Boutiques and national firms go head to head for Australian work

Mr Dwyer believes that the national law firms are facing the toughest challenges. He said: 'The highest-risk firms are the national firms, because it’s become so much more competitive and the work they're doing is commoditising more rapidly than other types of work.'

Prices dropping

Both boutiques and national firms are seeing prices dropping for those services which are being commoditised, he said. They have to deliver those services differently 'in order to survive'. Source: Lawyers Weekly