Contract Heroes

Tips for Developing Soft Skills with Patrick Barry In this episode of Contract Heroes, we had a chat with soft skills specialist, Patrick Barry. Patrick has been working in-house as Associate General Counsel with Emerson Electric (more specifically their Commercial Residential Solutions subdivision) for 12 years. He explained that his role involves supporting the Emerson businesses in order to hel...

Contract Heroes with Roland Vogl In this installment of Contract Heroes, we had a chat with a long-term partner in the legal tech space, Roland Vogl. Roland is the executive director of CodeX, the Stanford Center for Legal Informatics, which is a joint...

Contract Heroes with Roland Vogl In this installment of Contract Heroes, we had a chat with a long-term partner in the legal tech space, Roland Vogl. Roland is the executive director of CodeX, the Stanford Center for Legal Informatics, which is a joint center between the law school and the computer science department at Stanford University in California. The mission of CodeX is to bring informatio...

Contract Heroes with Nick Rishwain In this installment of Contract Heroes, we sat down to chat with fellow legal tech podcaster, Nick Rishwain. Nick started his show, LegalTechLIVE, in 2015, when the realm of legal technology was still in the process o...

Contract Heroes with Nick Rishwain In this installment of Contract Heroes, we sat down to chat with fellow legal tech podcaster, Nick Rishwain. Nick started his show, LegalTechLIVE, in 2015, when the realm of legal technology was still in the process of ramping up. Though he is currently on hiatus from the show, they have a log of 130 episodes, all showcasing fascinating interviews with founders o...

Building the Bridge Between Business and Legal with Dan Hendy This episode of Contract Heroes featured Dan Hendy, the Executive Vice President of Corporate and Commercial Solutions at UnitedLex. Dan has been working in legal operations since 2015 when ...

Building the Bridge Between Business and Legal with Dan Hendy This episode of Contract Heroes featured Dan Hendy, the Executive Vice President of Corporate and Commercial Solutions at UnitedLex. Dan has been working in legal operations since 2015 when he was first introduced to a legal ops role while employed at GE. Throughout our conversation, Dan shared his experiences with how the world of lega...

The Contract Management Quadrant In this installment of Contract Heroes, we had the opportunity to chat with none other than Krzysztof Kwiatek, the associate director at Deloitte Legal located in Kraków, Poland. Kris works in legal management consultin...

The Contract Management Quadrant In this installment of Contract Heroes, we had the opportunity to chat with none other than Krzysztof Kwiatek, the associate director at Deloitte Legal located in Kraków, Poland. Kris works in legal management consulting and runs the technology center of excellence, mostly focusing his time on CLM tool implementations. His induction into the world of CLM occurred i...

This week’s installment of Contract Heroes brings you invaluable insight from renowned legal operations consultant and founder of InnoLaw, Lucy Bassli. Lucy got her start as a commercial contracts lawyer, eventually moving from a big law firm to workin...

This week’s installment of Contract Heroes brings you invaluable insight from renowned legal operations consultant and founder of InnoLaw, Lucy Bassli. Lucy got her start as a commercial contracts lawyer, eventually moving from a big law firm to working in-house at Microsoft for about 13 years. It was through her work at Microsoft that she discovered her passion for the “how” aspect of her job rat...

In this installment of Contract Heroes, we had the opportunity to chat with Mat Jakubowski. Mat has over 10 years of legal experience at companies like Thomson Reuters and Dentons. This experience has given him a unique blend of skills that he now uses...

In this installment of Contract Heroes, we had the opportunity to chat with Mat Jakubowski. Mat has over 10 years of legal experience at companies like Thomson Reuters and Dentons. This experience has given him a unique blend of skills that he now uses to both run a legal ops department and also provide world-class Legal Tech training and mentoring to aspiring lawyers and legal professionals at Si...

In this week’s installment of Contract Heroes, we sat down with the mastermind behind the creation of Counselwell, Avi Weiss. Avi ​​is currently an in-house lawyer at Coinsquare, a cryptocurrency company based in Canada, but he also manages Counselwell...

In this week’s installment of Contract Heroes, we sat down with the mastermind behind the creation of Counselwell, Avi Weiss. Avi ​​is currently an in-house lawyer at Coinsquare, a cryptocurrency company based in Canada, but he also manages Counselwell simultaneously. His passion for in-house counsel and the drive to provide resources for his peers in this versatile and demanding profession have l...

Throughout our conversations on Contract Heroes, we have often focused mainly on contract processes, how to go about bettering them before implementing tech solutions like contract lifecycle management (CLM) tools, but one key aspect of the contracting...

Throughout our conversations on Contract Heroes, we have often focused mainly on contract processes, how to go about bettering them before implementing tech solutions like contract lifecycle management (CLM) tools, but one key aspect of the contracting realm that we have yet to fully cover is people. After all, the employees working throughout the different departments of a company are the ones wh...

Tom is a contract management veteran and a legend in the industry with tons of knowledge to impart about the early steps of implementing contract lifecycle management (CLM) tools. Over the years Tom has helped his clients understand the people, process...

Tom is a contract management veteran and a legend in the industry with tons of knowledge to impart about the early steps of implementing contract lifecycle management (CLM) tools. Over the years Tom has helped his clients understand the people, process, and technology that makes up the framework of contracting, especially from the sell side of the equation.   During this episode we discussed: How...

Just as a typical doctor would do when diagnosing their patient, the Procurement Doctor evaluates his client’s contract process in order to locate the pain areas before suggesting recommendations on how to go about fixing those areas. During our interv...

Just as a typical doctor would do when diagnosing their patient, the Procurement Doctor evaluates his client’s contract process in order to locate the pain areas before suggesting recommendations on how to go about fixing those areas. During our interview we discussed: Karthik’s experiences in working with the procurement side of contracts vs. the sales side. Why implementing a contract playbook c...

Alex started practicing law as a litigator before eventually making the transition into the legal-tech space where’s he’s worked in a variety of roles, most recently as the head of community development at Ironclad where he is responsible for facilitat...

Alex started practicing law as a litigator before eventually making the transition into the legal-tech space where’s he’s worked in a variety of roles, most recently as the head of community development at Ironclad where he is responsible for facilitating community engagement. —————————– In this episode we cover: How being a lawyer helped Alex have success selling legal-tech Why working for a law...

Husein Panju has been practicing law for 10 years, spending the first 5 years of his career providing advice and litigation to the three levels of the Canadian government before taking on a dual role with a top public affairs consulting firm in which h...

Husein Panju has been practicing law for 10 years, spending the first 5 years of his career providing advice and litigation to the three levels of the Canadian government before taking on a dual role with a top public affairs consulting firm in which he handled commercial drafting and risk management. —————————– In this episode we cover: - The problems with legalese and why lawyers still use them...