Chambers and Partners


Chambers and Partners produces international rankings for the legal industry, which is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

History

Chambers and Partners was founded in 1989 as a division of Orbach & Chambers Publishing Limited, book publishers, which had been equally founded 19 December 1969, in London, by friends Laurence Francis Orbach, a university professor, and attorney Michael Ernest David Chambers.
During the 21st century, the firm became widely recognized as an authority on global legal rankings, and was referenced, in 2018, by The National Law Review as "one of the legal industry’s most prestigious rankings — and also the most notoriously difficult to crack."
In March 2019, Michael Chambers sold the company to Village Ventures' investment fund, Inflexion Private Equity, with former managing director Mark Wyatt re-joining Chambers and Partners as CEO. The sale was represented by Slaughter and May.

Operations

The company employs over 200 editors in London who conduct research and interviews in more than 20 languages, and provides ranking on over 80,000 lawyers in more than 185 jurisdictions.
The Times of London reported the company's revenues as £20 million for 2018.
In June 2019, The Wall Street Journal reported that Chambers and Partners most recent annual guide to lawyers based solely in the U.S. totaled 3,239 pages.

Chambers Guides

Aside from its ranking activities; since 1990, the company has published "Chambers Global Practice Guides", for law practice areas in a range of global jurisdictions. Chambers Guides, and its sections, are authored and edited by vetted legal professionals from firms such as DLA Piper, Eversheds Sutherland, Baker McKenzie, Cravath, Swaine and Moore, and Morgan, Lewis & Bockius.
Chambers and Partners publishes its law school guide, "Chambers Student" online.