Tim Williams, founder of Ignition Consulting, said: 'We are entering what some observers call ‘the age of hyper specialisation,’ where sophisticated clients know what they want and know where to find it.' Instead of wanting to go to full services firms, they call on a pool of talent in very specific areas. So they will have a different adviser on tax to the people they use for litigation. 

Trial lawyers and employment specialists

If true, this might explain the trend for boutique firms and for the growth of very large firms which are also specialist. The 60-office Littler, for example, deals only in employment issues, and the 700-lawyer Quinn Emanuel describes itself as 'trial lawyers'. Source: Lawyers Weekly