Freelance Oil & Gas Lawyer (Ad-hoc Project Work) - Remote

CompanyPinsent Masons Vario

LocationScotland, United Kingdom

Posted At1/8/2026

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Description

You are a talented, confident lawyer seeking your next challenge. You want to work on challenging legal projects but you want to do it on your own terms. You are seeking an opportunity which allow you to grow as a professional but not encroach on your life outside of work. We hear you.

Flexible Services from Pinsent Masons Vario provides freelance legal professionals access to high-quality legal work with our firm and prestigious clients in a fully flexible way.

We are now looking to expand our bench with exceptional Oil & Gas Lawyers who are interested in ad-hoc projects; ranging from a few hours per week to fit around your existing portfolio, through to short 2–4-week engagements.

To meet the requirements of these opportunities, you will be a qualified lawyer and have experience of:

Upstream oil and gas contracts, JVs, M&A support etc and/or oil and gas service contracts.
At least 3 years’ oil & gas experience within a law firm or in-house team. An understanding of the industry standard template contracts (including LOGIC) would be useful.
Availability and flexibility to engage on ad-hoc projects for varying periods of time.

We are keen to hear from qualified lawyers who are able to demonstrate the following:

A strong academic background
Experience gained within a leading law firm or equivalent global in-house/secondment experience
A flexible, communicative and adaptable approach
Enthusiastic about embracing new work cultures
The ability to rapidly develop close, trusting relationships

By joining the Vario Flexible Services bench, you not only join our community of like-minded but diverse flexible professionals but you’re also joining the wider international firm of Pinsent Masons. In addition to the dedicated support you’ll receive from our Vario Account Management Team, you’ll benefit from access to our partners and client relationship teams, professional development lawyers, library services and other firm resources.

More generally, work you will receive will come in the form of exciting short-term assignments, either from our multi-national clients or from internally within the firm, working alongside our Pinsent Masons colleagues. Assignments vary in scope and seniority and can suit those looking to work full-time, part-time or an hourly basis. Whilst the majority of our roles are currently performed in a hybrid capacity, some are performed remotely and as such we see opportunities to support Pinsent Masons and our clients across the UK and would welcome applications accordingly.

If this opportunity sounds like a challenge that you are confident in tackling and an environment you would thrive in, we’d love to hear from you and introduce you to your new career as a Vario flexible professional. Please feel free to contact our Talent team or apply today for us to follow up with you.