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Chambers Europe Guide 2027 Research Schedule

We are delighted to announce that the research schedule and submission deadline dates for the Chambers Europe 2027 guide are now live and can be viewed on our research schedule page. 
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Published on 5 December 2025
Written by Magdalena Parkitna
Magdalena Parkitna

Key Updates For 2027

We are pleased to reveal the following new tables, introduced for the first time in the upcoming research cycle:

  • Austria – new table for Startups & Emerging Companies;
  • Belgium - specialised Arbitration, Litigation and White-Collar Crime tables;
  • Czech Republic – new Life Sciences table;
  • Croatia – new table for Projects & Energy;
  • Estonia – new IT & Data Protection sub-table under Intellectual Property;
  • Italy - specialised Arbitration and Litigation tables, with Litigation also featuring Elite and Highly Regarded sub-tables;
  • Italy – new table for General Business Law: Regions;
  • Italy – new specialised table for Foreign Investment;
  • Lithuania - new IT & Data Protection sub-table under Intellectual Property;
  • Netherlands - dedicated Environment, Social & Governance (ESG) table;
  • Netherlands – specialised Sport table;
  • Netherlands – specialised table for Telecoms, Media & Broadcasting;
  • Netherlands – specialised table for Information Technology & Outsourcing;
  • Netherlands – specialised table for Data Protection;
  • Poland – new specialised Financial Services Regulatory;
  • Poland – new standalone Insurance table;
  • Poland – specialised table for Data Protection;
  • Portugal – new Data Protection sub-table under TMT;
  • Romania – new Life Sciences table;
  • Spain – specialised Project Finance table;
  • Spain – new Banking & Finance: Borrowers table;
  • Turkey – new Insurance sub-table under Shipping;
  • Ukraine – new Projects table;


We are also thrilled to announce changes to the following tables:

  • Belgium - Intellectual Property has been split into Patent and General - Mostly Trade Mark/Copyright;
  • Denmark - new Venture Capital sub-table under Corporate / M&A;
  • Finland - new Venture Capital sub-table under Corporate / M&A;
  • Italy – Capital Markets now features new Derivatives sub-table;
  • Italy – dedicated Tax: Litigation sub-table under Tax;
  • Luxembourg – Banking & Finance now features a new sub-table for Regulatory;
  • Luxembourg – the Tax table now features a Consultants sub-table;
  • Netherlands – Corporate / M&A has three value-based tables:  €250 million and above, €50-250 million and €5-50 million;
  • Norway – new Media sub-table under Intellectual Property;
  • Norway – new Venture Capital sub-table under Corporate / M&A;
  • Poland - Litigation table now features Elite and Highly Regarded sub-tables;
  • Poland – Private Equity now features specialised table for Venture Capital;
  • Romania – new specialised Litigation sub-table under Tax;
  • Serbia – the Intellectual Property table is now renamed as Intellectual Property & TMT;
  • Spain – Tax table now features specialised Elite and Highly Regarded sub-tables;
  • Sweden - new Venture Capital sub-table under Corporate / M&A;
  • Switzerland – the Tax table now has a new sub-table for Indirect Tax;
  • Switzerland – White-Collar Crime is no longer a sub-section under Litigation and is now a standalone table;
  • Ukraine – White-Collar Crime is now a standalone table;


As a general rule, we allow one submission document and one referee list per law firm per practice area. However, we may allow multiple submission documents with work highlights in sections with sub-tables. Please refer to the research comments on the schedule online for more information, or please get in touch with either Magdalena Parkitna at [email protected] or the relevant Research Manager.


Referee Rules

Key change for Chambers Europe 2027 Guide is that we now allow up to 30 referees for all of the practice areas in the following jurisdictions:

  • Italy
  • Netherlands
  • Poland
  • Spain
  • Switzerland

Furthermore, we will also continue to allow law firms to send 30 referees in selected practice areas in selected jurisdictions. Please find below the full list of sections which will allow for 30 referees, grouped by country:

  • Austria - Banking & Finance, Corporate / M&A, Litigation, Arbitration
  • Belgium – Arbitration, Banking & Finance, Competition / European Law, Corporate / M&A, Litigation
  • Czech Republic - Banking & Finance, Corporate / M&A, Dispute Resolution
  • Denmark - Banking & Finance, Corporate / M&A, Dispute Resolution
  • Finland - Banking & Finance, Corporate / M&A, Dispute Resolution
  • Greece - Banking & Finance, Corporate / Commercial, Dispute Resolution
  • Ireland - Banking & Finance, Corporate / M&A, Dispute Resolution
  • Luxembourg - Banking & Finance, Corporate / M&A
  • Malta – General Business Law
  • Norway - Banking & Finance, Corporate / M&A, Dispute Resolution
  • Portugal - Banking & Finance, Corporate / M&A, Dispute Resolution
  • Romania - Corporate / M&A, Dispute Resolution
  • Serbia - Corporate / Commercial, Dispute Resolution
  • Slovakia - Banking & Finance, Corporate / M&A, Dispute Resolution
  • Sweden - Banking & Finance, Corporate / M&A, Dispute Resolution
  • Turkey - Corporate / M&A, Litigation, Arbitration


While law firms are now free to allocate these extra referees as they wish, we advise using referees to showcase the depth and breadth of team, including highlighting more junior partners and associates.  

For all other sections, please continue to send 20 referees per law firm, unless research notes say otherwise.


Europe-wide and CEE-wide Referees

As in previous years, we do not accept referees for Europe-wide sections, except for International Trade/WTO and Regulatory & Public Affairs.

We will continue to follow the same methodology in CEE-wide tables and firms are no longer required to send in referees for those sections. Instead, we will use referee feedback and information from the respective local practice areas as part of the CEE-wide research.


Ukraine Research Update

We are pleased to confirm that we will be able to accept submissions and referee lists for the following practice areas:

  • Banking & Finance
  • Corporate / M&A
  • Competition / Antitrust
  • Dispute Resolution
  • Employment
  • Intellectual Property
  • Restructuring & Insolvency
  • Tax
  • White-Collar Crime

Law firms are also welcome to send in submissions, showcasing their best work from the last 12-15 months, for the following practice areas:

  • Energy & Natural Resources
  • Projects
  • Real Estate

We are currently looking at the possibility of also accepting referees in the aforementioned areas. We will continue to monitor the situation, and we will let you know ahead of time if we will also open these sections for referees.

Should you have any questions, please get in touch with Magdalena Parkitna at [email protected].