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WEConnect International Europe - London 2019 Wendy Lawson-Shanks Global Head of Advisory Services © 2019 Stefania Passera The Rise of the Contract Designer Contract Simplification and Design Explained – And how IACCM can help COPY FOR DISTRIBUTION TO WECONNECT EUROPE CONFERENCE ATTENDEES Passera design F

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WEConnect International Europe - London 2019

Wendy Lawson-ShanksGlobal Head of Advisory Services

© 2019Stefania Passera

The Rise ofthe Contract Designer

Contract Simplification and Design Explained – And how IACCM can help

COPY FOR DISTRIBUTION TO WECONNECT EUROPE CONFERENCE ATTENDEES

PasseradesignF

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What is said How to say it

Termsbenchmarking

Document design& visualization

Plain(er)language

Making contracts simpler tonegotiate, use, implement

IACCM’s approach to simplification

Contracting Principles:Fair and balanced principlesto agree before negotiating

Contract Standards:Standard clauses based on

market norm

Contract Design Pattern Library:Techniques to make contracts

more understandable and usableSelf-serviceresources

Advisory

© 2019 Stefania Passera

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Examples ofcontract design

© 2019 Stefania Passera

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Shell Marine lubricants T&Cs

BEFORE

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Shell Marine lubricants T&CsAward winning design: IACCM Innovation Award + Financial Times Intelligent Business AwardAFTER

Design: Rob WallerSource: https://www.shell.com/business-customers/marine/contact-shell-marine/lubricants.html

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Design: Robert de Rooy / Creative Contracts Source: https://creative-contracts.com/

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Whatsimplificationand contract

design are not?

© 2019 Stefania Passera

” Contract Simplification: the why and the how ”Waller, Haapio & Passera (2017)

https://journal.iaccm.com/contracting-excellence-journal/contract-simplification-the-why-and-the-how

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MYTH 1: ”Shorter is always better”

MYTH 2: ”It’s just pretty pictures”

MYTH 3: ”It’s dumbing down”

READ MORE: ”Contract Simplification: the why and the how”Waller, Haapio & Passera (2017)

https://journal.iaccm.com/contracting-excellence-journal/contract-simplification-the-why-and-the-how

© 2019 Stefania Passera

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How do we getstarted?

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Some examples of patterns

© 2019 Stefania Passera & Helena Haapio

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https://contract-design.iaccm.com

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CONTRACTING PRINCIPLESTake fair and balancedpositions from the outset of negotiations on a variety of terms that frequently absorbsignificant time and resource in arriving at those same general outcomes.

Explore IACCM Contracting Principles & Standards

CONTRACTING STANDARDSStandards clauses, published as contract templates (e.g. NDA), derived from the analysis of thousands of existing contracttemplates. We identify themost common provisions, and involve experts to revise and achieve best practice

www.iaccm.com/contract-standards/

www.iaccm.com/resources/contracting-principles/

© 2019 Stefania Passera

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“In just a few years, we will look back and wonder why it took so long to make our contracts intelligible to the mass of people they affect.”

Professor Tim Cummins President, IACCM

Contract & Commercial Management 2016: the year in prospect.Procurement and Supply Australasia (PASA) News & Articles / Comment, 7 January 2016,http://procurementandsupply.com/2016/01/contract-commercial-management-2016-the-year-in-prospect/

© 2019 Stefania Passera

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Questions & feedback?

[email protected]://www.linkedin.com/in/wendylawsonshanks/

[email protected]

© 2019Stefania Passera

contract-design.iaccm.comwww.iaccm.com

Wendy Lawson-ShanksStefania Passera

© 2019Stefania Passera

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