Contract Optimisation Podcast Series

Welcome to our podcast series about Contract Optimisation, where we speak to clients and other experts about their experiences of trying to improve contracts.

02 May 2024

Publication

Contract Optimisation is all about improving the content and design of standard contracts. That includes making them clearer, shorter, more balanced and ready for automation. From our experience, nothing else has a bigger impact on the whole contract process.

In this series, we ask a range of clients and other experts to share their stories of trying to improve contracts.

If you'd like to learn more about Contract Optimisation, read our free guide called Creating Better Contracts or get in touch with James Cotter or Chris Simkins.

Episode 1: Barclays

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Chris Simkins talks with Jack Simmons from Barclays about his experience of redesigning their standard contract template for commercial partnerships. They discuss the key drivers for the project, how they went about it and the impact it’s had.

Episode 2: BT Group

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Rustum Rau (Legal Director, BT Group) joins Chris Simkins to discuss BT’s work to digitise its business contracts. Rustum shares lots of practical and honest insights into the challenges and successes they’ve experienced.

Episode 3: NatWest

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Chris Simkins is joined by Richard Danks, from NatWest’s Outsourcing, Technology & IP legal team, to talk about an ambitious project to simplify and streamline their standard procurement templates.

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