This global guide has been prepared by DLA Piper's civil litigation experts around the world. The guide is intended to be a useful resource to practitioners, in-house counsel and clients, providing them with a comparative source of reference that covers some of the intricacies of civil litigation in more than 30 jurisdictions worldwide.

DLA Piper has prepared separate guides that deal with matters that are closely related to civil litigation, such as DLA Piper’s guide to Legal Professional Privilege and (coming soon) DLA Piper’s guide to Third Party Funding. Criminal or administrative litigation are outside the scope of the Guide.