Celebrating New York’s Leading Small Law Firms: Chambers 2025 New York Spotlight Guide Launch

Building on our existing coverage of the top small firms in the state, the 2025 New York Spotlight Guide provides more options than ever before for legal buyers looking for go-to counsel in New York.   

In the evolving landscape of legal services, our dedicated Spotlight team continues to remain cognizant of our clients’ ever-changing needs. This year, the team conducted hundreds of interviews with attorneys to better understand the New York market.   

This engagement enabled the research team to expand our existing practice area coverage with the addition of 17 brand new distinct practice areas. Our latest legal rankings and legal insights provide greater opportunities for firms to showcase their expertise and reach a broader audience of in-house counsel and will allow legal buyers to identify and connect with the best small to medium-sized law firms across the state.   

New York continues to be one of the world’s main destinations for legal work, housing an expansive legal market supporting a range of practices and offering significant opportunities for small firms.   

In response to market feedback, we’ve separated out our existing Dispute Resolution listing into Litigation: General Commercial and International Arbitration to better reflect firm expertise. Furthermore, the uptick in securities litigation filings sees us showcase the top small firms handling shareholder disputes, contested M&A bids and corporate governance claims.   

The increase in regulatory scrutiny by enforcement bodies featured heavily in our conversations with lawyers, and as such, in addition to our existing White-Collar Crime listing, we’re also shining a light on the leading firms in the International Trade and Antitrust spaces.  

We’ve also cut out separate industry tables this year – with a brand-new Construction table to reflect the increase in development projects and a new Insurance table, which showcases the top small firms handling contentious, non-contentious and reinsurance matters. In addition, we’re also listing firms that stand out for their Media & Entertainment, Transportation, Tech & Outsourcing, Healthcare and Environment expertise.   

The role of law firms in the Privacy & Data Security space has become even more prevalent with the rapid rise of cybercrime and the increasingly complex array of regulations and compliance demands governing cyber security. As such, we’re highlighting the leading firms that offer go-to counsel in this space.   

With government regulators paying close attention to the digital assets industry, we are seeing small firms frequently retained on enforcement, investigations and litigation in the space. With our brand-new FinTech table, we showcase the top small firms providing advice to crypto and blockchain companies.  

Drawing on our existing Corporate/Commercial coverage, we’ve also separated out and expanded our list of firms that have noteworthy practices in the Securities, Bankruptcy & Restructuring and Tax spaces, to offer buyers the choice of the leading small firms when making critical business decisions. 

The state’s diversified business community is reflected in this second-time Chambers Spotlight guide, with 210 firms ranked in 8 cities covering a new total of 24 distinct practice areas.   

This resource connects legal buyers with trusted counsel from leading firms across the state. Explore the complete guide on November 12 here.