in the UK and need reliable recommendations on the best law firms and solicitors, our rankings, editorial and analysis will provide you with the information you need to make the most well-informed decision when it matters.
UK Firms with The Highest Number of Department Rankings
Discover the top law firms by selecting them below and find out how many departments they have ranked this year.
Chambers UK 2025 Submissions
Submissions for the Chambers UK 2025 guide have now closed, 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.
Chambers UK 2024 Guide Insights
The Chambers UK guide’s legal market coverage and analysis for 2024 covers 86 broad areas of UK law, such as tax, banking and finance, employment, personal injury and family/matrimonial. It is grouped by regions, such as South West, Midlands and London, so you can easily compare firms across a geographic area to find the best talent for your needs, wherever it exists.
We also cover specialist areas of law on a UK-wide basis, such as asset finance, energy and natural resources, media and entertainment, and shipping.
To learn about how we conduct our unrivalled research and how you can take part, please visit our methodology page.
UK Lawyer Rankings Since 2019
Our lawyer rankings showcase the best legal talent at all levels in the legal profession. Watch the growth in the number of lawyers we rank below.
Chambers UK 2024 Guide: Summary
Chambers UK 2024 is now available online, covering dozens of regions throughout England, as well as Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Channel Islands. London, being the UK’s largest legal market, has the most in-depth legal coverage and insights.
5,460
Ranked Departments – an increase of 220
12,913
Individual Rankings – an increase of 834
1,179
Associates ranked – 114 added this year
761
Up-and-coming Individuals Ranked
505
Women added to the rankings
Chambers UK 2024 Guide Launch Event
Watch the Chambers UK 2024 guide launch on-demand here.
Chambers UK Guide 2024: Highlights
Chambers and Partners has been the leading source of independent legal market intelligence for over 30 years. The UK team alone has more than 70 experienced, dedicated researchers ranking the best law firms and solicitors. Chambers as a whole has around 200 dedicated researchers. This contributes to a wealth of local knowledge and market insight that you can trust to base your legal-buying decisions on.
New UK legal ranking tables for 2024
Restructuring/Insolvency: Disputes
We have introduced a new R&I disputes table because of the recent growth in insolvencies and related disputes. Firms wishing to be considered for that table should submit to the main Restructuring/Insolvency: London section in February 2024. Firms outside of London should continue to include contentious work in their regionals submissions, as normal.
Employment: High Court Litigation
This year in Chambers UK we have introduced a spotlight Employment: High Court Litigation table. This has been prompted by an increase in high-value and complex employment litigation, much of which centres on team moves, breaches of restrictive covenants and the protection of confidential information. We will be accepting submissions for this category in February 2024.
Reconfigured UK legal ranking tables for 2024
Private Equity: Buyouts
We have changed the names of these tables. High-end Capability is now called £500 million and above. Mid Market is now called Up to £500 million.
Corporate/M&A outside of London
Most regions now contain tables called £25 million and above and £5 milllion and above, which replace the previous tables called Mid-Market & Private Equity, and Lower Mid Market.
Capital Markets and Real Estate Finance
These tables are now UK-wide to help buyers discover the top UK law firms and lawyers and are open to law firms and lawyers from around the UK.
Investment Funds
Secondaries now ranks firms and lawyers in distinct bands, while Venture Capital and Credit Funds rank lawyers in different tiers. Credit Funds also has a spotlight table for departments.
Sanctions
Previously a spotlight table in the 2023 guide, Sanctions now includes three tiers for both department and lawyer rankings.
Inquests and Public Inquiries
As these areas of UK law continue to grow, both of these tables now include bands for lawyers and law firms.
Financial Crime
Firms now have the opportunity to be ranked in Financial Crime: Private Prosecutions alongside our lawyers rankings.
Energy & Natural Resources
Mining: International and Mining: Domestic ranking tables now include department insights and analysis.
The research for Chambers UK 2024 took place between January and July 2023.
Regions in the UK 2023 guide explained
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What do Clients of Legal Services Value the Most?
Discover what clients of legal services value the most as the Chambers UK team discovered during the research into the 2024 guide.
The Legal Landscape of Law Firm Mergers in the UK
Discover how law firms in the UK have been dealing with the legal market's uncertainty from the research into the 2024 guide.
SME-Focused Firms
Chambers and Partners is introducing a new category in its UK guide. SME-focused Firms is aimed at successful law firms that cater to smaller businesses.
AI and the law
Discover how AI has been used in the legal profession and its future in this Chambers Legal Topic article.
Nominate a peer for consideration in the DEI Champions rankings
Learn more about the DEI Champions table in the Chambers UK guide and how you can nominate a peer to be included in the table.
New areas for submissions in Chambers UK 2025
Discover the several new practice areas opening up for submissions in Chambers UK 2025.
Diversity in Chambers UK 2024
The Chambers UK team share key diversity statistics across the UK legal market discovered during research for the 2024 UK Guide.
Changes to Corporate/M&A in Chambers 2024
Chambers UK continues to rename its transactional sections to make them as intuitive as possible for clients using the legal guide.
What changes will there be in Chambers UK 2024?
The UK team explains changes to the upcoming Chambers UK 2024 Guide.
Meet the Chambers Legal Research Team
Al Marsh
UK Research Director:
Commercial Contracts, Competition, Corporate/M&A, Franchising, Hotels & Leisure, Investment Funds, Private Equity, Retail, Sport
Steven Preston
Head of UK Solicitors Research:
Banking & Finance, Capital Markets, Consumer Finance, Employee Share Schemes & Incentives, Financial Services, Insurance, Offshore, Pensions, Pensions Litigation, Restructuring/Insolvency, Tax
Maisie Watson
Research Manager:
Asset Finance, Commodities, Construction, Energy & Natural Resources, Environment, Planning, Projects/Infrastructure, Real Estate, Real Estate Finance, Shipping
Louise Monty
Research Manager:
Banking Litigation, Commercial and Corporate Litigation (London), Financial Crime, Fraud: Civil, Group Litigation, International Arbitration, Litigation (Regions), Mediators, POCA, Professional Discipline, Professional Negligence, Real Estate Litigation
Francois Gill
Principal Research Specialist:
Aviation, Data Protection, Defamation/Reputation Management, Gaming & Licensing, Information Technology and Outsourcing, Intellectual Property, Life Sciences, Media & Entertainment, Telecommunications, Transport
Tanya Shaar
Research Manager
Administrative and Public Law, Charities, Civil Liberties and Human Rights, Education, Employment, Immigration, Local Government, Parliamentary & Public Affairs, Partnership, Police Law, Public International Law, Public Procurement
Lydia Burt
Principal Research Specialist:
Clinical Negligence, Court of Protection, Crime, Extradition, Family/Matrimonial including Children Law, Health & Safety, Healthcare, Mental Health, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Social Housing, Travel, SME-Focused firms
About our Legal Rankings
Rankings are assessed by our dedicated team of experienced analysts and are updated every year. Every quote you see in our editorial was obtained in the most recent research period.
Our unrivalled research process involves interviewing both lawyers and their clients to obtain a view of each submitting law firm and understanding the level of service and work offered.
To learn about how we conduct research into the guide, please visit our methodology page.
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In-Depth Overviews
ADMINISTRATIVE & PUBLIC LAW: An Introduction
Public law issues have dominated the headlines in recent years. From Brexit and COVID-19, to asylu...
CRIME: An Introduction
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FINANCIAL CRIME: CORPORATES: An Introduction
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FINANCIAL CRIME: INDIVIDUALS: An Introduction
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FINANCIAL SERVICES: An Introduction
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GROUP LITIGATION: CLAIMANT: An Introduction
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HEALTH & SAFETY: An Introduction
Following the publication of the Health and Safety Executive’s (HSE’s) 10-year strategy, its 2023/2...
PARTNERSHIP: An Introduction
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PENSIONS LITIGATION: An Introduction
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