Ranking statistics for the top law firms ranked in International & Cross-Border Capabilities sections

This year's edition of Chambers Global: International & Cross-Border Capabilities (I&CBC) features 1,018 legal department rankings, and 372 firms ranked within 23 separate areas of law.

The guide includes coverage for jurisdictions across the world, with extensive coverage across 39 countries.

In the visualisation below, we have highlighted those law firms with the largest number of department rankings across our I&CBC sections:

Baker McKenzie has the highest number of department rankings in the guide, boasting 40 department rankings across various I&CBC sections in the 2022 iteration. These imposing figures reflect the firm's exceptionally broad and established offering globally, both in terms of its full-service law capabilities and its on-the-ground presence in a wide range of markets.

The law firm's long-standing model of opening joint ventures with local firms combined with its longstanding tie-ups with associated firms in restricted markets, has allowed the firm to establish this impressively vast network.  

In second place, established UK-headquartered firm DLA Piper LLP also performs strongly this year with an impressive 31 department rankings, showing especially strong rankings coverage in EMEA.  

This is followed closely by the law firm, Allen & Overy LLP with 28 department rankings.

Hogan Lovells attain 27 department rankings and the firm Linklaters with 65 department rankings.

Naturally, international law firms tend to dominate the top of this chart due to their more extensive office networks.

Chambers has introduced 42 new department rankings in the International & Cross-Border sections within the Chambers Global 2022 guide as our coverage continues to offer the most in-depth insights into specialised practice areas of law.

This year Baker McKenzie, Allen & Overy, Covington & Burling and Norton Rose Fulbright each gain 2 new department rankings in the guide, the highest number of any law firms included this year.

The Chambers Business Intelligence platform has provided the ranking data presented and is a tool for law firms of all sizes to utilise, providing an extensive view of the global legal market, historical rankings and editorial and competitive intelligence and peer analysis, all designed to provide actionable insights for firms.

The Chambers Global guide 2022 will be released on February 17. Register your free attendance to the Chambers Global Launch webinar here.