This years Chambers Europe results for Poland saw significant changes over a range of practice areas. Like with Chambers Global, the most active practice area was Banking & Finance with 12% of the overall moves. While you may have seen our Chambers Global report for Poland, Chambers Europe has a larger number of practice areas and therefore gives a more accurate depiction of the Polish legal market.

Firm Rankings:

The Chambers Europe firm results saw 92 moves across the board with 39 new firms added to various practice areas. The practice areas with the most moves were Banking & Finance and Corporate M&A: Mid Market, each with 11 moves. Mid Market, in particular saw many changes with the addition of 9 new law firms to its rankings. The practice areas that saw the least amount of change were Projects & Infrastructure, which stayed the same, and Life Sciences with one move.

Furthermore this year saw many practice areas removing or adding bands to their rankings list. Dispute Resolution added a Band 6 with 4 new firms within this new band. TMT and Environment also added a Band 4 and Band 3, respectively. Conversely, Corporate/M&A removed its Band 5, along with four of the firms that were in this band last year.

Regarding how individual firms performed, 7 firms moved from Band 2 to Band 1. The best performing firms this year, like with Chambers Global, were White & Case and SSW Pragmatic Solutions. The former saw four moves up, two of which were to Band 1. Meanwhile, SSW saw one move up and was a new addition to three practice areas!

Individual Rankings:

The Chambers Europe individual results saw 129 total moves, where Banking & Finance had the most changes with 16 moves. Alternatively, the practice areas that saw the least change were Construction, with no changes, and Competition & Antitrust and White Collar, with one move each.

Like with the firm rankings, many practice areas removed or added bands and categories to their rankings list. These include:

• Corporate/ M&A: Mid Market where the category of Senior Statespeople and its only lawyer was removed;
• Corporate/M&A: High End Capability, Dispute Resolution: Arbitration and Real Estate saw the removal of its Up and Coming category where the lawyers that were in these categories last year were moved up;
•  Capital Markets: Equity, Environment and Intellectual Property all added an Associates to Watch with one new lawyer
• Public Procurement removed its Associates to Watch category and the one lawyer in the category was moved up to Up and Coming.

This year 9 lawyers climbed to Band 1. The most improved firm with 8 of its lawyers with positive moves, one of which was from Band 2 to Band 1, was Dentons.

Congratulations to all the firms who participated! Whether you and your firm had positive or negative results, remember there is still time to set the tone for Chambers 2024 ahead of the upcoming deadlines.

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