LEGAL 500 EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA SUBMISSION PROCESS
The research schedule and guidelines for Legal 500 EMEA 2025 are now below.
Referees deadline (including Nordics): Monday 5 August 2024
Editorial submission deadline: Monday 5 August 2024
Editorial submission deadline for Nordics only (Denmark, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden): Friday 30 August 2024
Follow-up research will start in September 2024
Publication: To be confirmed in due course.
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Practice areas
Regions and practice areas we are researching for EMEA 2025 include…
ALBANIA PRACTICE AREAS
- Leading firms
ALGERIA PRACTICE AREAS
- Banking and finance
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Employment
- Energy
- Foreign firms
ANGOLA PRACTICE AREAS
- Local firms
- Foreign firms
ARMENIA PRACTICE AREAS
- Leading firms
AUSTRIA PRACTICE AREAS
- Administrative law and public sector
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Construction
- Data privacy and data protection
- Dispute resolution: arbitration and mediation
- Dispute resolution: commercial litigation
- Dispute resolution: white-collar crime (including fraud)
- Employment
- EU and competition
- Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Intellectual property
- Private client
- Projects and energy
- Public procurement
- Real estate
- Tax
- TMT
AZERBAIJAN PRACTICE AREAS
- Leading firms
BAHRAIN PRACTICE AREAS
- Banking and finance (including Islamic finance)
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Projects and energy
- Real estate and construction
BELGIUM PRACTICE AREAS
- Aviation
- Banking, finance and capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Competition: Belgian law
- Competition: EU and global
- Customs, trade, WTO and anti-dumping
- Dispute resolution
- Employment
- Environment
- EU regulatory: Chemicals
- EU regulatory: Financial services
- EU regulatory: Food
- EU regulatory: Information technology
- EU regulatory: Pharma, medical devices and biotech
- EU regulatory: Privacy and data protection
- Fintech
- Fraud and white-collar crime
- Industry focus: Energy
- Industry focus: Food
- Industry focus: Healthcare and life sciences
- Industry focus: IT and telecoms
- Industry focus: Media and entertainment
- Industry focus: Retail
- Industry focus: Transport
- Insolvency and restructuring
- Insurance
- Intellectual property
- Not-for-profit
- Private equity
- Real estate and construction
- Tax
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA PRACTICE AREAS
- Banking, finance and capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Competition
- Intellectual property
- Real estate, construction and projects
BULGARIA PRACTICE AREAS
- Banking, finance and capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- EU and competition
- Energy and natural resources
- Healthcare and life sciences
- Intellectual property
- Projects and PPP
- Real estate and construction
- TMT
- Transport (including shipping)
BURUNDI PRACTICE AREAS
- Leading firms
CAMEROON PRACTICE AREAS
- Leading firms
CROATIA PRACTICE AREAS
- Banking, finance and capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- EU and competition
- Employment
- Intellectual property
- Privatisation, projects and energy
- Real estate and construction
- Transport (including shipping)
CYPRUS PRACTICE AREAS
- Banking and finance
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- EU and competition
- Employment
- Intellectual property
- Maritime and admiralty
- Real estate and construction
- Tax
CZECH REPUBLIC PRACTICE AREAS
- Banking, finance and capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- EU and competition
- Employment
- Projects and energy
- Intellectual property
- Projects and PPP
- Real estate and construction
- TMT
- Tax
DENMARK PRACTICE AREAS
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Data privacy and data protection
- Dispute resolution
- Employment
- Energy
- Environment
- EU, competition and public procurement
- Information technology
- Insolvency
- Insurance
- Intellectual property
- Media and entertainment
- Real estate and construction (please clearly indicate in the submission whether matter highlights are Real estate and/or construction mandates)
- Shipping and transport
- Tax
- Telecoms
EGYPT PRACTICE AREAS
- Banking and finance
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution: arbitration
- Dispute resolution: litigation
- Employment
- Energy
- Intellectual property
- Projects and infrastructure
- Shipping
- TMT
ESTONIA PRACTICE AREAS
- Banking, finance and capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- EU and competition
- Employment
- Fintech
- IP, IT and telecoms
- Real estate and construction
- Shipping and transport
- Tax
ETHIOPIA PRACTICE AREAS
- Leading firms
FINLAND PRACTICE AREAS
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Employment
- EU and competition
- Intellectual property
- Maritime and transport
- Real estate and construction
- Tax
- TMT
FRANCE PRACTICE AREAS
- Administrative and public law
- Aviation
- Aviation finance
- Banking and finance: Bank regulatory
- Banking and finance: transactional work
- Capital markets: debt capital markets
- Capital markets: equity capital markets
- Compliance
- Construction
- Data privacy and data protection
- Derivatives and structured finance
- Dispute resolution: Commercial litigation
- Dispute resolution: International arbitration
- Dispute resolution: Stock market litigation
- Dispute resolution: White-collar crime
- EU, competition and distribution
- Employment
- Environment
- Industry focus: Energy
- Industry focus: Food
- Industry focus: Healthcare and life sciences
- Industry focus: IT and internet
- Industry focus: Telecoms
- Industry focus: Luxury goods
- Insolvency
- Insurance
- Intellectual property: Copyright
- Intellectual property: Patents
- Intellectual property: Trade marks and designs
- Intellectual property: Patent and trade mark attorneys
- Media and entertainment: Advertising
- Media and entertainment: Art
- Media and entertainment: Book publishers
- Media and entertainment: Cinema
- Media and entertainment: Music
- Media and entertainment: Newspapers
- Media and entertainment: Sports
- Media and entertainment: Television/radio
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Private equity: Fund formation
- Private equity: LBO
- Private equity: venture/growth capital
- Project finance
- Real estate
- Shipping
- Shipping finance
- Tax
- The regions
GEORGIA PRACTICE AREAS
- Banking and finance
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Real estate and construction (and projects)
GHANA PRACTICE AREAS
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Energy
- Foreign firms
- Infrastructure projects
GIBRALTAR PRACTICE AREAS
- Banking and finance
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Fintech
- Gambling law
- Investment funds
- Private client
- Real estate and construction
- Shipping
- TMT
- Tax
GREECE PRACTICE AREAS
- Banking, finance and capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- EU and competition
- Employment
- Energy
- Insurance
- Intellectual property
- Projects and privatisation
- Real estate and construction
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Shipping finance
- Shipping litigation
- TMT
- Tax
- White-collar crime
GREENLAND PRACTICE AREAS
- Foreign firms
- Local firms
HUNGARY PRACTICE AREAS
- Banking, finance and capital markets
- Competition
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Data privacy and data protection
- Dispute resolution
- Employment
- Intellectual property
- Projects and energy
- Real estate and construction
- TMT
- Tax
ICELAND PRACTICE AREAS
- Banking, finance and capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- EEA and competition
- Employment
- Maritime and transport
- Real estate and construction
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Tax
- TMT and IP
IRAN PRACTICE AREAS
- Local law firms
IRAQ PRACTICE AREAS
- Local firms
- Foreign firms
IRELAND PRACTICE AREAS
- Asset finance
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Construction
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Data privacy and data protection
- Dispute resolution
- EU and competition
- Energy and natural resources
- Employment
- Fintech
- Healthcare and life sciences
- Information technology
- Insolvency and corporate restructuring
- Insurance
- Intellectual property
- Investment funds
- Media and entertainment
- Pensions and employee benefits
- Planning and environment
- Projects and PPP
- Public sector
- Real estate
- Tax
- Telecoms
- Transport
- White-collar crime
ISRAEL PRACTICE AREAS
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Competition/antitrust
- Dispute resolution: class actions (including derivative actions)
- Dispute resolution: local litigation and arbitration
- Dispute resolution: mediation and international arbitration
- Dispute resolution: white-collar crime, investigation and fraud
- Employment
- Energy
- Healthcare and life sciences
- Hi-tech and start-ups
- Infrastructure
- Insurance
- Intellectual property: commercial/transactions
- Intellectual property: disputes
- Intellectual property: filing/prosecution
- Investment and venture capital funds
- Planning and zoning
- Real estate and construction
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Tax
- Telecoms and media
- Transport
ITALY PRACTICE AREAS
- Administrative and public law
- Banking and finance: Bank regulatory
- Banking and finance: Borrower side
- Banking and finance: Lender or arranger side
- Capital markets: Debt
- Capital markets: Equity
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Compliance
- Data privacy and data protection
- Dispute resolution
- EU and competition law
- Employment
- Industry focus: Energy
- Industry focus: Food
- Industry focus: Healthcare and life sciences
- Industry focus: Luxury goods
- Industry focus: Manufacturing
- Industry focus: Retail
- Industry focus: TMT
- Intellectual property
- IP: copyright
- Investment funds
- Private equity
- Real estate and construction
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Shipping
- Tax
- Bologna: Leading firms
- Genoa: Leading firms
- Naples: Leading firms
- Padua: Leading firms
- Turin: Leading firms
IVORY COAST PRACTICE AREAS
- Leading firms
JORDAN PRACTICE AREAS
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Projects and energy
KAZAKHSTAN PRACTICE AREAS
- Banking, finance and capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Energy and natural resources
- IP and TMT
- Real estate and construction (including projects)
- Tax and customs
KENYA PRACTICE AREAS
- Banking, finance and capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Employment
- Privatisation and projects
- Real estate and construction
KOSOVO PRACTICE AREAS
- Leading firms
KUWAIT PRACTICE AREAS
- Banking and finance
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Intellectual property
- Oil and gas
- Privatisation and projects
LATVIA PRACTICE AREAS
- Banking, finance and capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- EU and competition
- Employment
- IP, IT and telecoms
- Real estate and construction
- Shipping and transport
- Tax
LEBANON PRACTICE AREAS
- Banking, finance and capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Real estate and construction (including projects)
- Tax
LIBYA PRACTICE AREAS
- Leading firms
LIECHTENSTEIN PRACTICE AREAS
- Banking and finance
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
LITHUANIA PRACTICE AREAS
- Banking, finance and capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- EU and competition
- Employment
- Fintech
- Intellectual property
- Projects and energy
- Real estate and construction
- Shipping and transport
- TMT
- Tax
LUXEMBOURG PRACTICE AREAS
- Banking, finance and capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Employment
- Fintech
- Insurance
- Investment funds
- IP and IT
- Private equity
- Real estate and construction
- Tax
MALTA PRACTICE AREAS
- Aviation
- Banking, finance and capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Fintech
- Investment funds
- Intellectual property
- Private client
- Real estate
- Shipping
MAURITIUS PRACTICE AREAS
- Leading firms
MAURITIUS – BARRISTERS
- Commercial disputes
MOLDOVA PRACTICE AREAS
- Leading firms
MONACO PRACTICE AREAS
- Commercial, corporate and M&A – Law firms
- Commercial, corporate and M&A – Legal advisers
- Private client – Law firms
MONTENEGRO PRACTICE AREAS
- Leading firms
MOROCCO PRACTICE AREAS
- Banking, finance and capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Employment
- Foreign firms
- Projects and public law
- Tax
- Tourism and real estate
MOZAMBIQUE PRACTICE AREAS
- Local law firms
- Foreign law firms
NETHERLANDS PRACTICE AREAS
- Banking and finance: Asset finance and structured finance
- Banking and finance: Borrower side
- Banking and finance: Financial services regulatory
- Banking and finance: Lender or arranger side
- Capital markets: Debt
- Capital markets: Equity
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Construction
- Data privacy and data protection
- Dispute resolution: Arbitration
- Dispute resolution: Class actions
- Dispute resolution: Commercial litigation
- Dispute resolution: Mediation
- Employment
- Energy MERGED (please send one submission with both transactional and regulatory work for one consolidated ranking)
- Environment and planning
- EU and competition
- Fintech
- Fraud and white-collar crime
- Industry focus: Food
- Industry focus: Healthcare and life sciences
- Industry focus: Information technology
- Industry focus: Media and entertainment
- Industry focus: Retail
- Industry focus: Telecoms
- Insurance
- Intellectual property: Patents
- Intellectual property: Trade marks, copyrights and design rights
- International business reorganisations
- Investment funds
- Private equity
- Project finance and PFI
- Real estate
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Tax
- Transport
NIGERIA PRACTICE AREAS
- Banking, finance and capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Energy and natural resources
- Real estate and construction
- Shipping and transport
NORTH MACEDONIA PRACTICE AREAS
- Leading firms
NORWAY PRACTICE AREAS
- Banking and finance (including shipping finance)
- Capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Construction
- Dispute resolution
- Electricity and renewable energy
- Employment
- EU and competition
- Fishing and aquaculture
- Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Insurance
- Intellectual property
- Offshore construction (RENAMED – please include shipbuilding work in the Shipping and maritime submission)
- Oil and gas
- Public procurement
- Real estate
- Regulatory, compliance and investigations
- Shipping and maritime law (RENAMED – please include shipbuilding work in this submission)
- Tax
- TMT
OMAN PRACTICE AREAS
- Banking and finance
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Projects and energy
- Real estate and construction
- Shipping
- Tax
POLAND PRACTICE AREAS
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Competition/antitrust
- Construction
- Data privacy and data protection
- Dispute resolution
- Employment
- Energy and natural resources
- Healthcare and life sciences
- Insurance
- Intellectual property
- Investment funds
- Private client
- Private equity
- Public procurement
- Real estate
- Restructuring and insolvency
- TMT
- Tax
- White-collar crime
PORTUGAL PRACTICE AREAS
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Data privacy and data protection
- Dispute resolution
- EU and competition
- Employment
- Energy and natural resources
- Fraud and white-collar crime
- Insolvency and restructuring
- Intellectual property
- Planning law
- Porto: Leading commercial firms
- Projects and project finance
- Public law
- Real estate and construction
- TMT
- Tax
- Transport
QATAR PRACTICE AREAS
- Banking, finance and capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Projects, real estate and construction
ROMANIA PRACTICE AREAS
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- EU and competition
- Employment
- Energy and natural resources
- Intellectual property
- PPP and procurement
- Real estate and construction
- Restructuring and insolvency
- TMT
- TMT: gambling law
- Tax
- White-collar crime
SAUDI ARABIA PRACTICE AREAS
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Projects and energy
- Real estate and construction
SENEGAL PRACTICE AREAS
- Leading firms
SERBIA PRACTICE AREAS
- Banking and finance
- Competition
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Employment
- Intellectual property
- Projects and energy
- Real estate and construction
SLOVAKIA PRACTICE AREAS
- Banking, finance and capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Employment
- Projects and energy
- Real estate and construction
SLOVENIA PRACTICE AREAS
- Leading firms
SOUTH AFRICA PRACTICE AREAS
- Banking and finance
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Competition
- Construction
- Dispute resolution
- Employment
- Intellectual property
- Investment funds
- Mining
- Projects and infrastructure
- Real estate
- Shipping and transport
- Tax
SPAIN PRACTICE AREAS
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets: Debt
- Capital markets: Equity
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Data privacy and data protection
- Dispute resolution
- Employment
- Environment
- EU and competition
- Financial services regulatory NEW
- Industry focus: Food
- Industry focus: Healthcare and life sciences
- Industry focus: Manufacturing
- Industry focus: Retail
- Industry focus: TMT
- Insurance
- Intellectual property: Copyright
- Intellectual property: Patents
- Intellectual property: Trade marks
- Private equity
- Projects and energy
- Public law
- Real estate and construction
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Tax
- Tax: The Big Four
- Transport: Shipping
- Transport: Other transport
- Venture capital NEW
- White-collar crime
SWEDEN PRACTICE AREAS
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Construction
- Data privacy and data protection
- Dispute resolution
- Employment
- Energy
- Environment
- EU and competition
- Fintech
- Healthcare and life sciences
- Insolvency
- Insurance
- Intellectual property and media
- IT and telecoms
- Public procurement
- Real estate
- Shipping
- Tax
SWITZERLAND PRACTICE AREAS
- Banking and finance: Geneva
- Banking and finance: Zurich
- Capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Competition
- Construction NEW (please send a separate submission for construction work)
- Data privacy and data protection
- Dispute resolution: Arbitration
- Dispute resolution: Litigation
- Employment
- Fintech
- Healthcare and life sciences
- Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Insurance
- Intellectual property
- Private client
- Public law
- Real estate NEW (please send a separate submission for real estate work)
- Regulatory, compliance and investigations
- Sports law
- TMT
- Tax
- Transport
- WTO
TAJIKISTAN PRACTICE AREAS
- Leading firms
TANZANIA PRACTICE AREAS
- Leading firms
TUNISIA PRACTICE AREAS
- Banking and finance
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Foreign firms
TURKEY PRACTICE AREAS
- Banking, finance and capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Compliance
- Competition
- Dispute resolution
- Employment
- Energy
- Foreign firms
- IT and telecoms
- Insurance
- Intellectual property
- Media and entertainment
- Project finance/projects
- Real estate and construction
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Tax
- Transport
UGANDA PRACTICE AREAS
- Leading firms
UKRAINE PRACTICE AREAS
- Banking, finance and capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Competition
- Dispute resolution
- Employment
- Energy
- Intellectual property
- International trade
- Private client
- Real estate and construction
- Tax
- White-collar crime
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES PRACTICE AREAS
- Banking and finance: Corporate finance (including Islamic lending)
- Banking and finance: Financial services regulation
- Capital markets
- Construction
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution: arbitration and international litigation
- Dispute resolution: compliance and investigations
- Dispute resolution: local litigation
- Employment
- Infrastructure and projects (including project finance)
- Insurance
- Intellectual property
- Investment fund formation and management
- Offshore
- Oil, gas and natural resources
- Real estate
- Shipping
- TMT
UZBEKISTAN PRACTICE AREAS
- Leading firms
ZAMBIA PRACTICE AREAS
- Leading firms
BAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST
- Commercial
- Construction