International Lockdown Experiences from Vario By Rhys Davies, Britta Spachtholz and Paul Garth Rhys Davies, Vario Senior Account Executive, based in Hong Kong/UK: I was living in Hong Kong on secondment at the outset of the pandemic and it will come as no surprise to...
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...
Carl Watson - General Counsel, Arcadis Asia In what has been a highly unusual 12 months, how have you managed to retain some semblance of normality? What tools or strategies have you found particularly useful? At Arcadis we’ve been fairly fortunate, we put...
Cindy Tong - General Counsel and Head of Compliance, Axa Asia In what has been a highly unusual 12 months, how have you managed to retain some semblance of normality? What tools or strategies have you found particularly useful? It’s been a very unusual year....
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...
Multinational law firm Pinsent Masons has brought together a range of skill set offerings to launch a professional services practice group as it further embeds its strategy to become a purpose-led professional services business with law at the core. Pinsent Masons...
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. ...
So What Does The Future Hold? by Kwan Cheung Some countries are, at time of writing, now beginning to make the first tentative steps of the long journey to economic recovery from hitherto the most prolific global epidemic in living memory, with far-reaching...
Working remotely in Germany – from nuts to normal? By Britta Spachtholz The Past As long as you are not employed as a craftsman of any kind, working in Germany means going to an office and spending your workday there. Actually as an employee you have the obligation of...
Guest Blog Article: Freelance professional or professional freelancer? By Rebecca Lovelock Remote working and flexible employment are within the DNA of Vario. But that flavour of innovation has now been tasted in many walks of life, and the emphasis on centralised...
How to catch some Z's. By Sohaib Tariq My first ever memory was using a smartphone; my parents are millennials and I witnessed the death of the DVD. In other words, I'm Generation Z. The days of Generation Z are upon us. This year marks the first year where Gen Z...
The Importance of Mental Health as a Legal Professional By Paul Garth A couple of weeks ago I facilitated an engaging discussion with Grant Pritchard, Senior Legal Counsel at Spark New Zealand, and an advocate for positive mental health within the legal sector. The...
Ramadan in Lockdown By Sohaib Tariq Every year, millions of Muslims observe Ramadan. 2020 is no exception. Except this IS an exceptional year; around the globe Muslims had to practice fasting under lockdown restrictions, adding another a new dimension to an already...
Could Working From Home Be Here to Stay? By Dan Lloyd Vario Account Executive Dan Lloyd asks whether working from home will be more widely accepted post pandemic. In these unprecedented times, a lot of workers are getting to grips with working from home for the first...
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...
Find Your Passion By Keely Simpson Vario Account Executive Keely Simpson explains why it's so important to make time for your hobbies. Work plays an important role in many of our lives. Often so much so that we forget to be ourselves every now and again. For many of...
Multinational law firm Pinsent Masons has announced two acquisitions that will enable it to launch its flexible legal resourcing brand, Vario, into Germany. Pinsent Masons has acquired Xenion Legal GmbH a leading name in the German freelance legal market. Xenion was...