Chambers & Partners UK Bar Guide 2026 Printed

The Chambers & Partners 2026 UK Bar Guide has been launched on-line right this moment, and 3VB is delighted to have a good time one other excellent set of outcomes.

This 12 months, 3VB has acquired two new set rankings – within the Spotlight desk for Consumer Finance and Band 3 for Independent Investigations – bringing our complete variety of main set rankings to 17, together with 5 Band 1 rankings.

Client and market suggestions on this 12 months’s information as soon as once more emphasises 3VB’s power, high quality, and breadth of experience:

3VB is described as “a very fine all-round commercial set with high calibre across all ranks,” and “one of the best sets for really complex commercial litigation.”

17 Set Rankings

• Consumer Finance (Spotlight)
• Cryptoassets (Band 1)
• Gambling Disputes (Band 1)
• Financial Services (Band 1)
• Fraud: Civil (Band 1)
• Banking & Finance (Band 1)
• Commercial Dispute Resolution (Band 2)
• International Arbitration: General Commercial & Insurance (Band 2)
• Public International Law (Band 2)
• Offshore (Band 2)
• Group Litigation (Band 2)
• Chancery: Commercial (Band 2)
• Energy & Natural Resources (Band 3)
• Independent Investigations (Band 3)
• Insurance (Band 3)
• Restructuring/Insolvency (Band 3)
• Professional Negligence (Band 4)

Practice Area Highlights

• Banking & Finance:  “The strength in depth and variety marks out 3VB as the leading chambers for clients in the financial services sector.” “The quality is always excellent regardless of the complexity of the matter.”
• Cryptoassets: 3VB is praised for having “an unrivalled knowledge in a very technically difficult, fast-paced and ever-changing area of the law,” with one other supply noting that “this set demonstrates industry-leading technical knowledge in relation to cryptoassets.”
• Civil Fraud: 3VB barristers are recognised for being “thoroughly modern, intensely hard-working and having a keen eye for strategy.”
• Financial Services: A “market leader on group claims involving financial services” with “real specialism and a deep breadth of quality.”
• International Arbitration & Public International Law: Sources spotlight “genuine arbitration experience as counsel across the full range of arbitration specialisms,” and commend 3VB as “leaders in public international law with expertise and experience involving cross-border issues and actions involving states.”
• Insurance: “The barristers at 3VB have been involved in some of the most significant insurance cases of the last few years.” Another provides: “3VB has some of the best minds in the insurance business.”

In complete, 79 members of Chambers are ranked within the 2026 information, holding 239 particular person rankings throughout 33 areas of follow. We prolong our warmest congratulations to our junior members on their spectacular achievements, particularly those that have been ranked for the primary time this 12 months.

We are additionally proud to have a good time the continued success of our feminine members, with 21 people recognised on this 12 months’s information, reflecting the depth and variety of expertise throughout Chambers.

3VB’s rankings in full can be found to view here.