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 Banking & Finance 2025 guide covers over 40 jurisdictions. The guide provides the latest legal information on the loan market in each jurisdiction covered, including the impact of global conflicts and ESG lending; loan structuring and documentation, including restrictions on foreign lenders; tax issues; guarantees and security; enforcement; bankruptcy and insolvency; and project finance.
The new 2025 Franchising guide provides the latest legal information on franchising agreements; disclosure requirements and exemptions; registration of franchises and the consequences of failing to register; past-profitability requirements; duration, renewal and termination; competition restrictions, including territorial exclusivity and channel reservation; choice of governing law of the franchise agreement; and tax and franchise fee/royalty issues.
The Banking & Finance 2025 guide covers over 40 jurisdictions. The guide provides the latest legal information on the loan market in each jurisdiction covered, including the impact of global conflicts and ESG lending; loan structuring and documentation, including restrictions on foreign lenders; tax issues; guarantees and security; enforcement; bankruptcy and insolvency; and project finance.
The new 2025 Franchising guide provides the latest legal information on franchising agreements; disclosure requirements and exemptions; registration of franchises and the consequences of failing to register; past-profitability requirements; duration, renewal and termination; competition restrictions, including territorial exclusivity and channel reservation; choice of governing law of the franchise agreement; and tax and franchise fee/royalty issues.
The 2025 Cloud Computing guide provides the latest information on data privacy regulation in relation to cloud computing and cross-border data transfers, penalties for non-compliance with such regulation, data security in the cloud, data ownership and portability, due diligence and vendor management in cloud service agreements, requirements to investigate and remedy data breaches, and compliance/auditing in the cloud computing space.
The Insurance Litigation 2025 guide features 20 jurisdictions. The guide provides the latest legal information on alternative dispute resolution (ADR), the enforcement of foreign judgments, the applicability of the New York Convention, coverage disputes, claims against insureds, insurers’ recovery rights, and the impact of data privacy concerns and climate change on insurance litigation.