Over the last year, our clients - legal professionals - have expressed their seemingly increased workload for reviewing contract documents, negotiating agreements, and signing contracts. Recently, I was asked: "When do you know it is time to hire a full-time legal professional for contract management and legal review?" Considering the innumerable times I've been asked this question, I resolved to write a thorough and thoughtful response as a blog that aligns with our audience of contract management software users and prospective CLM users as well. Discover 5 steps to determine if you need to hire a full-time legal reviewer or paralegal.
Is It Time to Hire a Full-Time Legal Reviewer or Paralegal?
By Mark Nastasi on 03/21/22
Contract Management and Negotiation - A Delicious Recipe for Success
By Sean Heck on 01/28/22
As a contract management professional, you must be able to cook up a deliciously low-friction contract negotiations process. However, without a centralized and organized system for contract negotiations, you can end up burning the meal for all contract lifecycle management stakeholders at the table. But fear not: leading contract management software can be the secret ingredient to a savory, delectable contract negotiations process. Read on to learn how.
4 Different Phases of Contract Management & How to Tackle Them
By Sean Heck on 01/14/22
Contract management is a multi-faceted process. Without oversight over each stage in the life of a contract, your organization can suffer from process bottlenecks, missed contract obligations and tasks, wasted time, lawsuits, decreased revenue, and missed opportunities - to name a few. Fortunately, you can increase your ROI by better understanding approaching contract management. Here are the four phases of contract management and how to tackle them with contract management software.
How To Improve Contract Management in 3 Simple Steps
By Joshua Hansen on 12/28/21
As contract management continuously evolves amidst constant digital transformation, you can find various ways to improve your processes. Rather than fall behind with manual contract management processes that require disparate tools - such as email, spreadsheets, wet signatures, and postal mail – read on to see how you can improve your contract management processes with future-minded contract management software.