Contractually Speaking

Contractually Speaking is the podcast where contracts unlock real conversations — innovation, technology, transformation, and sometimes wine.

Contractually Speaking is a business podcast hosted by Malbek, with 15 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Malbek hosts Contractually Speaking, a business show with 15 episodes published.

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  Episode #15

  Ep. 15: Gabriel and Jonathan – Vendor and Customer Perspectives on Reshaping the Legal Tech Landscape

  Jun 2, 202614 minS0

  <p>Watch on YouTube HERE. In the Season One finale of Contractually Speaking, Matt Patel shares two conversations recorded recently on-location in Chicago during the CLAS and CLOC events, with Gabriel Saunders from LegalSifter and Jonathan Perkel from Esusu. </p><p>Gabriel explores a challenge every legal technology provider faces: how to prioritize customer requests, feature enhancements and product innovation at scale. He shares how LegalSifter uses AI agents to automatically analyze customer conversations, identify patterns and generate actionable product insights — helping product teams reduce duplication, accelerate prioritization and improve responsiveness. </p><p>Jonathan focuses on the buyer perspective, reflecting on...

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  Episode #14

  Ep. 14: Steph & Sumi - AI Governance, ROI, & Use Cases in Legal Operations

  May 19, 202626 minS0

  <p>Watch on YouTube HERE. In this episode of Contractually Speaking, Matt sits down with Steph Corey and Sumi Trombley from UpLevelOps to discuss how legal operations teams can navigate the fast-moving world of AI, point solutions and enterprise legal technology.</p><p>With new AI tools emerging constantly, legal teams are under pressure to evaluate sandboxes, run pilots, compare vendors and determine what actually solves the business problem. Steph and Sumi explain why the best starting point is still the basics: understanding requirements, defining use cases and identifying the real pain points before chasing the newest AI tool.</p><...

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  Episode #13

  Ep. 13: Matt Linder - The Anatomy of a Successful CLM Implementation

  May 5, 202626 minS0

  <p>Watch on YouTube HERE. It’s a Matt-fest on this episode of Contractually Speaking, as Matt Patel is joined by Matt Linder from Harbor to break down what a CLM deployment really means — and why it’s about far more than just implementing technology. </p><p>Drawing from real-world experience implementing CLM for large global organizations, Matt Linder shares how successful deployments focus first on solving contract chaos — from slow cycle times and lack of visibility to inconsistent language and missed business value. </p><p>The episode tackles one of the biggest topics in legal tech today: AI. From pre-sign...

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  Episode #12

  Ep. 12: Devon Misterman - Data Migration Done Right

  Apr 21, 20269 minS0

  <p>Watch on YouTube: HERE. In this episode of Contractually Speaking, Matt Patel sits down again with Devon Misterman from Epiq to tackle one of the most challenging — and often underestimated — parts of any CLM implementation: data migration. </p><p>Whether transitioning from a legacy CLM or starting fresh with thousands of contracts stored across systems and PDFs, migration is more than just moving files. It’s about structuring, extracting, and validating critical contract data so it becomes searchable, reportable, and actionable. </p><p>Matt and Devon break down why organizations should avoid trying to “boil the ocean” and instead take a pha...

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  Episode #11

  Ep. 11: Colin Levy - Designing Smarter Playbooks for CLM and AI

  Apr 7, 202622 minS0

  <p>Watch on YouTube HERE. In this episode of Contractually Speaking, Matt sits down with Malbek’s General Counsel, Colin Levy, to break down a foundational — yet rapidly evolving — concept in legal operations: the contract playbook.</p><p>While playbooks have existed for decades, the rise of AI is fundamentally changing how they are designed, structured, and used. Colin shares how legal teams must rethink traditional playbooks — moving away from long, narrative documents and toward structured, clause-based systems that AI can interpret and apply at scale.</p><p>The conversation explores what it takes to build an AI-ready playbook, including consiste...

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