Chambers France

Chambers France 2025, a new guide based on more in-depth national research, allowing us to cover a wider range of business sectors and offer an even more detailed analysis of the most talented teams and lawyers operating in this market.

Our inaugural legal rankings for the French legal market are unparalleled in accuracy, depth, and quality, conducted by our dedicated team of independent French-speaking researchers. This ensures that our outcomes are trusted and credible globally. Discover the best law firms and lawyers in France, with Chambers

For more details on our methodology and insights into our submission process and how your firm can rank in the Chambers France guide, visit the methodology page.

The Chambers France guide and legal rankings cover 53 practice areas at nationwide level. These ranking tables help in identifying the best practice law firms and lawyers working across the French legal market.

Rankings at a regional level are based upon the location in which a law firm or lawyer practices regardless of where their clients are located across France or globally, or where their deals and cases take place.

French law firms who have been ranked in Band 1 for their departments have demonstrated the highest quality in their Technical legal ability, Professional conduct and Client service. Discover which firms have achieved Band 1 rankings below.

To view a list of the best law firms in France, please click here.

Below we share an insight into the top law firms in France who have achieved 10+ lawyer rankings in the guide.

To view a full list of the best lawyers in France, please click here.

We share resources to help you improve your application for when submissions are open via our Submission Kit which contains a checklist and tips for a convincing and quality submission here.

Keep up to date with all of your relevant submission deadlines throughout the year and get personalised submission reminders in your calendar here. 

By having our researchers spend several months in carefully analysing and researching each submitting French law firm and conducting several thousands of hours of interviews with referees, our rankings offer the most in-depth and comprehensive coverage of each law firm for those looking to find a lawyer or law firm in France for legal advice and work. 

Discover the new Chambers France tables and their submission deadlines below so you don’t miss the opportunity to be ranked, click here.

Chambers’ best in class research teams assess lawyers and law firms across France, conducting thousands of one-on-one interviews per year with in-house counsel and third-party experts. The quality of our people ensures the highest accuracy in all that we do.  

By providing independent and impartial intelligence and market insight, Chambers supports and enables decision makers to secure the talent that's right for them, while saving time and mitigating risk. 

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Discover the new Chambers France tables and their submission deadlines below so you don’t miss the opportunity to be ranked.

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You can consult our FAQ page to learn more about deadlines, applications, and recent developments concerning Chambers France. We will regularly update the FAQ over the coming months by adding new information. The FAQ for new guides is also available in French.

If your practice area isn't listed, please get in touch with Charline Thiebault or another member of the team who will be able to direct your query.

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