Beyond Redlines for In-House Legal: Partnering with Sales & Product to Streamline Commercial Contracting
Tuesday, August 19th • 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET
Redlines are only the tip of the iceberg. Today’s most effective in-house legal teams don’t just negotiate contracts—they drive business impact by building strong, proactive relationships with sales and product teams. By collaborating earlier and more strategically, legal can reduce bottlenecks, improve deal velocity, and enhance the customer experience.
Join us on Tuesday, August 19, 2025, at 12pm ET as Chris Wlach, Senior Director of Legal at Acxiom, and Tommy Tavares, Chief Strategy Officer of Lawtrades,will share how legal can evolve from a reactive gatekeeper to a proactive business enabler. This session will offer practical strategies and tools for aligning with sales and product teams to streamline the commercial contracting process and unlock faster, more collaborative deal cycles.
Key takeaways include:
How to build trust and workflows with sales teams that improve efficiency
Strategies for embedding legal into product development without slowing down go-to-market timelines
Playbooks and tools that reduce contract review cycles and boost deal velocity
Real-world examples of successful cross-functional partnership
Who Should Attend:
This session is tailored for in-house legal professionals who work on commercial contracts and want to deepen their alignment with the business. Whether you’re a solo counsel or part of a growing legal department, you’ll gain actionable insights to help transform your contracting process into a driver of business success.
