Chambers Submissions Process

We often need to subdivide our coverage of a practice area – for example, TMT might be split into Information Technology, Media and Telecommunications. 

It is best to contact the Research Manager covering the section as this can vary from section to section.

Please note that in Chambers USA, you are often encouraged to submit separately to different subsections. Please contact the Chambers US Editor with specific questions.

You do not need to send us separate submissions for countries covered in Chambers Global if these countries are covered in one of our other guides (UK, USA, Latin America, Europe, Asia-Pacific).

The country submission will be used for both guides.

Firms are encouraged to provide Foreign Expert and Foreign Desk information through a new specialised spreadsheet, which can now be found on our website alongside the Submission Document and Reference Spreadsheet forms.

For clarification, our definition of these categories are as follows:

Foreign Experts and Foreign Desks are individuals or teams with expertise in a different jurisdiction from where they are based. These individuals and teams are particularly highly regarded for international and cross-border work.

Usually, they will be identified in the jurisdiction in which they are based and in their country of expertise.

One form can be provided for all practice area in each jurisdiction, including requested information for all relevant practitioners on the first sheet and all relevant foreign desks on the second.

For Foreign Experts, a line should be completed for each practitioner, including additional lines to highlight multiple locations of foreign expertise for the same practitioner.

The location of expertise can be only be selected from a specific list of jurisdictions. Firms are also able to identify if the practitioner is qualified in each jurisdiction, with the option of briefly outlining the nature of their expertise if not.

It is the same format for Foreign Desks, again with the relevant location selected from a drop-down list of specific jurisdictions. However, there is also an additional field to highlight the practice area this desk primarily focuses on.

It is worth noting that this form does not affect the Experts Based Abroad designations, which we still encourage firms to submit for in the relevant jurisdictions.

Once the form is completed please email to [email protected].

'Foreign Experts' (who will feature strongly in the global guide) are lawyers with specialist expertise in a foreign jurisdiction. They may be dual-qualified, or just have particular knowledge of a jurisdiction other than that in which they are based.

Global Market Leaders sections rank firms which have truly international practices.

In many cases, Continent-wide and Global-wide means firms which have attained rankings in a range of country sections for the relevant practice area, where this is possible. Please only take part in Continent-wide research if this description accords with your firm.

Continent-wide practice areas:

For continent-wide practice areas (as opposed to your country practices) we need separate submissions in addition to the country submissions. Continent-wide submissions should show work which demonstrates your firm's pan-regional capability.

We do not contact referees for Europe-wide unless they are for International Trade/WTO or Regulatory & Public Affairs, for which we encourage both referees and separate submissions – for any questions, please contact the Chambers Europe Editor.

Global-Wide and Global Market Leaders practice area:

Submissions and references however are encouraged for all of the Global Market Leaders sections. Global Market Leaders identify truly specialist firms and practitioners that are heavily involved in what might be better described as niche, but highly influential parts of the international market
These include;

• Agribusiness
• Asset Finance
• Shipping
• Climate Change
• Business & Human Rights
• International Trade/WTO
• Franchising
• Outsourcing
• Gaming & Gambling
• Public International Law
• Public international law: Most in demand Arbitrators
• Arbitration(International)
• International Arbitration: Most in demand Arbitrators
• Leading Law Firm Networks