GLOBAL PRACTICE GUIDES

Expert Commentary on Legal Issues

Chambers Global Practice Guides provide in-house counsel with expert legal commentary on the main practice areas in key jurisdictions around the world.
The guides focus on the practical legal issues affecting business and enable the reader to compare legislation and procedure across a range of key jurisdictions.

For every guide we select Contributing Editors who are ranked in the relevant Chambers Guides as the best in their field. The individual contributors who write the ‘Law and Practice’ and ‘Trends & Developments’ sections are selected on the same basis.


Latest Publications
Banking Regulation 2026

The new 2026 Banking Regulation guide features over 30 jurisdictions and covers the requirements for acquiring or increasing control over a bank; corporate governance; anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorist financing (CTF) requirements; depositor protection; capital, liquidity and related risk control requirements; insolvency, recovery and resolution of banks; and the latest regulatory developments.

Anti-Corruption 2026

The Anti-Corruption 2026 guide covers a range of key jurisdictions. Experts discuss bribery, influence-peddling, financial record-keeping, offences relating to public officials and lobbying, limitation periods, the geographical reach of legislation, corporate liability, defences and exceptions, safe harbour programmes, protection for whistle-blowers, and landmark investigations.


Recently Updated Practice Areas
Banking Regulation 2026
Last Updated: 09/12/2025

The new 2026 Banking Regulation guide features over 30 jurisdictions and covers the requirements for acquiring or increasing control over a bank; corporate governance; anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorist financing (CTF) requirements; depositor protection; capital, liquidity and related risk control requirements; insolvency, recovery and resolution of banks; and the latest regulatory developments.

Anti-Corruption 2026
Last Updated: 04/12/2025

The Anti-Corruption 2026 guide covers a range of key jurisdictions. Experts discuss bribery, influence-peddling, financial record-keeping, offences relating to public officials and lobbying, limitation periods, the geographical reach of legislation, corporate liability, defences and exceptions, safe harbour programmes, protection for whistle-blowers, and landmark investigations.

Litigation 2026
Last Updated: 02/12/2025

The 2026 Litigation Global Practice Guide features over 60 jurisdictions. It provides the latest legal information on litigation funding, initiating a lawsuit, pre-trial proceedings, discovery, injunctive relief, trials and hearings, settlement, damages and judgment, appeals, costs, and alternative dispute resolution (ADR), including arbitration.

Environmental Law 2025
Last Updated: 27/11/2025

The Environmental Law 2025 guide features 25 jurisdictions. The guide provides the latest legal information on environmental policies and laws; regulatory authorities; environmental permitting, incidents, damages and liability (both corporate and personal); insurance; lender and civil liability; contaminated land; asbestos and PCBs; waste; climate change; environmental disclosure; and environmental due diligence.