In this presentation, Adrien makes the case for and against integrating LegalTech to scale legal operations of corporates.

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The case for and against
LegalTech in your business
Adrien van den Branden
Founder & CEO @ Companyon

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Who Do We Have in the Room ?
Founder & CEO
adrien.vandenbranden@companyon.eu

3. Key insights
Methodology
Tips along the
way
Q&A
Agenda

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The Two Right Cases for LegalTech
Costs Revenues
10 X
The two good cases for LegalTech

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The Many Wrong Cases for LegalTech
Innovation
Marketing Look & Feel
Trend
Reputation
The many cases against LegalTech

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Manifesto
Build your LegalTech
project from inside
...and do not let it be driven from outside
Tagline

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Manifesto
Tech is part of the solution
Process People

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Manifesto
1/ Standardisation
2/ Self-service
3/ Automation
Scalability paradigms

9. Key insights
Methodology
Tips along the
way
Q&A
Agenda

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Manifesto
1/ Surveys
2/ Interviews
1/ Find the use cases

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Manifesto
A mix of Identification,
Commercial and
Practical obstacles
2/ Map people & processes (not systems)
Getting signatures

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Common strategies
● Resignation
● Reliance on team
● Documentation
Which ways have you explored to deal with
the problem?
Scalable strategies
● Standardisation
● Self-service
● Automation

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Manifesto
3/ Identify change management issues
Other positions Tech positionsLegal positions
AutomationOutsourcing
Outsourcing
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Tech
Engineer
Project
Manager
Partner
Senior
Junior
Today Tomorrow

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Manifesto
4/ Define measurable success factors
● # days between first draft and
signature
● # documents/day
● # hours for preparing a
document

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Manifesto
5/ Define implementation strategy
Process People Tech

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Manifesto
6/ Define your user stories
As a
I want to
So I can
< persona >
< feature >
< business need >

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Manifesto
7/ Confront your user stories with market
1/ Corporate software
2/ Off-the-shelf LegalTech software
3/ Custom-built LegalTech software

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Manifesto
Corporate software

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Manifesto
Off-the-shelf LegalTech software
Contract management
Corporate management
Intake management
Compliance management
Automated legal services

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Manifesto
Custom-built software

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Manifesto
8/ Stay involved

22. Key insights
Methodology
Tips along the
way
Q&A
Agenda

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Success Stories
Success stories

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Practical Tips
● Sharpen your skills
● Come up with a (detailed) methodology
● Go out to the market only with strong user stories
● Pull LegalTech in (don’t let them push in)
● Be assertive with LegalTech (and let them know you are not
interested if that's the case)
● Know the implications of off-the-shelf vs. custom-built
LegalTech solutions
Tips along the way

25. Key insights
Methodology
Tips along the
way
Q&A
Agenda

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Next Steps and Q&A
Questions ?
adrien.vandenbranden@
companyon.eu