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
Private Equity 2025

The Private Equity 2025 guide features over 50 jurisdictions. The guide provides the latest legal information on mergers and acquisitions; due diligence; the structure of transactions; terms of acquisition documentation; public-to-private takeovers; mandatory offer thresholds; hostile takeover offers; management incentives; shareholder oversight and liability; and exits, including by an initial public offering (IPO).

Child Relocation 2025

The Child Relocation 2025 guide features 15 jurisdictions, spanning Europe, the Americas, Asia, Africa, Australia, and the Middle East. The guide provides the latest legal information on whose consent is required for child relocation, the possibility of relocation without full consent, applications to state authorities for permission to relocate, relocation within a jurisdiction, the steps taken to return abducted children, and the role of the Hague Convention. The guide also covers parental responsibility, particularly as it applies to birth parents and non-genetic parents, the relevance of marriage, and the treatment of same-sex relationships in this area.


Recently Updated Practice Areas
Private Equity 2025
Last Updated: 11/09/2025

The Private Equity 2025 guide features over 50 jurisdictions. The guide provides the latest legal information on mergers and acquisitions; due diligence; the structure of transactions; terms of acquisition documentation; public-to-private takeovers; mandatory offer thresholds; hostile takeover offers; management incentives; shareholder oversight and liability; and exits, including by an initial public offering (IPO).

Child Relocation 2025
Last Updated: 09/09/2025

The Child Relocation 2025 guide features 15 jurisdictions, spanning Europe, the Americas, Asia, Africa, Australia, and the Middle East. The guide provides the latest legal information on whose consent is required for child relocation, the possibility of relocation without full consent, applications to state authorities for permission to relocate, relocation within a jurisdiction, the steps taken to return abducted children, and the role of the Hague Convention. The guide also covers parental responsibility, particularly as it applies to birth parents and non-genetic parents, the relevance of marriage, and the treatment of same-sex relationships in this area.

Employment 2025
Last Updated: 04/09/2025

The Employment 2025 guide covers over 40 jurisdictions. The guide provides the latest legal information on terms of employment, non-compete and non-solicitation clauses, data privacy law, foreign workers, the role of unions and employee representative bodies, termination of employment, employment disputes and dispute resolution.

Child Support & Spousal Maintenance 2025
Last Updated: 03/09/2025

The new Child Support & Spousal Maintenance 2025 guide provides the latest legal information and up-to-date commentary on developments around questions of parentage, the calculation and duration of child support and spousal maintenance, enforcement and remedies (including the role of administrative agencies), modification of support/maintenance orders, and the recognition and enforcement of foreign orders.