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What's it like to be the first European legal hire for a fast-growing tech company? How do you build out a European legal team? And where is the European tech sector headed?
Join Volker Weisshaar, General Counsel EMEA at Sonos, as he talks about establishing and scaling European legal teams for US tech giants NetApp and Sonos, and what it takes to help these companies thrive in the regulation-heavy and culturally diverse landscape of the EU.
Listen as Volker discusses his approaches to hiring at NetApp and Sonos, taking on an operator function and getting your hands dirty as you build a new office, evolving your leadership style in a growing business, key differences between European and US regulations, and much more.
Read detailed summary: https://www.spotdraft.com/podcast/episode-97
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Topics Introduction 0:00
Living and working in Amsterdam: 2:24
Europe’s tech and startup scene: 2:27
What motivated Volker to become a tech lawyer: 3:44
Being the first European legal hire at Sonos and NetApp: 11:10
Approaches to building out a legal team: 14:54
Being a lawyer and an operator: 16:52
Joining Sonos: 19:01
Evolving as a leader: 23:12
Managing your relationship with a global CLO: 26:10"
Differences between US and EU regulations: 28:48
Europe’s start-up scene and regulation: 34:41
Biggest challenges at Sonos: 40:24
Leveraging AI: 44:41
Proudest accomplishments at Sonos: 47:29
Rapid-fire questions: 49:07Connect with us:
Volker Weisshaar - https://www.linkedin.com/in/volkerweisshaar/
Tyler Finn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/tylerhfinn
SpotDraft - https://www.linkedin.com/company/spotdraftSpotDraft is a leading contract lifecycle management platform that solves your end-to-end contract management issues. Visit https://www.spotdraft.com to learn more.
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How do you make the move from building a legal career in the US to one in Europe, scale one of Europe's hottest unicorns, and transition to launching your own start-up?
Join Jordan Hatcher, co-founder, CLO, and COO of The Grid, a blockchain-based tech start-up, as he shares his experience as a Texas-born lawyer living and working across Europe in senior counsel roles at Optimizely, ARM, and Hewlett Packard before joining Staffbase as GC and ultimately co-founding his own cutting-edge Web3 company.
Listen as Jordan discusses his early work writing and advocating for open data licenses, offers advice to US companies looking to build or scale in Europe, explains the value of a well-timed career break, and much more.
Read detailed summary: https://www.spotdraft.com/podcast/episode-96
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Introduction: 0:00
Living in Amsterdam: 3:08
Working in IP, Web3, civil liberties law: 5:54
Collaborating with engineers at HP and ARM: 8:14
Open source data and standards making: 10:37
A throughline from open source to Web3 Leading legal at Staffbase: 14:57
Signs that you’re overworking: 19:22
Dual perspectives on business culture in the US and Europe: 23:40
Building a business in Europe: 26:50
Biggest accomplishments at Staffbase: 29:58
When to leave a GC role: 31:38
Taking a career break: 35:38
Diving into Web3 with The Grid: 36:30
Reflecting on entrepreneurship: 39:40
Starting a non-profit: 46:16
Raising a child with a disability: 48:56
Rapid-fire questions: 53:39Connect with us:
Jordan Hatcher - http://linkedin.com/in/jordanhatcher/
Tyler Finn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/tylerhfinn
SpotDraft - https://www.linkedin.com/company/spotdraftSpotDraft is a leading contract lifecycle management platform that solves your end-to-end contract management issues. Visit https://www.spotdraft.com to learn more.
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Where is the legal innovation space headed? Is this an area where European businesses are actually investing more deeply than their American counterparts? And how can you transition your team to focus more on innovation and a little less on the law?
Join Alex Herrity, Director of Global Legal Solutions at Adidas, as he offers expert takes on the future of legal tech and legal ops, including adopting new technology like AI, leaning into change management, scaling innovations globally, and more.
Listen as Alex discusses his transition from lawyer to “legal tech guy,” the growing acceptance of ops roles in inhouse legal departments, legal innovation’s big moment, hosting the Law://WhatsNext podcast, and much more.
Read detailed summary: https://www.spotdraft.com/podcast/episode-95
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Introduction: 0:00
A big moment for legal innovation: 2:33
Characterizing legal innovation: 5:28
From lawyer to legal ops director: 7:50
Adopting technology vs. change management: 9:12
Avoiding mistakes in legal tech: 15:41
Leading with AI: 18:52
Deciding to be a lawyer: 21:09
Becoming a “legal tech guy”: 26:18
Directing global legal ops for Adidas: 27:40
Managing teams in multiple countries: 30:54
The future of legal ops at Adidas: 34:21
Advice to future legal ops professionals: 36:50
Hosting the Law://WhatsNext podcast: 42:24
Rapid-fire questions: 46:02Connect with us:
Alex Herrity - https://www.linkedin.com/in/legalopshezzle/
Tyler Finn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/tylerhfinn
SpotDraft - https://www.linkedin.com/company/spotdraftSpotDraft is a leading contract lifecycle management platform that solves your end-to-end contract management issues.
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How important is the culture of an organization to its success? How can legal leaders cultivate high-performing cultures for their teams and their companies? And why is this something that a lot of legal teams struggle with?
Join Manu Kanwar, Founder and CEO of LexSolutions, as he shares how he improves his clients’ legal teams and why he focuses on strategy, culture, and relationships as the cornerstones of legal innovation.
Listen as Manu discusses strategies for changing work cultures, fixing toxic situations, and maintaining a healthy self-image, why he left Yahoo! after ten years to start his own legal consulting firm, the problem with “doing more with less,” and much more.
Read detailed summary: https://www.spotdraft.com/podcast/episode-94
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Introduction 0:00
Founding LexSolutions after ten years at Yahoo!: 2:07
Approaches to legal innovation: 5:07
Shifting cultures: 7:11
The rewards and challenges of consulting: 9:44
What’s wrong with “do more with less?”: 12:14
Why corporate culture is so hard to get right: 19:25
Who is responsible for changing culture? 26:22
Reinforcing psychological safety: 31:06
Fixing toxic cultures: 32:38
Advice to lawyers in toxic situations: 34:16
Why lawyers struggle with self-image: 41:48
Considering authenticity: 45:58
How to connect with Manu: 52:44
Rapid-fire questions: 53:07Connect with us:
Manu Kanwar - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mkanwar/
Tyler Finn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/tylerhfinn
SpotDraft - https://www.linkedin.com/company/spotdraftSpotDraft is a leading contract lifecycle management platform that solves your end-to-end contract management issues.
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How do you navigate a crisis? Data breaches, bank collapses, CEO transitions, and global recessions are just a few of the hazards that can challenge general counsels and other executives and threaten the future of their businesses.
In this episode, we’re sharing stories of resilience and tough lessons learned from some of the legal and business leaders who have joined us on The Abstract. Keep listening for advice that could prove handy in an emergency.
Read detailed summary: https://www.spotdraft.com/podcast/episode-93
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Introduction: 0:00
Vanessa Wu, GC at Rippling, on surviving the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank: 0:42
Joe Sullivan, CEO of Joe Sullivan Security, on the personal fallout from a data breach at Uber: 7:45
Heath Tarbert, Chief Legal Officer and Head of Corporate Affairs at Circle, on gaining career momentum from the great recession: 12:40
Kristin Sverchek, former President of Lyft, dealing with executive roles and hiring during a crisis: 15:07
Dan Haley, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at Guild, on managing CEO transitions in a time of crisis: 18:25
Sean West, Co-Founder at Hence Technologies, on how general counsels can get better at navigating political risks: 21:55
Chelsea Grayson, Managing Partner of Corporate Restructuring at Pivot , on sitting on a corporate board during a crisis: 24:21
Connect with us:
Tyler Finn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/tylerhfinn
SpotDraft - https://www.linkedin.com/company/spotdraft
SpotDraft is a leading contract lifecycle management platform that solves your end-to-end contract management issues.
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Can your pets inspire you and shape the direction of your career? How can practicing abroad open doors? And what personal and professional lessons can you draw from training for and completing an Ironman triathlon?
Join Tim Hirsch, General Counsel at Mars Science and Diagnostics, as he talks about making transitions: from practicing law in the EU to practicing in the US; working in-house at huge companies like Mastercard to becoming Head of Legal at Collibra, a ten-person start-up; taking the leap to co-found his own business, DoggyChef; and leveraging that experience in pet care into his current role as GC at one of the biggest names in the industry.
Listen as Tim discusses the different expectations on lawyers in the US versus Europe, how to have influence in a huge in-house legal team, what it takes to turn an idea into a company, operating a start-up while working full-time, and much more.
Read detailed summary: https://www.spotdraft.com/podcast/episode-92
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Introduction 0:00
Starting a legal career in Europe: 4:27
Bringing a different perspective to in-house legal: 8:59
Becoming Head of Legal at Collibra: 11:25
Learning business skills on the job: 14:24
Developing the confidence to start a business: 20:02
Co-founding DoggyChef: 21:29
Moving into a GC role at Mars Petcare: 30:08
Switching between large and small organizations: 34:58
Training for an Ironman triathlon: 39:34
Rapid-fire questions: 49:36Connect with us: Tim Hirsch - https://www.linkedin.com/in/timothyhirsch/ Tyler Finn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/tylerhfinn SpotDraft - https://www.linkedin.com/company/spotdraft
SpotDraft is a leading contract lifecycle management platform that solves your end-to-end contract management issues.
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Why is technology the right leverage point for improving how a legal team works together? What did it take to start and sustainably grow SpotDraft? And how do you transition from a more traditional legal career to one leading a legal tech business?
Join Shashank Bijapur, SpotDraft’s Co-Founder & CEO and Akshay Verma, SpotDraft’s COO as they sit down with Tyler Finn at the SpotDraft Summit 2025 and break down their journeys from lawyers to tech executives and legal innovators.
Listen as Shashank and Akshay discuss the origins of Spotdraft, offer their expert predictions on the future of legal work and AI, explain why legal operations professionals should aim for COO roles, and much more.
Read detailed summary: https://www.spotdraft.com/podcast/episode-91
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Introduction: 0:00
What inspired Shashank to start SpotDraft: 2:38
Leading strong customer success teams: 4:40
Approaches to fundraising: 6:38
Looking back on Legal Ops at Facebook: 9:14
Where is the legal ops profession headed?: 11:45
Hiring a legal ops professional for COO roles: 13:06
Seeing yourself as a lawyer in the business world: 15:48
Building balance on an executive team: 18:19
Advice to lawyers looking to pivot: 21:27
How AI will evolve the way in-house teams work?: 25:06
Will lawyers accept AI risks?: 27:52
The future of law firms and AI: 32:50
Rapid-fire questions: 38:52Connect with us:
Shashank Bijapur - https://www.linkedin.com/in/shashankbijapur/
Akshay Verma - https://www.linkedin.com/in/akshay-verma-esq/
Tyler Finn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/tylerhfinn
SpotDraft - https://www.linkedin.com/company/spotdraftSpotDraft is a leading contract lifecycle management platform that solves your end-to-end contract management needs.
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How do you make the transition from IP lawyer to general counsel in a typical path? Help Adobe navigate a transition to the cloud, and then the AI era? And make time for your family through all the ups and downs?
Join Dana Rao, former general counsel at Adobe and IP and Licensing expert at Microsoft, as he discusses how he capitalized on his electrical engineering background to skyrocket himself from a patent attorney to the forefront of some of the most consequential technology decisions of the last two decades—including topics like copyright, AI, litigation, and more.
Listen as Dana explains how he became invaluable to Janet Reno’s justice department, how to make ethical business decisions, influencing legislation to combat patent trolls, and more more.
Read detailed summary: https://www.spotdraft.com/podcast/episode-91
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Introduction: 0:00
Relaxing and writing after retirement: 2:23
Transitioning from electrical engineer to DC lawyer: 10:51
Doing the right thing for your company and the world: 21:48
Leaving politics to become tech counsel: 27:21
Combating patent trolls: 36:03
From Microsoft to Adobe general counsel: 41:42
Rapid-fire questions: 51:48Connect with us:
Dana Rao - https://www.linkedin.com/in/dana-rao/
Tyler Finn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/tylerhfinn
SpotDraft - https://www.linkedin.com/company/spotdraftSpotDraft is a leading contract lifecycle management platform that solves your end-to-end contract management issues.
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How do you build a legal marketplace with more than 75,000 community members? Find the right investors to join you on the journey? And help the business navigate the inevitable pivots that will come along with its growth?
Join Hannah Konitshek, COO and Founder of Legal.io, Business Operations and Strategy, as she dives deep into the business of legal tech, and how a relationship built during a hackathon transformed into the premiere marketplace for in-house legal talent.
Listen as Hannah explains how attending law school in San Francisco guided her legal career, founding and growing a start-up with a legal background, how to balance your convictions with investors, and learning that the biggest risk is not taking a big enough swing.
Read detailed summary: https://www.spotdraft.com/podcast/episode-89
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Introduction: 0:00
Going into legal tech directly from law school: 2:10
Do law schools prepare students for careers outside big law?: 6:25
Getting started with Legal.io: 9:20
Defining yourself as a “second-term founder”: 11:31
Hannah on conviction and experimentation: 14:50
Approaching fundraising: 19:06
Advice to business leaders on pivots: 23:21
How Legal.io works with AI: 28:45
Upcoming trends in the legal hiring market: 30:47
The future of Legal.io: 36:04
Rapid-fire questions: 37:29Connect with us:
Hannah Konitshek - https://www.linkedin.com/in/hannah-konitshek/
Tyler Finn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/tylerhfinn
SpotDraft - https://www.linkedin.com/company/spotdraftSpotDraft is a leading contract lifecycle management platform that solves your end-to-end contract management issues.
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How do you make the transition from federal prosecutor to security leader? Help secure some of the world's largest technology companies? And build yourself back up after being convicted by a federal jury for your company's handling of a data breach?
Join Joe Sullivan, CEO of Joe Sullivan Security and the non-profit Ukraine Friends, as he reflects on the trial and sentencing he endured for a data breach at Uber to interpret the manifold challenges the chief security officers face each day.
Listen as Joe shares his journey from the first full-time cyber federal prosecutor in the country to legal and security leader at eBay, Paypal, Facebook, Uber, and Cloudflare, why lawyers need to work closely with security teams, the relationship between security and privacy, and much more.
Read detailed summary: https://www.spotdraft.com/podcast/episode-88
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Introduction: 0:00
Becoming the CEO of Ukraine Friends: 2:43
Getting a start in cyber: 13:55
Transitioning from tech-savvy prosecutor to trust and safety at eBay and Paypal: 17:18
Taking on security at Facebook: 22:20
The challenges that face chief security officers: 24:03
How legal teams and security can work better together: 26:23
The difference between a chief security officer and a CISO: 30:03
Navigating the fallout of the data breach at Uber: 32:02
Working at Cloudflare during the Uber trial: 37:21
Building a private security practice: 38:28
Joe’s biggest learnings from the trial: 44:01
Rapid-fire questions: 46:08Connect with us:
Joe Sullivan - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joesu11ivan/
Tyler Finn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/tylerhfinn
SpotDraft - https://www.linkedin.com/company/spotdraftSpotDraft is a leading contract lifecycle management platform that solves your end-to-end contract management issues.
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What role does integrity need to play in your company's culture? How can legal teams and corporate leaders foster it? And where do you get started if you want to write a book on it?
Join Rob Chesnut, author of Intentional Integrity: How Smart Companies Can Lead an Ethical Revolution, as he discusses his path from prosecutor at the Department of Justice to tech industry legal leader at eBay, Chegg, and Airbnb, and how integrity and ethics became the cornerstone of both his career and his personal philosophy.
Listen as Rob discusses scaling global legal teams for some of the biggest disruptors in the world, embedding integrity into your company’s corporate culture, transitioning from general counsel to author and thought leader, and much more.
Read detailed summary: https://www.spotdraft.com/podcast/episode-87
Topics
Introduction: 0:00
Transitioning from prosecutor to tech counsel: 2:12
Joining eBay in the early years: 4:13
Building eBay’s trust and safety functions: 5:01
Making the leap to general counsel: 7:21
Reflecting on mentorship: 9:13
Knowing when to move on to new opportunities: 13:13
Leading legal at Airbnb: 15:50
Signature interview questions: 20:56
Developing the “Chief Ethics Officer” role: 23:04
Writing Intentional Integrity: 32:10
How a company can start their integrity program: 34:31
The changing integrity landscape: 41:13
How to contact Rob: 42:50
Rapid-fire questions: 44:07Connect with us:
Rob Chesnut - https://www.linkedin.com/in/robchesnut/
Tyler Finn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/tylerhfinn
SpotDraft - https://www.linkedin.com/company/spotdraftSpotDraft is a leading contract lifecycle management platform that solves your end-to-end contract management issues.
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Why build a big tent community of in-house lawyers without restrictions on who can join? How do you manage the transition from in-house lawyer to founder? And can you keep space for your religious faith during the process?
Join Shai Mehani, co-founder and CEO of In-House Connect, as he shares why he left his career as a corporate counsel behind to lead a thriving community of more than fifty thousand in-house lawyers that offers connection, education, professional advancement and more.
Listen as Shai discusses his journey from matrimonial law to corporate counsel, transforming a regular meetup for lawyers into an extraordinary organization, finding unexpected benefits in fractional work, the best way to quit a job, and the importance of prioritizing personal faith and family over your career.
Read detailed summary: https://www.spotdraft.com/podcast/episode-86
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Introduction: 0:00
Why Shai went to law school: 2:46
Starting his legal career in matrimonial law: 5:34
The beginnings of In-House Connect: 12:49
Expanding beyond NYC and online: 19:45
Taking an inclusive big tent approach: 23:47
Taking on fractional work: 30:15
Going all-in on In-House Connect: 36:52
The best way to quit job: 42:47
Finding guidance in your faith: 46:00
What’s next for In-House Connect: 50:09
How to contact Shai and get involved: 55:29
Rapid-fire questions: 56:17Connect with us:
Shai Mehani - https://www.linkedin.com/in/shaimehani/
Tyler Finn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/tylerhfinn
SpotDraft - https://www.linkedin.com/company/spotdraftSpotDraft is a leading contract lifecycle management platform that solves your end-to-end contract management issues.
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What if you never really wanted or expected to become a lawyer? How do you navigate imposter syndrome? And where do you find meaning in your work?
Join Ryan Nier, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer, and Head of People at Nova Credit, as he shares his career path from being a self-taught computer programmer who founded his own start-up to a decade as a litigation associate at a global law firm, eventually landing as a general counsel at companies with a positive impact on the world.
Listen as Ryan discusses his struggles with imposter syndrome, feeling like the only person in the room with a unique background, hiring great people for roles you’ve never done before, and his side project of creating a documentary podcast about the time he and his brother dug up some (literal) buried gold.
Read detailed summary: https://www.spotdraft.com/podcast/episode-85
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Introduction 0:00
Starting as a software engineer: 2:17
Enrolling in law school: 5:34
Managing imposter syndrome: 9:58
Hiring diverse talent: 16:44
Why representation matters: 23:42
Transitioning to in-house legal: 27:08
Making the leap to general counsel: 32:22
Expanding beyond legal into the people function: 39:52
Creating and hosting a podcast about your family: 45:18
Rapid-fire questions: 53:30Connect with us:
Ryan Nier - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryannier/
Tyler Finn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/tylerhfinn
SpotDraft - https://www.linkedin.com/company/spotdraftSpotDraft is a leading contract lifecycle management platform that solves your end-to-end contract management issues.
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Is it possible to carve out a meaningful career in law by following your passions? What's harder: building a non-profit or a business? What do lawyers have to learn from animators?
Join Adam Stofsky, CEO of Briefly and founder of the New Media Advocacy Project, as he shares how he used high-production documentary video to advocate for human rights across the globe and started a company to help lawyers better communicate with their clients.
Listen as Adam discusses the challenges of non-litigation career paths, founding nonprofit and for-profit companies, the trauma of human rights work, working with creative professionals like animators and voice actors, the importance of bearing witness to human rights abuses, and much more.
Read detailed summary: https://www.spotdraft.com/podcast/episode-84
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Introduction: 0:00
Why Adam wanted to become a lawyer: 2:29
Starting your career at Debevoise & Plimpton: 5:48
Transitioning into human rights work: 7:20
Founding the non-profit New Media Advocacy Project: 10:48
Dealing with the challenges of human rights advocacy: 17:52
Adam’s biggest accomplishments at NMAP: 23:18
Living on a farm in Upstate New York: 26:20
Founding Briefly: 33:38
Helping lawyers communicate better: 43:46
Lessons from creative professionals: 47:26
Expanding Briefly’s customer base: 50:27
Rapid-fire questions: 56:33
Book recommendations: 59:20Connect with us:
Adam Stofsky - https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamstofsky/
Tyler Finn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/tylerhfinn
SpotDraft - https://www.linkedin.com/company/spotdraftSpotDraft is a leading contract lifecycle management platform that solves your end-to-end contract management issues.
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What does 2025 hold for legal tech and the legal ops profession? Will legal ops ever become a standard part of every in-house legal team?
Join us in this very special episode as Tyler invites Kevin Cohn, Chief Customer Officer at Brightflag, and Matt Wheatley, VP of Client Strategy at Priori, for a very special, no-holds-barred discussion about legal operations in an ever-changing industry.
Listen as Matt and Kevin share their thoughts on legal ops conferences, gender and wage disparities, whether legal ops is more of a legal role or an operational role, 2025’s uncomfortably tight labor market, AI disrupting the legal ops field, and much more.
Read detailed summary: https://www.spotdraft.com/podcast/episode-83
Topics:
Introduction: 0:00
Working with customer advisory boards: 3:11
Are there too many legal ops conferences?: 12:34
Connecting GCs and legal ops professionals: 20:10
Analyzing survey data: 34:52
Do you need a JD?: 40:28
Thoughts on hiring: 46:57
AI in the legal landscape: 53:04
Market consolidation: 57:19
Rapid-fire questions 1:04:44Connect with us:
Kevin Cohn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinacohn/
Matt Wheatley - https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-wheatley-288146a2/
Tyler Finn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/tylerhfinnSpotDraft - https://www.linkedin.com/company/spotdraft
SpotDraft is a leading contract lifecycle management platform that solves your end-to-end contract management issues.
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How do you build a fintech juggernaut and redefine how employees think about ownership in businesses, navigate regulatory roadblocks along the way, and build a global team to make it happen?
Join April Lindauer, General Counsel at Carta, as she discusses her start-up’s tremendous journey from 200 employees to more than 2000, as the software platform that allows users to manage equity, build businesses, and invest in the companies of tomorrow as they expand into an ever-growing list of international markets.
Listen as April offers tips for working with regulators, navigating several financing rounds, building out legal operations, working with great outside partners, and hiring the perfect team, and much more.
Read detailed summary: https://www.spotdraft.com/podcast/episode-82
Topics:
Introduction: 0:00
Joining Carta and overseeing tremendous growth: 1:58
Cultivating a career in financial services: 4:10
Carta’s growth from 200 employees to 2000: 6:26
Transitioning from deputy general counsel to general counsel: 8:23
Hiring for a global legal team: 12:30
Navigating the GC role during the COVID-19 pandemic: 14:34
Working with the executive team to make tough decisions: 16:57
Working with financial regulators: 18:22
Leading legal through multiple financing rounds: 22:21
Leveraging Carta’s wealth of data: 24:21
Rapid-fire questions: 27:48
Book recommendations: 29:00
What you wish you’d known as a young lawyer: 30:36Connect with us:
April Lindauer - https://www.linkedin.com/in/april-lindauer-2174104/
Tyler Finn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/tylerhfinn
SpotDraft - https://www.linkedin.com/company/spotdraftSpotDraft is a leading contract lifecycle management platform that solves your end-to-end contract management issues.
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How do you advise founders and learn to speak their language? Build a thriving legal community in Europe? And navigate the ups and downs of starting your own business?
Join Sarah Irwin, CEO and Founder of Irish Tech GC, as she discusses her career as a consultant for tech founders, adviser for GCs looking to build better relationships with their fellow executives, angel investor, and global legal influencer.
Listen as Sarah shares how she founded the Irish Tech GC community, why she decided it was time to leave her GC role behind and go all-in on her own company, how she leveraged LinkedIn to create enormous reach, and offers tips to GCs on how they can position themselves as business leaders.
Read detailed summary: https://www.spotdraft.com/podcast/episode-81
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Introduction: 0:00
What inspired Sarah to be a lawyer: 2:19
Assessing Dublin’s start-up landscape: 7:47
Working with founders at Tines: 9:44
Founding the Irish Tech GC community: 12:17
Seeing yourself as a founder: 15:12
Deciding to go all-in on your own company: 18:31
Operating a start-up and legal consulting practice: 20:01
Common mistakes that GCs make when working with founders: 21:51
Documenting the ups and downs of your founder journey on LinkedIn: 26:39
The best and most challenging parts of being a founder: 29:07
The future of Irish Tech GC: 33:01
Getting in touch with Sarah: 34:31
Rapid-fire questions: 35:15Connect with us:
Sarah Irwin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-irwin-aa273064/
Tyler Finn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/tylerhfinn
SpotDraft - https://www.linkedin.com/company/spotdraftSpotDraft is a leading contract lifecycle management platform that solves your end-to-end contract management issues.
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How do you become a leader in the privacy space? Use video and content to make privacy and the profession more accessible? And define a whole new type of privacy role?
Join Ron De Jesus, Field Chief Privacy Officer at Transcend, as he shares what it’s like to be the first in the compliance industry to take on his innovative new role leading dialogues and creating spaces for discussion about the future of privacy. Pulling from his experience leading privacy at dating app companies like Grindr and Tinder and fashion houses like Tapestry and Coach, Ron leads with his extensive domain knowledge and first-hand understanding of privacy-related issues.
Listen as Ron discusses how he conducts interviews with privacy regulators, politicians, and activists in his video series “Field Notes,” the future of the CPO role in the age of AI, managing corporate reputations after privacy complaints, how to break into privacy without a law degree, and much more.
Read detailed summary: https://www.spotdraft.com/podcast/episode-80
Topics:
Introduction: 0:00
What is a Field Chief Privacy Officer?: 1:50
Producing a creative video webseries at Transcend: 6:54
Experimenting with video content as a freelance privacy consultant: 12:05
Coming into a role at a company dealing with privacy complaints: 15:50
Managing privacy-related communications issues: 19:01
Navigating a career break after alleging wrongful termination: 21:53
Thinking about new consent frameworks in the privacy industry: 24:40
How did you get your start in privacy?: 27:57
What is the future of the CPO role?: 33:56
Advice to young people who want to work in privacy: 36:19
How to find Ron: 39:34
Rapid-fire questions: 40:01
Book Recommendations: 41:28
What you wish you’d known as a young privacy professional: 42:42Connect with us:
Ron De Jesus - https://www.linkedin.com/in/rondejesus/
Tyler Finn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/tylerhfinn
SpotDraft - https://www.linkedin.com/company/spotdraftSpotDraft is a leading contract lifecycle management platform that solves your end-to-end contract management issues.
Visit https://www.spotdraft.com to learn more. -
How is the rise of AI going to affect the intellectual property field and patents? What are some common mistakes that GCs make when setting up a patent strategy? Or tips that our guest has learned from years as a patent examiner?
Join Matt Veale, European Patent Attorney and UPC at PatSnap, as he leads us into this podcast’s first-ever deep dive into all things patents and IP, sharing expert advice on the best way to work with examiners to bring your innovations to the world.
Listen as Matt discusses why he thinks IP is the most important thing in the world, the importance of data analytics, bridging the gap between lawyers and R&D, building a strong patent strategy, the future of IP law, and much more.
Read detailed summary: https://www.spotdraft.com/podcast/episode-79
Topics:
Introduction: 0:00
What inspired Matt to be a lawyer: 1:48
What does intellectual property law mean?: 3:40
Starting your legal career at the UK Intellectual Property Office: 5:11
Tips for people filing their first patent: 6:42
Interesting patent applications Matt has seen: 8:47
Tips for GCs who inherit corporate patents: 9:39
Looking for outside patent counsel: 11:55
Patent analytics at PatSnap: 13:44
The future of IP law: 16:38
AI as a tool for patent lawyers: 20:55
Contacting Matt: 25:23
Rapid-fire questions: 25:37
Book recommendations: 26:46
What Matt wishes he knew as a young lawyer: 27:17Connect with us:
Matt Veale - https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-veale-ip/
Tyler Finn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/tylerhfinn
SpotDraft - https://www.linkedin.com/company/spotdraftSpotDraft is a leading contract lifecycle management platform that solves your end-to-end contract management issues.
Visit https://www.spotdraft.com to learn more. -
How can general counsels and legal operations leaders work better together? How do you cultivate a high-performance culture across your legal team? And what makes for a thriving community of legal ops professionals?
Join Steph Corey, CEO and Co-founder of UpLevel Ops and Link, the Legal Innovators Network, as she unpacks her career leading legal operations, starting at HP in the 90s, leading operations at Flex and VMware, co-founding the game-changing CLOC and Link conferences, and launching her own consultancy.
Listen as Steph discusses how she built community in an isolating legal role, whether or not you need a law degree to work in legal ops, how to hire the best talent for your team, and merging with The L Suite to bring general counsels into the legal operations conversation.
Read detailed summary: https://www.spotdraft.com/podcast/episode-78
Topics:
Introduction: 0:00
Switching to legal ops from finance: 2:50
Building trust with HP’s general counsel: 5:33
Co-founding CLOC, the Corporate Legal Operations Consortium: 11:21
Do you need a JD to break into legal operations?: 15:47
Tips for finding the right talent: 18:55
How can legal operations professionals and general counsels work better together?: 23:03
Co-founding Link: 28:44
Merging Link with The L Suite: 31:54
The future of her consultancy: 38:23
Connecting with Steph and LINK: 40:27
Rapid-fire questions: 41:11
Book Recommendations: 45:46
What you wish you’d known as a young legal ops professional: 49:30Connect with us:
Steph Corey - https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephcorey-ulo/
Tyler Finn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/tylerhfinn
SpotDraft - https://www.linkedin.com/company/spotdraftSpotDraft is a leading contract lifecycle management platform that solves your end-to-end contract management issues.
Visit https://www.spotdraft.com to learn more. - Vis mere
