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Who are we?

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Chambers and Partners have published guides to the legal profession since 1990. With a team of 200+ full-time researchers at our London head office we identify and rank the world's best lawyers and law firms based on in-depth, objective research.

Question 2

What are Chambers ranking criteria?

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Our researchers conduct in depth interviews with thousands of lawyers and clients. All interviews are conducted purely for research purposes and are entirely confidential and unattributed.
We select our sources on the basis of:

Submissions put forward by legal practices
Interviews during the course of research
Our own database resources

Rankings are assessed on criteria that include technical legal ability, professional conduct, client service, commercial awareness/astuteness, diligence, commitment, and other qualities that the client considers relevant.

Question 3

How to search for a firm or lawyer

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We offer two searches: browsing our guides for the ranking tables by jurisdictions and searching for lawyers / law-firms by name, practice area and location on the search engine on our home page here

Question 4

What are Chambers guides?

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Each guide offers in-depth analysis of the legal market within a specific region (the UK, Europe, Asia, USA, Latin America and Canada), whilst the Global guide offers worldwide coverage, ranking lawyers and law firms with leading international practices.

Question 5

Brexit and the transfer of personal data outside of the European Union

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We are delighted to confirm that the Brexit agreement reached means that organisations based in the EU/EEA can continue to transfer personal data to us.

This is because the UK will maintain high standards of protection for personal data which includes the same regulatory framework for data protection as in the EU. A full explanatory document about this from the UK government is available here. If you have any doubts about this, we would encourage you to review this to satisfy yourselves that the UK is a safe destination for personal data.

Question 6

How are search results prioritised?

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Search results are now based on the following rules, ordered by importance, to help give the user a more exact match to the word or phrase being searched for:

Exact matches: Records with exact word matches will be positioned higher. The presence of exact search phrase matches will result in higher positioning on the search results. The number of times the words within the phrase appear will not affect the positioning.

Adjacent words: Records with key search words positioned next to each other will be placed higher than words with one or more words between them.

Typos: Records with typos rank lower.

If multiple search results have the same search score, they will be organised into alphabetical order to make the search results easier to navigate.

Other factors that influence the search result are:

The accuracy and relevance of the search input (e.g. more precise and specific terms rank better)
Search results are also influenced by the keywords that are available in the Ranking Tables themselves, in the names of the Firm or Individual, amongst other factors.

Question 7

How does the new search logic work for Practice Areas?

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Search is done through the following data:

Ranking table name

Ranking table location (incl. related country, region, or city)

Guide name

Ranking table overview

The search results are prioritised based on the following rules described here. If multiple practice areas have the same search score, they will be organised into alphabetical order.

Question 8

How does the new search logic work for Firms?

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Search is done through the following data:

Firm name

Head office location (country and city)

Ranked offices

List of profiles in guides

The search results are prioritised based on the following rules described here. If multiple firms have the same search score, they will be organised into alphabetical order.

Question 9

How does the new search logic work for Individuals?

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Search is done through the following data:

Individual name
Firm name
Location where an individual is based (country and city)
Rankings
Key sectors

The search results are prioritised based on the following rules described here. If multiple firms have the same search ranking, they will be organised into alphabetical order.

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