Managed legal services

Managed legal services

Transfer the work that stands in the way of your strategic priorities with a managed legal delivery solution.

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Our latest work

Our advisers act on domestic and international matters of all shapes and sizes, working with many of the leading names in the market. Browse our experience below, or use the filters to look-up recent work in particular geographies and industry sectors.

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    Advised a higher education institute on board review support, providing guidance to ensure effective governance and compliance with regulatory standards.

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    Advised a global medical diagnostics provider, on data protection matters, ensuring compliance with applicable privacy regulations and best practices.

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    Advised a leading security systems provider on legal support matters.

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    Advised a leading engineering and technology company on commercial legal matters.

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    Delivering a programme for a financial services business acting as a provider of technology to remediate its customer contracts to ensure compliance with the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA).

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    Delivering a hybrid expert advisory and managed legal contracting service for a global FMCG business, supporting complex technology and sourcing contracts.

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    Provided a data centre solutions providor with a deadicated company secretarial solution.

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    Provided comprehensive support to a large charity based in Ireland. Managed, organized, and minuted over 30 meetings per annum, including those of 7 committees and a board comprising 12 directors. Ensured adherence to regulatory obligations and filings specific to the charity sector.

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    Carrying out a a comprehensive contract review project for a multinational foodservice company, including AI analysis of contractual terms and preparation of a contract register.

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    Advised a leading technology company, on updating their Data Protection Legal team's incident response processes, including interviewing key members, proposing improvements.

Scalable, expert-driven managed legal services from trusted law firm, Pinsent Masons.

Our managed legal services (MLS) team offers flexible, cost-effective legal delivery models designed to extend the capacity of your in-house team, as and when you need it.

Whether you are managing high-volume business-as-usual tasks or navigating complex one-off legal projects, our MLS solutions provides scalable support tailored to your business needs. We combine the expertise of experienced in-house lawyers, legal project managers, paralegals and legal technology specialists to deliver law firm-quality services, with the speed and agility of a modern professional business.

Seamlessly integrated into your legal, you gain a trusted legal partner committed to delivering innovative, high-quality solutions. We free up your time to focus on the work that really needs them.

Whether you need support with contract lifecycle management, regulatory compliance projects, document review, or short-term expert legal support, our tech-enabled legal delivery solutions ensure efficiency, consistency, and reduced legal spend without compromising on quality.

Our managed legal services packages:

 

Managed legal project

Through our Managed Legal Project Delivery team, we offer a fully supported solution from start to finish, whether compact or complex. Our approach is designed to be modular and adaptable - giving you the flexibility to scale support as needed. By leveraging alternative pricing models, we ensure cost-efficiency without compromising on quality.

Managed legal project

Managed legal team

Our Managed Legal team provides on-demand legal support to help manage peak periods and meet deadlines. A flexible extension of your team, we handle overflow routine work across areas such as data, contracts and more. Whether your team is facing unexpected volumes or resources have to be diverted to more strategic work, our dedicated lawyers integrate seamlessly into your operations.

Managed legal team

End-to-end managed legal service

A Managed Legal Service allows for the packaging and transferring of entire categories of legal work to a dedicated team of lawyers and legal delivery specialists. This model effectively combines resource, process and technology to enhance legal delivery outcomes at scale. Whether you're looking to streamline operations, reduce costs or refocus internal resources on strategic priorities, our MLS solution provides a reliable, flexible legal delivery model tailored to your business.

End-to-end managed legal
David Halliwell

David Halliwell

Partner, Vario, Managed Legal Services

Traditionally, legal departments had to choose between investing in a bigger in-house team, or sending work out to a low-cost LPO or a traditional law firm. Now you can have the best of both worlds – law firm quality, with the efficiencies of a modern alternative legal service business.

Reliable delivery

Operating within a structured framework, we deliver continuity and consistency through defined workflows, embedded quality controls and a dedicated team that understands your business.

Rapid results

Hit the ground running with rapid implementation that sets up structured processes, establishes baseline performance metrics and integrates plug-and-play legal tech.

Actionable insights

Drive lasting impact through real-time performance monitoring, data-driven strategies and contractual obligation management to drive continuous improvement and smarter decision making.

To request a brochure and a no-obligation call about how a managed legal service solution can help you, click below.

 

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Our expertise, at your disposal

With over 490 partners and 3000 people around the world, we are well-placed to support you across a full range of legal and advisory services.

David Halliwell

Partner, Vario, Managed Legal Services

David's a lawyer who started asking "surely there's a better way of doing this?" 20 years ago, and hasn't stopped trying to answer that question ever since.

Head of Client Development, MLS & Consulting

Jenny is an experienced business development leader in the legal sector, with a strong track record of driving growth and client engagement across international markets.

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Partner, Head of Vario

Matthew is responsible for the strategic direction, management and growth of Pinsent Masons Vario globally, which is comprised of ‘managed legal services’, ‘flexible legal provision’, ‘company secretarial services’, ‘legal project management’ and ‘legal consulting & technology’.

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MLS Solutions Director

Rich is the Managed Legal Services Solutions Director, helping clients tackle their legal function challenges with innovative solutions.

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Legal Director, Head of Managed Legal Services Germany

Christian heads Managed Legal Services in Germany. He advises companies and legal departments in all sectors and industries on the outsourcing of legal tasks, special projects and individual consulting areas.

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Legal Manager

Brad specialises in commercial contracting and supports both British and multinational clients across diverse sectors with clear, pragmatic advice, as well as delivering process, system and legal-tech improvements that enhance efficiency, strengthen internal compliance, streamline delivery and reduce commercial risk.

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Head of Managed Legal Services Client Account Management

Sonia leads Property Managed Legal Services at Pinsent Masons. A former General Counsel with over a decade’s experience in MLS, she designs technology enabled solutions that improve speed, consistency and commercial outcomes, building long term client relationships grounded in operational insight delivery.

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MLS Delivery Manager, Middle East

Hany specialises in cross-border disputes, international arbitration and risk management. He helps States, state-owned entities and businesses navigate complex challenges, protect their interests and achieve commercially effective outcomes.

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MLS Lawyer

Sebastian is part of the German Managed Legal Services team, advising legal departments as well as hybrid projects for German and international clients.

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