Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) Submissions

Each ranking edition page serves as a dedicated gateway for firms preparing submissions for the upcoming guide research. Firms can explore the practice areas under review, understand the scope of research for that market, and access the templates and guidelines required for participation. Key deadlines for editorial submissions and client referees are clearly outlined, alongside links to the submissions portal and supporting materials.

Whether your firm operates in a single jurisdiction or across multiple markets, these pages set out the practice areas included in the research scope for the markets covered.

The research schedule and guidelines for Legal 500 EMEA 2027 will be released in late May 2026.

Referees deadline for law firms (including Nordics): Monday 3rd of August 2026 

Editorial submission deadline: Monday 3rd August 2026

Editorial submission deadline for  Nordics only (Denmark, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden): Friday 28th August 2026 

Follow-up research will start in September 2026

Publication:  March 2027

Anna Bauböck

EMEA

Amy Ulliott

Ireland

Daniela Costa

Iberia

Harry Hyde

Benelux

Linda Weller

France

Marie Johansen Nordland

Nordics & Southern Europe

Mike de Luca

CEE

Details of researchers are coming soon

We will soon be starting research for the 2027 edition of
Legal 500 EMEA, and invite you to provide us with editorial
submissions according to the attached guidelines. 

Referees must reach us no later than Monday 3 August 2026. No
referee will be accepted after this date. 

Submissions should reach us no later than Monday 3 August 2026.
The following guidelines will help you to prepare a submission. 

Law firms appear in the editorial sections of Legal 500 free of
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Submissions should be concise and focus on what makes your practice stand out.

Providing referees isn’t required, but client and peer feedback is important to our research because it offers independent, third-party validation of your work.

EMEA 2027 submission template

NB:This template is in .docx format. Do not resave it in any other format as it may not be compatible with our system

EMEA 2027 Leading arbitrators submission template

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Referee form - EMEA firms

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Submission template - The Bar

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Referee form – the Bar

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Guidelines and Practical Resources for Submissions

Practice areas

Practice area definitions

Regions and practice areas we are researching for EMEA 2027 include:

  • Leading firms
  • Banking and finance
  • Commercial, corporate and M&A
  • Dispute resolution
  • Employment
  • Energy
  • Foreign firms
  • Local firms
  • Foreign firms
  • Leading firms
  • 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
  • Employment
  • EU and competition
  • Insolvency and corporate recovery
  • Intellectual property
  • Private client
  • Projects and energy
  • Public procurement
  • Real estate
  • Tax
  • TMT
  • Leading firms
  • Banking and finance (including Islamic finance)
  • Commercial, corporate and M&A
  • Dispute resolution
  • Projects and energy
  • Real estate and construction
  • Aviation
  • Banking, finance and capital markets
  • Commercial, corporate and M&A: High-end (above €50m) 
  • Commercial, corporate and M&A: Mid-market (below €50m) 
  • Competition: Belgian law
  • Competition: EU and global
  • 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
  • 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
  • Insurance
  • Intellectual property
  • International trade 
  • Not-for-profit
  • Private equity
  • Real estate and construction
  • Restructuring and insolvency 
  • Tax
  • White-collar crime 
  • Leading firms NEW
  • Banking, finance and capital markets
  • Commercial, corporate and M&A
  • Competition
  • Intellectual property
  • Real estate, construction and projects
  • 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)
  • Leading firms
  • Leading firms
  • 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)
  • Banking and finance
  • Commercial, corporate and M&A
  • Dispute resolution
  • EU and competition
  • Employment
  • Intellectual property
  • Maritime and admiralty
  • Real estate and construction
  • Tax
  • 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
  • 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 send one submission for this split ranking, clearly distinguishing between your real estate and construction work)
  • Shipping and transport
  • Tax
  • Telecoms
  • Banking and finance
  • Commercial, corporate and M&A
  • Dispute resolution: arbitration
  • Dispute resolution: litigation
  • Employment
  • Energy
  • Intellectual property
  • Projects and infrastructure
  • Shipping
  • TMT
  • 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
  • Leading firms
  • 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
  • Administrative and public law
  • Aviation
  • Aviation finance
  • Banking and finance: Financial services regulation 
  • 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
  • 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
  • Industry focus: Sport 
  • Insurance
  • Intellectual property: Copyright
  • Intellectual property: Patents
  • Intellectual property: Trade marks and designs
  • Intellectual property: Patent and trade mark attorneys
  • Media and entertainment 
  • M&A: large to mid-market deals (above €100m)
  • M&A: smaller deals (below €100m)
  • Private equity: Fund formation
  • Private equity: LBO
  • Private equity: venture/growth capital
  • Project finance
  • Real estate
  • Restructuring and insolvency 
  • Shipping
  • Shipping finance
  • Tax: Corporate 
  • Tax: Private 
  • The regions
  • White-collar crime 
  • Banking and finance
  • Commercial, corporate and M&A
  • Dispute resolution
  • Real estate and construction (and projects)
  • Banking and finance
  • Capital markets
  • Commercial, corporate and M&A
  • Dispute resolution
  • Energy
  • Foreign firms
  • Infrastructure projects
  • Banking and finance
  • Commercial, corporate and M&A
  • Dispute resolution
  • Fintech
  • Gambling law
  • Investment funds
  • Private client
  • Real estate and construction
  • Shipping
  • TMT
  • Tax
  • 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
  • Foreign firms
  • Local firms
  • 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
  • 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
  • Leading firms
  • Leading firms
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • White-collar crime 
  • Administrative and public law
  • Banking and finance: Financial services regulation
  • Banking and finance: Borrower side
  • Banking and finance: Lender or arranger side
  • Capital markets: Debt
  • Capital markets: Equity
  • Commercial, corporate and M&A: High-end (above €100m) 
  • Commercial, corporate and M&A: Mid-market (below €100m) 
  • 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: Sport 
  • Industry focus: TMT
  • Intellectual property
  • IP: copyright
  • Investment funds
  • Private equity
  • Real estate and construction
  • Restructuring and insolvency
  • Shipping
  • Tax
  • White-collar crime  
  • Bologna: Leading firms
  • Genoa: Leading firms
  • Naples: Leading firms
  • Padua: Leading firms
  • Turin: Leading firms
  • Leading firms
  • Commercial, corporate and M&A
  • Dispute resolution
  • Projects and energy
  • 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
  • Banking, finance and capital markets
  • Commercial, corporate and M&A
  • Dispute resolution
  • Employment
  • Projects and privatisation
  • Real estate and construction
  • Leading firms
  • Banking and finance
  • Commercial, corporate and M&A
  • Dispute resolution
  • Intellectual property
  • Oil and gas
  •  Projects and privatisation
  • 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
  • Banking, finance and capital markets
  • Commercial, corporate and M&A
  • Dispute resolution
  • Real estate and construction (including projects)
  • Tax
  • Leading firms
  • Banking and finance
  • Commercial, corporate and M&A
  • Dispute resolution
  • 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
  • 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
  • Aviation
  • Banking, finance and capital markets
  • Commercial, corporate and M&A
  • Dispute resolution
  • Fintech
  • Gaming law  NEW
  • Investment funds
  • Intellectual property
  • Private client
  • Real estate
  • Shipping
  • Leading firms
  • Commercial disputes
  • Leading firms
    • Commercial, corporate and M&A – Law firms
    • Commercial, corporate and M&A – Legal advisers
    • Private client – Law firms

 

  • Leading firms
  • Banking, finance and capital markets
  • Commercial, corporate and M&A
  • Dispute resolution
  • Employment
  • Foreign firms
  • Projects and public law
  • Tax
  • Tourism and real estate
  • Local law firms
  • Foreign law firms
  • Banking and finance: Asset finance and structured finance
  • Banking and finance: Borrower side
  • Banking and finance: Financial services regulation
  • Banking and finance: Lender or arranger side
  • Capital markets: Debt
  • Capital markets: Equity
  • Commercial, corporate and M&A: High-end (above €100m) 
  • Commercial, corporate and M&A: Mid-market (below €100m) 
  • Construction
  • Data privacy and data protection
  • Dispute resolution: Arbitration
  • Dispute resolution: Collective redress
  • Dispute resolution: Commercial litigation
  • Dispute resolution: Mediation
  • Employment
  • Energy
  • Environment and planning
  • EU and competition
  • Fintech
  • 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
  • Real estate
  • Restructuring and insolvency
  • Tax
  • Transport
  • White-collar crime 
  • Banking, finance and capital markets
  • Commercial, corporate and M&A
  • Dispute resolution
  • Energy and natural resources
  • Real estate and construction
  • Shipping and transport
  • Leading firms
  • 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 (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 (please include shipbuilding work in this submission)
  • Tax
  • TMT
  • Banking and finance
  • Commercial, corporate and M&A
  • Dispute resolution
  • Projects and energy
  • Real estate and construction
  • Shipping
  • Banking and finance
  • Capital markets
  • Commercial, corporate and M&A: High-end (above €30m) 
  • Commercial, corporate and M&A: Mid-market (below €30m) 
  • 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
  • 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
  • Intellectual property
  • Planning law
  • Porto: Leading commercial firms
  • Projects and project finance
  • Public law
  • Real estate and construction
  • Restructuring and insolvency 
  • TMT
  • Tax
  • Transport
  • White-collar crime 
  • Banking, finance and capital markets
  • Commercial, corporate and M&A
  • Dispute resolution
  • Projects, real estate and construction
  • 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
  • Banking and finance
  • Capital markets
  • Commercial, corporate and M&A
  • Dispute resolution
  • Projects and energy
  • Real estate and construction
  • TMT
  • Leading firms
  • Banking and finance
  • Competition
  • Commercial, corporate and M&A
  • Dispute resolution
  • Employment
  • Intellectual property
  • Projects and energy
  • Real estate and construction
  • Banking, finance and capital markets
  • Commercial, corporate and M&A
  • Dispute resolution
  • Employment
  • Projects and energy
  • Real estate and construction
  • Leading firms
  • 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
  • Banking and finance
  • Barcelona: leading firms
  • Capital markets: Debt
  • Capital markets: Equity
  • Commercial, corporate and M&A: High-end (above €250m) 
  • Commercial, corporate and M&A: Mid-market (below €250m) 
  • Data privacy and data protection
  • Dispute resolution
  • Dispute resolution: leading arbitrators  (please use the Leading Arbitrators submission template) 
  • Employment
  • Environment
  • EU and competition
  • Financial services regulation
  • Industry focus: Food
  • Industry focus: Healthcare and life sciences
  • Industry focus: Manufacturing
  • Industry focus: Retail
  • Industry focus: TMT
  • Industry focus: Sport 
  • 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
  • Transport: Shipping
  • Transport: Other transport
  • Venture capital
  • White-collar crime
  • 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
  • Banking and finance: Geneva
  • Banking and finance: Zurich
  • Capital markets
  • Commercial, corporate and M&A
  • Competition
  • Construction
  • 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
  • Regulatory, compliance and investigations
  • Sports law
  • TMT
  • Tax
  • Transport
  • WTO
  • Leading firms
  • Banking and finance
  • Commercial, corporate and M&A
  • Dispute resolution
  • Foreign firms
  • Banking, finance and capital markets
  • Commercial, corporate and M&A: High-end 
  • Commercial, corporate and M&A: Mid-market  
  • Compliance
  • Competition
  • Dispute resolution
  • Employment
  • Energy
  • Foreign firms
  • IT and telecoms
  • Insurance
  • Intellectual property
  • Media and entertainment
  • Projects and project finance
  • Real estate and construction
  • Restructuring and insolvency
  • Tax
  • Transport
  • Leading firms
  • 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
  • Banking and finance: Corporate finance (including Islamic lending)
  • Banking and finance: Financial services regulation
  • Capital markets
  • Construction (including disputes)
  • Corporate and M&A NEWLY SPLIT RANKING
  • Commercial contracts NEWLY SPLIT RANKING
  • Dispute resolution: arbitration and international litigation
  • Dispute resolution: compliance and investigations
  • Dispute resolution: local litigation
  • Employment
  • Infrastructure and projects (including project finance) (please include non-contentious construction matters here)
  • Insurance
  • Intellectual property
  • Investment fund formation and management
  • Offshore
  • Oil, gas and natural resources
  • Real estate
  • Shipping
  • TMT
  • Leading firms
  • Leading firms
  • Leading firms NEW

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