Size Matters: Why Boutique Firms Do It Better

The boutique law firm is not a new idea, but the growth of boutiques has been exponential in recent years. This year alone has seen widespread defections from large multinationals to boutiques and a multitude of new boutique firms opening. Boutiques are also now involved internationally in some of the most significant and highest value claims in the Courts today. When for decades, BigLaw (vast, multinational firms based on leverage and scale) has dominated the most important, most high-value and most highly contested claims, what is it that is driving the growing popularity of the smaller firm?

Clients are increasingly alive to the fact that, when it comes to litigation firepower, it's not the size of the firm that matters, but the strength of the team. Aided in part by the litigation funding boom, boutiques are very in, very fashionable, very now.