Cleary Recognized as a Leading Firm in Chambers Europe 2025

Cleary Gottlieb continues to receive outstanding recognition in the latest edition of Chambers Europe.

In total, the directory recognized 22 of Cleary’s practices, five of which earned top-tier rankings. In addition, Cleary received 54 lawyer rankings, five of which were top tier.

Chambers Europe ranks the top lawyers and law firms across Europe, providing indispensable insights, and market intelligence for law firm clients as well as legal professionals.   

The firm received the following client and peer commendations:

Capital Markets

• “The lawyers have very high capabilities in complex and cross-border cases, particularly those with US angles.”
• “They excel in managing unexpected situations, providing clear direction and exercising excellent judgement. The team provide holistic advice because of their experience in both equity and debt.”
• “Cleary Gottlieb offers specialized expertise, practical experience, a multidisciplinary and multi-jurisdictional approach, innovation and adaptability.”
• “The team at Cleary Gottlieb is capable of smoothly navigating a complex environment to provide successful solutions.”
• “Cleary Gottlieb delivers high-quality and on-demand responses.”“One of the team’s strengths is its ability to manage complex situations by understanding the essential interests of the parties at the table and managing the dialogue between them.”
• “Cleary Gottlieb offers specialised expertise, practical experience, a multidisciplinary and a multi-jurisdictional approach, innovation and adaptability.”
  
   

Competition

• “The team navigated complexities with remarkable skill and precision.”
• “Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton possesses a deep bench with excellent individuals at all levels of seniority.”
• “The team has deep knowledge of the sector and its mechanisms, as well as an interest in understanding and defending the dynamics, even the most commercial ones, of the client’s choices.”
• “Cleary’s strength is the ability to understand commercial and client-centric solutions whilst ensuring compliance with relevant laws.”
• “The team always includes various people specialised in the various aspects needed to solve the problems presented.”
• “The firm is really strong at giving speedy but well-considered advice.”
• “We appreciate the team’s competence, experience, availability and ability to understand the customer’s business needs.”
  
   

Corporate/M&A

• “I have been impressed by Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton’s responsiveness and the quality of its delivery.”
• “The team at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton is extremely quick at understanding issues and has a good business perspective.”
• “Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton’s strength is its proactive and solution-oriented approach. It is able to deliver focused and efficient work, showing strong judgment and prioritization.”
• “The team showed an outstanding mix of protection of clients’ interests, creativity in finding solutions, relentless commitment and continuous contact with the clients’ stakeholders.”
• “Cleary has great experience with complex cases and relies on large and high-quality teams to handle highly complex and sophisticated cases in an extremely efficient manner.”
• “They are very attentive to our needs and timescales, and find solutions that go above and beyond basic legal assistance and are tailored to our issues.”
  
   

Private Equity

• “We appreciate Cleary Gottlieb’s creativity in finding solutions to legal problems, its strong network and its strong commercial mindset in negotiations.”
• “Cleary Gottlieb has strong legal capabilities coupled with a commercial attitude and proactive approach. It has the ability to navigate and analyse multiple scenarios, focusing on what matters.”
• “The team demonstrates great experience at all levels of seniority.”“Cleary Gottlieb has the ability to navigate and analyse scenarios while focusing on what matters and being commercially minded.”
• “The firm knows how to navigate complex situations, combining subject matter expertise with a critical spirit and excellent communication skills.”

To read more about Cleary’s achievements in Europe, click here.