Contract One’s vision for the future of contracts, contracting processes, and the role of lawyers
Contract Vision
2030
Contract Vision 2030 is a call to reinvent contracts as fast, effortless, data-driven systems that plug directly into business, strip out friction, and deliver real commercial impact—so we stop patching the past and start building the infrastructure the future demands.
Because real progress comes from shaping what’s next, not guessing at it or following yesterday’s trends.
Because real progress comes from shaping what’s next, not guessing at it or following yesterday’s trends.
The future Isn’t Predicted—
It’s Created
Key Takeaways
Contracts won’t live as static text—they’ll function as dynamic datasets embedded into a company’s core systems: ERP, CRM, CLM, and beyond.
Up to 90% of their terms will be structured, searchable, and instantly actionable—powering analytics, improving decision-making, reducing risk, and creating measurable business value.
Up to 90% of their terms will be structured, searchable, and instantly actionable—powering analytics, improving decision-making, reducing risk, and creating measurable business value.
Contracts as Datasets
Most deals won’t be hammered out line-by-line—they’ll be resolved automatically as the parties’ contracting systems exchange structured terms and match acceptable options.
Routine agreements will be finalized in minutes, freeing people to focus on exceptions and high-stakes decisions.
Routine agreements will be finalized in minutes, freeing people to focus on exceptions and high-stakes decisions.
Auto-Negotiations
Instead of redlining documents lawyers will design the frameworks that govern how deals are made. Their work will focus on building and refining contract policies, shaping risk profiles, and setting the parameters that guide automated processes. Instead of reacting to issues one deal at a time, they’ll use data to anticipate risks, improve terms, and align legal strategy with commercial goals.
The New Role of Transactional Lawyers
Four Principles for the Future of Contracts
Be Superstandardized
Maximum market-level standardization of rules, processes, and data formats—everywhere differences and customization don’t deliver clear business value.
The market needs to learn how to come together to solve shared challenges.
The market needs to learn how to come together to solve shared challenges.
Be Integrated
Integration is about a new level of compatibility:
- Value-based—where contract culture is built on the understanding that commercial objectives go beyond outmaneuvering the other side;
- Infrastructure-based—where contract data, formats, and systems work together seamlessly, both within the same company and across different organizations.
Be Aerodynamic
Contracts and processes contain only what truly drives value. There’s no friction or clutter—no excess words, no unbalanced positions, no unnecessary approval steps, and no redundant actions that could cause turbulence and slow down progress.
Be Parametric
A contract is a set of structured data that’s distributed across a company’s core systems—ERP, CRM, and CLM.
Instead of editing long blocks of legal prose, regulation is shaped by adjusting parameters in these structured rules.
Instead of editing long blocks of legal prose, regulation is shaped by adjusting parameters in these structured rules.
Contract One—
the Team Behind the Concept
An Advanced CLM Software
We created Contract One—a platform that covers the entire contract lifecycle, from creation to execution. It brings order to the most complex part of the process—collaboration and negotiations with counterparties. Through Contract One, companies build a transparent, predictable contracting process fully synchronized with procurement and sales.
Flagship Legal Innovation Projects
We’ve delivered landmark projects in legal innovation, including smart contracts, the concept of machine-readable law, and a large-scale automation strategy for the legal processes of a major transportation provider. Our projects form the foundation of strategic initiatives for leading corporations and the digital policy of government bodies.
A Team with a Unique Mix of Expertise
At Contract One, we’ve brought together a multidisciplinary team of lawyers, legal engineers, UX designers, and developers. This rare combination of expertise allows us to apply an engineering mindset to contracts and processes—implementing architectural solutions and creating the best possible user experience without sacrificing legal precision.
Unmatched Experience in Contracting Re-Engineering
For 11 years, Contract One has been helping large companies rebuild their contracting approach from the ground up. We don’t just make templates more user-friendly and clear—we eliminate fundamental inefficiencies across the entire process. Nestlé, Pfizer, Moët Hennessy, and dozens of others trust us with their most critical documents.
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