The new world of work is here. Develop your flexible legal career with Vario from Pinsent Masons MPillay.

No longer tethered to rigid work rules and regimes set by traditional employers, Varios are free to create a work life balance that suits their individual lifestyle.

Vario from Pinsent Masons MPillay offers true work life balance for legal consultants. A flexible legal career with Vario provides the high quality work you'd expect from an international law firm while providing the perfect harmony between flexible working with career development. From Construction and Infrastructure to Technology, from newly qualified to Partner-level, we welcome a diverse range of legal consultants to join us. And you could be one of them.

As a core part of international law firm Pinsent Masons MPillay, you can be rest assured you'll be in safe hands and in good company. Working as part of the firm, means that you will have access throughout your assignment to the client relationship team and you'll be fully protected with professional indemnity cover as standard.

When you're busy working on exciting assignments for our international clients through Vario or within the firm itself, you'll be supported all the way; Varios on assignment can use the same knowledge systems as lawyers of Pinsent Masons MPillay and you'll be able to access our lawyers and sector experts whenever you need additional support too.

Embracing this new approach to work doesn't mean you're sacrificing your career development either, support and training are available to Varios in both soft-skills and CPD training.
Join the new world of work today. Apply to Vario from Pinsent Masons MPillay.

Main duties and responsibilities:

Our consultants (or Varios) work on fixed term assignments supporting on client matters for our client's in-house legal team; or within the firm.

Working for a client 

On client assignment you will typically work with  the client's in-house legal team supporting the client to achieve their overall business objectives. Day-to-day responsibilities depend largely on the requirements and needs of our client. Flexible working gives you variety and so the type of work you will experience will vary from general business support, regulatory change programmes, major projects and more strategic roles.

Working within the firm 

On assignment with the firm the Vario will be supporting on major projects and cases, where there is a spike in workload or a need for a particular skill set.

Varios are selected based on their technical excellence and their behavioural characteristics. As a result, a Vario on assignment will quickly get to grips with the culture of the client and/our firm and demonstrate the resilience and judgement required of a flexible legal consultant.

Working as a Vario

Varios on assignment receive professional indemnity cover; have access to the knowledge systems of Pinsent Masons and to the firm's network of lawyers throughout the duration of their assignment. In addition, they will have access to on-going professional training, to Vario's account management team to support their flexible careers and to the high quality legal work offered by the firm.

Areas of Law:

• Construction and Engineering
• Infrastructure and Projects
• Corporate
• Energy and Resources
• General Commercial

Qualifications:

• Qualified with a strong academic background preferably with some experience in Asia Pacific

Relevant Experience:

• Top law firm experience
• In-house or secondment experience

Key Skills and Personality Traits:

• Flexible, communicative and adaptable
• Enthusiastic about embracing new work cultures
• Robust and able to negotiate alongside commercial colleagues
• Nurtures internal and external relationships
• Listens, understands and adapts to the needs of the client and colleagues
• Comfortable giving a substantiated/measured opinion to facilitate progress
• Shows judgement and common sense
• Displays resilience
• Manages change and deals with uncertainty
• Exhibits behaviours consistent with the firm's core values of ABC - "Approachable, Bold and Connected"