Moving Beyond Cut and Paste: The Criticality of Contract Language with Ken Adams, Chief Content Officer at LegalSifter

Procurement Reimagined

In this episode of Procurement Reimagined, brought to you by Gatekeeper, host Daniel is joined by Ken Adams, Chief Content Officer at LegalSifter, an AI-driven contract management service. Ken is a recognised authority on contract language and drafting legal/compliance contracts and the author of A Manual of Style for Contract Drafting. He shares his insights on the challenges of using traditional procurement contract language and how creating guidelines and templates can help drive compliance.

Ken is a specialist in contract language and automation. He has spent 34 years across legal and contractual concerns and has also lectured at the University of Pennsylvania Law School for over seven years. He is a sought-after keynote speaker and regularly conducts public and in-house seminars globally on contract language.

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• Ken Adams on LinkedIn
• Ken Adams on Twitter
• LegalSifter website
• Procurement Reimagined Podcast
• Daniel Barnes LinkedIn

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