Why We're Hearing a Lot More About 'Purpose' By Rhys Davies We're hearing a lot more these days about 'purpose' and organisations evolving to become 'purpose-led'. In recent years, calls for organisations to become purpose-led have been growing louder by the...
Fast Forward – Looking Back from the Future By Carsten Reimann Christmas is coming, a new year beckons At this time of year many people are trying to figure out what will happen next year, or even longer term. Looking ahead is essential to any business, as how...
Stanley had originally wanted to be a chef, until his Mother convinced him a career as a solicitor would be more pragmatic. It was whilst studying for his law degree, Stanley pursued a personal passion project in his spare time; he ran his own spearfishing charter...
2020 vision - the polarised views of today By Kwan Cheung Are you ‘with me’ or ‘against me’? It could be argued, perhaps now more than ever given current economic and social circumstances which have unfolded this year, we need greater unity between us. ...
Your most important bank account By Adam Kohl No Normal November It's probably fair to say that, for those of us in Europe, November is proving to be something of a drag. We are all just trying to work our way through the month and remain as cheerful as possible...
Covid, the lockdown and the subsequent re-opening of our offices By Shirley de Roché Covid19 and the extraordinary restrictions imposed by governments around the world have meant that businesses have had to re-think how their staff can operate safely and efficiently. ...
Vario has won it's very first e-Award! With current global CoVid19 restrictions making all events and gatherings impossible, In-House Community, an organisation supporting In-House Legal and Compliance professionals across Asia, hosted their annual Counsels of the...
Situation Premier Oil is an independent UK-headquartered oil & gas company with interests in the UK, Asia, Africa and Mexico. During what was to be a particularly busy period for the company, they required the continued support of the firm in addition to three...
Relocating for Work, My Account of What to Expect, the Good the Bad and the Ugly... (Mostly the Good!) By Keeley Hanlon Keeley Hanlon, Vario Account Executive based in our Melbourne office explains why she took the leap to migrate down under. The world of work is...
Far removed from her current role as a lawyer, Jacinta actually grew up on a Merino sheep farm in Victoria Australia, but her family encouraged her to be whatever she wanted to be, "With a passion for reading and challenging the status quo, law was a natural choice"...
Guest Blog Article: How to Manage an Unpredictable Income By Johanna Cider With flexible working schedules being well sought, many people have turned to freelancing as a career option. Freelancing is a great way to make a living. It gives you complete freedom of how...
Australia Vario Roundtable Event: Melbourne By Paul Garth Vario from Pinsent Masons launched its ‘Be Well at the Top’ campaign at Locanda restaurant in Melbourne last week. 20 General and Senior Legal Counsel were selected to attend Vario leadership roundtable on the...
Situation Our client is a major infrastructure service provider operating across Australasia. A subsidiary to an international contractor, the business operates, maintains and manages key infrastructure and assets across both public and private spheres. With a...
Situation Our client is a leading integrated services company with operations across ANZ. Their utilities arm had a senior lawyer resign leaving a gap in their team during what was a busy period, with particularly crucial issues at stake with broadband vendors. The...
Situation Our client is a large infrastructure and construction company active across Australasia. The General Counsel resigned with a notice period to be served during a particularly busy period. With little resource available internally to run the recruitment...
Our New Vario Team Member in Singapore: Ima Salleh With 14 years of experience in client relationships, sales management, operations management and administrative support, Ima is a welcome addition to the Vario team in the Asia region. She has previously worked for an...
Growing up, Michael actually dreamed of studying architecture and design, but it was his traditionally-minded father that persuaded him to become a lawyer. From the very start of his legal career, Michael knew he wanted to work within the field of construction or...
By Kwan Cheung Alibaba’s charismatic founder, Jack Ma has recently endorsed China’s typical work culture of 12-hour work days, 6 days a week, referred to as ‘996’ (9am-9pm, 6 days a week). His statement has been divisive, received with both praise and anger. While...
Guest Blog Article: Can I work as a Legal Consultant in Singapore? By Laetitia Dubois Crochemore, Vario based in Singapore Singapore has enjoyed a huge boom in prosperity and popularity over the last decade, experiencing huge economic growth when much of the globe has...
NewLaw is the way of the future of law! By Greg Plummer The Times They Are a Changin' The legal profession in Australia is changing. It's slowly but surely moving away from the 'adult day care' model of practice, where junior lawyers fear the repercussions, judgement...
By Paul Garth I recently took a working holiday. Not one of those gap year trips you did as a 20-something-year-old but a proper adult working holiday. That is, I went on leave and work emails were checked and responded to regularly. My employer did not want me to....
Why we need to be more than a lawyer: a review of the Australian ACC National Conference 2018 By Paul Garth and Alison Laird Evolution of the GC With the challenges facing in-house counsel – delivering value, managing technology, wrangling legal providers and meeting...
Pinsent Masons MPillay is set to launch its flexible consulting service, Vario, in Singapore. This represents another step in the firm's expansion of innovative services, which saw it take the Vario model to Australia in July 2017. The firm is witnessing increased...
Flexible legal hub Vario, part of international law firm Pinsent Masons, has surveyed the lawyers added into the bench since its launch last year and has discovered that freedom and flexibility remain the top motivator for those switching to freelance work. Of those...
International law firm Pinsent Masons has officially launched Vario, its flexible resourcing hub, in the Australian market following extensive research on the freelancing appetites of lawyers and needs of corporates. Dovetailing with the announcement of Vario’s...