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
Corporate & Commercial 2026

The new Corporate & Commercial 2026 guide features expert coverage from close to 50 jurisdictions around the world. The guide provides up-to-date legal insight into the laws and regulations governing business entities, corporate governance, shareholder rights, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, commercial contracts, foreign investment, and regulatory compliance. It also examines employment, secured transactions, ESG obligations, anti-corruption measures, and emerging issues such as AI regulation.

Technology & Outsourcing 2026

The Technology & Outsourcing 2026 guide provides up-to-date legal insight on IT outsourcing; business process outsourcing; legal and regulatory restrictions on outsourcing; industry-specific restrictions; legal or regulatory restrictions on data processing or data security; contract models; contract terms, including customer protections and liability; HR issues; and asset transfer terms.


Recently Updated Practice Areas
Corporate & Commercial 2026
Last Updated: 28/10/2026

The new Corporate & Commercial 2026 guide features expert coverage from close to 50 jurisdictions around the world. The guide provides up-to-date legal insight into the laws and regulations governing business entities, corporate governance, shareholder rights, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, commercial contracts, foreign investment, and regulatory compliance. It also examines employment, secured transactions, ESG obligations, anti-corruption measures, and emerging issues such as AI regulation.

Technology & Outsourcing 2026
Last Updated: 27/10/2026

The Technology & Outsourcing 2026 guide provides up-to-date legal insight on IT outsourcing; business process outsourcing; legal and regulatory restrictions on outsourcing; industry-specific restrictions; legal or regulatory restrictions on data processing or data security; contract models; contract terms, including customer protections and liability; HR issues; and asset transfer terms.

White-Collar Crime 2026
Last Updated: 22/10/2026

The 2026 White-Collar Crime guide features close to 30 jurisdictions and provides the latest legal information on criminal company law and corporate fraud, corporate and personal liability, white-collar enforcement authorities, bribery and influence peddling, insider dealing and market abuse, tax fraud, cartels, cybercrime, money laundering, white-collar defences, and whistle-blowing.

Investor–State Arbitration 2026
Last Updated: 21/10/2026

The Investor–State Arbitration 2026 guide covers a host of key jurisdictions and provides up-to-date legal insight into treaty-based and contract-based arbitration frameworks. It examines national positions on investor–state arbitration, key treaties and conventions, dispute resolution trends, third-party funding, damages and valuation, and the role of domestic courts in enforcement and interim relief.