Pinsent Masons Vario Flexible Services

Providing businesses with expert lawyers for commercial projects of all sizes on a flexible basis.

We match and place high quality legal consultants with top clients within the energy sector to help them navigate the legal challenges of the modern business world.

Commercial projects can vary in nature, projects require legal expertise, a keen eye for detail and often working to tight deadlines. Clients require reliable and top-quality legal support to reach their business goals. Pinsent Masons Vario are able to provide businesses of all sizes and industries with specialised commercial specialist lawyers to ensure their projects’ legal requirements are dealt with efficiently and cost-effectively.

We specialise within the following areas for our commercial clients:

Advertising and Marketing
Consumer T&Cs
Franchising
Facilities Management
Saas/Software Licensing
Sponsorship
Manufacturing
E-Commerce
Distribution
Non-Disclosure Agreements
IT Outsourcing
Logistics
Supply of goods/services
Contract Management systems
Vendor/Procurement agreements

Benefit 1

Spikes in workload

When your workload increases, we can provide interim support to help you deal with these fluctuations.

Benefit 2

New projects

When your legal team takes on a significant new project, we can help you to scale the size of your team without a permanent increase in headcount.

Benefit 3

Absences and departures

If you lose a member of your team, either suddenly or as predicted, we can provide flexible support to you while you backfill the role.

Benefit 4

Skillset gaps

If your legal team encounter a problem that they don't have the specific expertise to address, our consultants can help you to keep that work in-house.

Benefit 5

Ad-hoc needs

In any situation where it becomes more convenient to have an additional member of your legal team, we can provide ad-hoc / call-off support to you.

Benefit 6

Legal team transformation

When you are looking to evolve the way your legal team operates, we can work with you to create a bespoke flexible legal resource solution.

We have the power and resources of Pinsent Masons behind us

We are an integral part of Pinsent Masons, enabling you to take advantage of the firm’s scale and infrastructure, whilst maintaining flexibility. Our consultants are fully briefed and supported by Pinsent Masons, leveraging the firm’s Partners, CPD training, knowledge systems, professional support lawyer network, library and research teams.

We recognise that technical expertise is only half of the story

Our legal professionals are handpicked, highly skilled and cover broad legal expertise. Uniquely, alongside technical proficiency we use a team of business psychologists to assess personal behaviours, to ensure the best fit for your organisation and that the candidate is suited to life as a freelancer.

We use our size to your advantage

Our hub of legal professionals is over 2,000 strong, split across 16 countries, covering a vast array of skills and sectors at all levels. The Vario Flexible Services model provides versatile and cost-effective legal resource deployed on a project-by-project basis in response to specific requirements. We remove the stress of recruitment, guaranteeing a top-quality legal professional who will impact your business from day one.

Frequently asked questions:

Questions about Vario

What is Vario?

Vario is the 5^th Practice Group for Pinsent Masons.

It provides clients with support relating to (1) Flexible Legal Services; (2) Managed Legal Services; (3) Company Secretarial Services; (4) Legal Project Management; and (5) Consulting: Process & Technology.

Is Vario a part of Pinsent Masons?

Yes, Vario is a Practice Group within Pinsent Masons, making our offering a law-firm captive ALSP (Alternative Legal Service Provider).

The other 4 Practice Groups within Pinsent Masons are: (1) Finance & Projects; (2) Property; (3) Risk Advisory Services; and (4) Transactional Services.
Questions about Vario Flexible Services

What is Vario Flexible Services?

Vario Flexible Services is based on a consultant lawyer / contract lawyer model and it seeks to match top flexible lawyers with clients.

Our account management team can help to relieve the pressure on busy in-house legal teams by providing high quality interim, in-house legal support. This could be to resource an upcoming project, help manage peaks in workflow, or backfill a team absence or departure, or address a skillset gap.

What sectors does Vario work within?

Vario mainly operates within 5 primary sectors. These are: (1) Energy; (2) Financial Services; (3) Technology, Science & Industry; (4) Infrastructure; and (5) Real Estate.

What type of clients use Vario Flexible Services?

A very wide range! Our client base covers sectors from banking to TMT and infrastructure, and from large multinationals through to public sector organisations. The common thread is that each client is seeking a flexible legal resource to help them meet their challenges.
Questions about Vario's bench

What is the calibre of lawyer on Vario’s bench?

Vario’s bench is made up of over 2000 legal professionals of a wide range of seniorities. This includes everything from experienced career paralegals to former GCs (General Counsels).

Every candidate is screened and assesses to assure that they are of the highest quality. We also specifically match the skills and personality of the individual lawyers to each client to make sure that they are the right fit for each other.

What jurisdictions is Vario active in?

Vario has a permanent presence in the UK, Ireland, Germany, Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong and the UAE.

We also have partnership arrangements in place within the USA, South Africa and the Netherlands to allow us to support clients within these jurisdictions.

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