What changes will there be in Chambers UK 2024?
The next Chambers UK guide will be released on 19 October 2023. It will contain numerous new, reorganised and expanded sections which the team provide an update on below.
Published on 4 September 2023
Written by Alex Marsh
Insights into the UK legal market
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New legal ranking tables in Chambers UK 2024 Guide
- Restructuring/Insolvency: Disputes in London
- Employment: Employer: High Court Litigation in London
- Environment & Climate Change in London replaces the separate Environment and Climate Change tables
Existing tables with new rankings for an increased coverage of the UK legal market
- Energy & Natural Resources: Mining: International and Energy & Natural Resources: Mining: Domestic now include rankings for firms
- Investment Funds: Secondaries now includes rankings for firms
- Investment Funds: Private Equity: Credit Funds now includes a spotlight table for firms
- Inquests now includes rankings for firms
- Public Inquiries now includes rankings for firms
- There are now separate Corporate and Finance tables for lawyers in Offshore: Jersey
Expanded tables in Chambers UK Guide
The following tables have been expanded from spotlight tables to full rankings with distinct bands:
- Sanctions
- Inquests (for individuals)
- Public Inquiries (for individuals)
- Investment Funds: Private Equity: Venture Capital (for individuals)
- Investment Funds: Private Equity: Secondaries (for individuals)
- Investment Funds: Private Equity: Credit Funds (for individuals)
Changes to the names of legal ranking tables in Chambers UK 2024
- Corporate/M&A in East Anglia, The South, South West, Thames Valley, North West, Yorkshire, East Midlands and West Midlands now includes tables called £25 million and Above, and £5 million and above
- Private Equity: Buyouts now features tables called £500 million and above, and Up to £500 million
- Professional Negligence in North East and Yorkshire is now a single table that includes firms and lawyers on both the claimant's and defendant's side
- Media & Entertainment: Theatre becomes Media & Entertainment: Theatre & Live Events
- Media & Entertainment: Gaming & Social Media becomes Media & Entertainment: Games, Interactive Entertainment & Social Media
Geographical changes to cover more of the UK's legal market
- Real Estate Finance is now UK-wide
- Capital Markets is now UK-wide