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Chambers Global Practice Guides, Chambers State of the Market and Chambers Expert Focus
Our Global Practice Guides are yearly online guides that include articles written by legal experts worldwide in many areas of business law. The articles in our guides are in-depth commentaries from the best in their field, and because they come from lawyers on every continent, they allow the reader to compare the legislation and procedures described in these articles across different jurisdictions.
Chambers Expert Focus provides multimedia content (articles, videos, and podcasts) featuring legal professionals who offer fresh and concise insight into international legal practices.
Trending in Global Practice Guides
Public Procurement 2025
Published on 8th April 2025
“It is well known that public contracts have a huge impact on the European economy: according to the latest estimates, they represent around 15% of the European gross internal product.”
Contributing editor Paulo Pinheiro from VdA in Portugal introduces us to the recent legislation in public procurement implemented to commission ambitious projects through transparent and regulated administrative procedures. This e-guide presents commentaries from about 30 international jurisdictions in and outside Europe, which describe positive developments in this field of law, including an increase in sustainable and environmental requirements and added pressure to ensure compliance and supervision during proceedings for public tenders and contracts.
Art & Cultural Property Law 2025
Published on 9th April 2025
In Bologna, an Italian city famous for its university and internationally celebrated food, they would call this new entry in the Chambers GPG catalogue “La Dotta”, ie “the learned one”! Everybody scrolling through the pages of this highly expected new publication will dive into the regulation affecting the art and culture domains, valued to be worth more than USD65 billion worldwide. This industry attracts not only collectors, museums and galleries but also governments, private owners, investors and financial institutions, leading legal professionals to play a strategic role in managing the acquisition, ownership, exportation, succession and restitution of artistic and cultural assets. These experts exercise their highly specialised knowledge in assisting high-value transactions, advising museums, managing estate planning involving valuable collections, or pursuing cross-border claims; they also address illicit trafficking, digital innovation and ethical restitution of cultural patrimony. We are confident that anybody consulting this e-guide will welcome a diversion from the business and corporate world while they will undoubtedly learn something new about the fascinating, rare and priceless world of the arts.
Public & Administrative Law 2025
Published on 15th April 2025
“Administrative and public law reflects the political, societal and constitutional settlement underpinning the legitimacy of each nation State, embodying the distinctive system of governance of that State and its people… It provides the framework for the exercise of governmental and legislative power, and the mechanisms for the exercise of those powers to be challenged by those affected and supervised by the courts.”
Our e-guide shows several global trends following the recent pressures on governments and regulators to promote economic growth in their jurisdiction. These trends prove that P&A law has a valuable function in protecting the private and public sectors in any country, covering governments, businesses, and individual citizens.
Coming Soon
- Venture Capital 2025 – published on 13 May 2025
Our e-book delves into an industry which has become a shaping force for the global economy
- Aviation Disputes 2025 – published on 21 May 2025
A brand-new title which presents examples of legal disputes in the commercial flying industry
- Artificial Intelligence 2025 – published on 22 May 2025
A popular guide which touches on new legislation around the technology that is now firmly part of our life
Editor’s Choice
Recommended by our editors, please find below a Trends & Development article from Danish law firm Gorrissen Federspiel
Jakob Plesner Mathiasen of Gorrissen Federspiel takes a look at the differing approaches that have been taken across the globe to the emergence of works partly generated by artificial intelligence given that copyright laws were drawn up for a pre-AI world and explores questions such as to what extent there is a requirement for important elements such as human creativity, originality and control for a work to be protectable, with clues to how Danish courts might handle such issues in the future.
We also dedicate a special mention to Corporate M&A 2025, which was published on 17 April and this year counts a staggering grand total of more than 150 contributions. It’s our biggest e-guide to date; perhaps we should be in the Guinness Book of Records!
What’s new in Expert Focus
Accountability at the Apex: Investigating Misconduct in the C-Suite
“When one of your executive colleagues is suspected of improper conduct, the investigation might involve considerations above and beyond a typical workplace investigation. There can be much more at stake regarding the integrity of the company, public perception, customer and vendor relationships, competitive risks, and regulatory considerations.”
This revelatory article by litigation lawyers John G. Schmidt Jr. and Mitch P. Snyder from Phillips Lytle in New York advises on the best practices to adhere to during the investigation of professionals at the top of the hierarchical chain suspected of wrongdoing. The lawyers suggest outside counsels and private investigators should lead the enquiries to avoid possible conflicts of interest while ensuring prudence, integrity, objectivity and confidentiality during these delicate and complex internal proceedings.
Stock-Based Incentive: The Danish Supreme Court Ruling in the Tesla Case
Benefits schemes and bonuses often prove to be an additional incentive whenever somebody applies for a new job. In this article, legal experts Lise Lauridsen and Sandro Ratkovic from Bech-Bruun describe an important amendment to the Danish Stock Option Act, which clarifies the rights of employees when they are offered awards as part of their employment contract. In the piece, the authors refer to the case of three former employees of Tesla Motors Denmark (TMD) for whom it was not clear whether they would be entitled to receive and/or purchase stock and share options after the termination of their employment contract, also because all three had been considered ‘bad’ leavers; the lawyers provide an interesting analysis of the case, the ruling and its implications.
For further clarification on these topics, please also refer to our e-guides
HR Internal Investigations 2025 and Employee Incentives 2025
Chambers Global Practice Guides State of the Market
In this month’s analysis of pivotal trends and developments in the legal market, we are delighted to share Dr Lincoln Tsang’s insights from Ropes & Gray and a discussion on life sciences law. Listen now to learn about the UK’s evolving post-Brexit framework, AI, and the EU’s risk-based approach to so-called “real-world evidence,” and more.
Chambers Expert Focus Podcast
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