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.
The Defamation & Reputation Management 2026 guide provides the latest legal information and up-to-date commentary on claims of defamation and harassment (including their reputational impact), as well as violations of privacy and data protection laws. Areas covered include grounds, remedies, deadlines and defences, forum choice, and costs. The guide also explores the regulatory and media environment in each of the jurisdictions featured.
The Investment Funds 2026 guide covers over two dozen key jurisdictions in this sector. The guide provides the latest information on alternative investment funds and retail funds, including fund formation, restrictions on investors, the regulatory environment, operational requirements, the fund finance market, and the applicable tax regime.
The Defamation & Reputation Management 2026 guide provides the latest legal information and up-to-date commentary on claims of defamation and harassment (including their reputational impact), as well as violations of privacy and data protection laws. Areas covered include grounds, remedies, deadlines and defences, forum choice, and costs. The guide also explores the regulatory and media environment in each of the jurisdictions featured.
The Investment Funds 2026 guide covers over two dozen key jurisdictions in this sector. The guide provides the latest information on alternative investment funds and retail funds, including fund formation, restrictions on investors, the regulatory environment, operational requirements, the fund finance market, and the applicable tax regime.
The HR Internal Investigations 2026 guide features the latest legal developments in this field across more than 20 key jurisdictions. It provides information relating to the full scope of an internal investigation, from initial steps, to interviews and fact-finding, protecting the parties and balancing their rights and obligations, procedural requirements and proof, and finally the handling of the outcome. The guide also explores data protection considerations, AI, whistle-blowing, sexual harassment and multi-jurisdictional investigations.
The Life Sciences & Pharma IP Litigation 2026 guide features 15 major life sciences jurisdictions. The guide provides up-to-date coverage of developments in patent litigation, generic and biosimilar market entry, patent term extensions, available forms of relief, other IP rights, appeal, ADR and settlement/antitrust considerations.