Franklin Templeton

Manage high volume of buy-side commercial, technology, and data privacy agreements for global business operations. Serve as the Legal Project Manager on CLM and legal tech implementations. Partner with business units on self-service process and other efficiency efforts.

Senior Corporate Counsel

Contract Redlining Etiquette

Nada's book - Contract Redlining Etiquette - has been ranked a #1 New Release and #1 Best Seller on Amazon in the categories of Contracts and Business Negotiation. Contract Redlining Etiquette provides the first and only uniform set of rules about redlining and negotiating contracts that will help drive your contract negotiations forward.

Best Selling Author

Contract Nerds

📝🤓 Contract Nerds is a modern legal blog exclusively about contracts created by and for contracts professional around the world.

Founder & Chief Editor

Seattle University School of Law

Guest lecturer for In-House Counsel Summer Course and Startup Counsel Course at Seattle University School of Law. Speaking on the topic of contract redlining best practices. Bringing this important topic to law schools for the first time ever.

Guest Lecturer

INDI EV

Outside counsel for Chinese electric vehicle startup.

Outside Counsel

Faraday Future

Lead transactions attorney for fast-paced, Chinese electric vehicle startup. Managed high-volume of commercial and technology contracts, implemented contracts management system and other legal technologies, partnered closely with global supply chain team to manage vendor relationships, and advised executives on IP and data privacy strategies.

Lexus

The first dedicated counsel for the Lexus organization, managed transactions for Marketing and Sales groups, implemented efficiencies in legal and procurement processes, updated vendor agreement templates to comply with new data privacy laws, and negotiated high volume of commercial agreements with complex service level components.

Legal & Business Affairs Manager

Concannon Business Consulting

Served as sole legal counsel for boutique consulting firm. Managed all legal matters, including contract negotiations with Fortune 500 clients, employment and HR matters for a growing company, and strategic advisement for executives.  Recognized for my combined experience in software licensing and technology transactions. Trained project manager with experience running client-facing projects, such as mobile app development, process mapping, and change management.

General Counsel / Project Manager

Pivotal IP, P.C.

Advised startups, entertainment and corporate clients on a broad variety of transactional matters, including entity formation, IP and software licensing, copyright and trademark applications, contract negotiation, and compliance. Handled pre-litigation and litigation matters, including vendor disputes, collections, employee termination, breach of contract, personal injury, and IP infringement.

Attorney / Founder

One LLP

Conducted research and drafted motions and pleading pertaining to busy IP litigation practice.

Attorney

Award Winning In-House Counsel | Founder of Contract Nerds 📝 🤓 | Author of Contract Redlining Etiquette | Keynote Speaker

Nada Alnajafi is an Attorney, Founder, Author, Keynote Speaker, Thought Leader, Contracts Expert, Redlining Expert, and Mentor. 

I currently serve as Sr. Corporate Counsel for Franklin Templeton, a Fortune-500 global financial services organization. At Franklin, I am part of the buy-side Contract Review Team where I draft, review and negotiate a high-volume of commercial, technology and data privacy agreements for global clients. As someone who is passionate about legal tech, I also provide legal ops support and advocate for the modernization and automation of our contract review process.  

CONTRACT NERDS 📝 🤓 | #1 Best Blog for In-House Counsel | www.contractnerds.com

On August 31, 2020, I launched the Contract Nerds blog - a modern legal blog all about contracts for contracts professionals around the world! Subscribe to our weekly newsletters with recent blog posts and free events and resources on contracts. Follow us LinkedIn and Instagram. 

CONTRACT REDLINING ETIQUETTE 📕| #1 Best Seller in Contracts Law | Amazon

Contract Redlining Etiquette provides the first and only uniform set of rules about redlining and negotiating contracts. Whether you are new to contracts or have negotiated hundreds of them, this book will help you leverage the power of redlines to drive contract negotiations forward. There's redlining, and then there's smarter redlining.

“In opening this book, you are on the precipice of investing in one of the most vital negotiation tools in your toolbox. There is no other book that can give you these types of tools that are focused specifically on redlining. Without a doubt Nada is a trailblazer - sharing wisdom the world of negotiation is currently missing, and desperately needs.” - Kwame Christian, Managing Director of the American Negotiation Institute

PODCASTS 🎙 :

- Contract Heroes: https://contract-heroes.simplecast.com/episodes/the-rules-of-redlining-nada-alnajafi-ZPqNgphQ
- Negotiate Anything: https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/negotiate-anything/the-3-best-practices-for-jcxyCi3Y7ft/
- Notes to My (Legal) Self: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKBrAQwlZaU
- Limitless Lawyer: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/season-2-episode-2-nada-alnjajafi-founder-contract/id1508407045?i=1000496258393

PLEASE CONTACT ME FOR SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS nada@contractnerds.com

Say hello to Clausey, the Contract Nerds logo that you all know and love! 

This logo means so much to me. It is the personification of contracts the way we see them. Fun, relatable, and important. 

Yesterday we asked community members to vote on a name and Clausey was the most popular choice. 

Last night at our Philly Mixer, we debuted our larger than life Clausey board and our branded drink the Claus-a-Rita. We are more committed to our brand and our community members than ever. 

Check out the Contract Nerds 📝 🤓 for pics and updates from the ACC and our Mixer. I’m on my way back home ✈️ to celebrate my husband’s birthday and get some much-needed rest. Jessica Nguyen will be there all day today, and she’s the funnier one of us two anyways. 😂 

#meetclausey #contractnerds #acc #legalcommunity #corporatecounsel

Nada Alnajafi

Nada Alnajafi is an Attorney, Founder, Author, Keynote Speaker, Thought Leader, Contracts Expert, Redlining Expert, and Mentor. .

I currently serve as Corporate Counsel for Franklin Templeton, a Fortune-500 global financial services organization. At Franklin, I am part of the buy-side Contract Review Team where I draft, review and negotiate a high-volume of commercial, technology and data privacy agreements for global clients. As someone who is passionate about legal tech, I also provide legal ops support and advocate for the modernization and automation of our contract review process.  

CONTRACT NERDS 📝 🤓 | #1 Best Blog for In-House Counsel | www.contractnerds.com

On August 31, 2020, I launched the Contract Nerds blog - a modern legal blog all about contracts for contracts professionals around the world! Subscribe to our weekly newsletters with recent blog posts and free events and resources on contracts. Follow us LinkedIn and Instagram. 

READ BETWEEN THE REDLINES 🖍| Newest LinkedIn Newsletter | https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/read-between-the-redlines-6947796892156129280

Tips, tricks, and workarounds for redlining contracts using MS Word Track Changes. Published every Tuesday.

CONTRACT REDLINING ETIQUETTE 📕| #1 Best Seller in Contracts Law | Amazon

Contract Redlining Etiquette provides the first and only uniform set of rules about redlining and negotiating contracts. Whether you are new to contracts or have negotiated hundreds of them, this book will help you leverage the power of redlines to drive contract negotiations forward. There's redlining, and then there's smarter redlining.

“In opening this book, you are on the precipice of investing in one of the most vital negotiation tools in your toolbox. There is no other book that can give you these types of tools that are focused specifically on redlining. Without a doubt Nada is a trailblazer - sharing wisdom the world of negotiation is currently missing, and desperately needs.” - Kwame Christian, Managing Director of the American Negotiation Institute

PODCASTS 🎙 :

- Contract Heroes: https://contract-heroes.simplecast.com/episodes/the-rules-of-redlining-nada-alnajafi-ZPqNgphQ
- Negotiate Anything: https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/negotiate-anything/the-3-best-practices-for-jcxyCi3Y7ft/
- Notes to My (Legal) Self: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKBrAQwlZaU
- Limitless Lawyer: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/season-2-episode-2-nada-alnjajafi-founder-contract/id1508407045?i=1000496258393

PLEASE CONTACT ME FOR SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS nada@contractnerds.com

Award Winning In-House Counsel + Legal Ops Leader, Franklin Templeton ⚖️ | Founder, Contract Nerds 📝 🤓 | Author, Contract Redlining Etiquette 📕

Come to our community space to get a free Guide to AI Prompts for Contracts, a Track Changes On Turns Me ON bag, and more! 

No pitch. Just community. 📝🤓

#accam25 #contractnerds

Award Winning In-House Counsel + Legal Ops Leader, Franklin Templeton | Founder, Contract Nerds 📝 🤓 (acquired by Docusign)

As if you need another reason to join our October 30th webinar, it will also be the last one that I’ll be hosting. 🥹 👏🏼 

But not the last that I’ll be attending or speaking at! I’ll be sure to haunt 👻- I mean join- Contract Nerds webinars and even participate as a speaker from time to time. 

❤️ Jessica Nguyen is going to be an incredible host. She’s experienced, smart, and funny! Plus she’s got one liners that belong on t-shirts and might even be put on t-shirts (or bags). In the last month of working together post-acquisition, she has read my mind on more than one occasion. She has a great network of fresh experts that she’s bringing into the fold. She’s already brought Contract Nerds to conferences in a way I had always wanted to but never had the bandwidth…and more is coming this year!! 

🎁 And to make sure you know that I’m not going anywhere, I’m going to start offering ONE lucky live webinar attendee a 1:1 chat with me. I’m excited about this because I’ve been so busy lately that I haven’t had time for 1:1s even though I get messages all the time. Topics can range from personal branding tips, to how to publish your own book, how to build and sell your company, or just how to succeed as an in-house lawyer and mom of two and not lose your mind. (Still working on the last one…)

🎤 Be sure to join live to catch mine and Jessica’s “passing of the mic” ceremony! 

Link in comments. ⬇️ 

Forever a #contractnerd 📝🤓

2,050 registrants and 1,155 live attendees joined today’s webinar to talk about NDAs! 

When it comes to NDAs, just say no 🚫 to:
- Limitation of liability clauses
- Residuals clauses 
- Liquidated damages 
- Complex data privacy/security language (if exchanging real data, you probably need a different agreement) 

Some of my favorite comments from the chats: 

🤓 “Such an insightful webinar. I attended this for the first time and it blew my mind! Never thought NDA can be so detailed and easy to understand.”

🤓 “Good lord no!  Liquidated damages clauses have NO place in a NDA!” 

🤓 “Has anyone seen AI language in an NDA yet?”

Thanks to everyone who attended and to our incredible speakers Olga V. Mack Sterling Miller Jessica Nguyen as well as Docusign for sponsoring! 

Catch you at next month’s webinar. Link in comments ⬇️

#webinars #residuals #justsayno #contracts

Sometimes, I’m just a Mom-ster. I considered dressing up as a nerd, had the whole vision in my head, but in between work meetings and getting the kids ready, I didn’t have time. And that’s ok (I whisper to myself).

Happy Halloween! 🎃

What makes an NDA non-standard?

It contains clauses such as:

- Intellectual property ownership and licensing
- Personal data handling
- Residuals clauses
- Strict marking requirements
- Narrowed ability to share with internal personnel, even on an as-needed basis
- One or more parties want to use AI with the Confidential Information being exchanged in the NDA (even before a master agreement is entered into)

What are some other examples of non-standard NDA terms that require an experienced legal reviewer?

Join me, Olga V. Mack, Sterling Miller, and Jessica Nguyen on October 30th for a free CLE/webinar on How to Draft, Review, and Negotiate Non-Standard NDA Terms. 

Plus we'll give all registrants a free copy of our Guide to AI Prompts for Contracts. And two lucky winners get to spend 1:1 personal branding time with me or Jessica. How cool is that?!

REGISTER HERE: https://lnkd.in/gYskTW48

#contractnerds #freewebinar #continuinglegaleducation #nda #confidentiality #agreements

Me: “How will contracting be different 5 years from now?”

Jessica: “We’re going to be doing a lot less NDAs.”

Me: “Let’s do a webinar on NDAs!” 

Jessica, Olga, Sterling: "Yes!"

Catch the conversation below that sparked our upcoming webinar on October 30th about Non-Standard NDA Terms that is set to be our biggest one yet! ⬇️ 

👀 https://lnkd.in/gFWjNk2A

Jessica Nguyen Olga V. Mack Sterling Miller are going to drop knowledge as well as predictions. Don’t miss it! 

#futureofcontracts #nda #confidentiality #inhousecounsel #lawyers

Congratulations to a friend and Contract Nerds 📝 🤓 member and contributor Lynden Renwick ! You are an innovator, a mover and shaker, and a true in-house advocate. I love seeing success stories like this, powerful combinations to make one even stronger ecosystem that is better for the entire legal industry. I would say that I hope you get to celebrate and rest but I know that post-acquisition is even busier than ever so I’ll just wish you stamina and the best success going forward! Don’t forget to stop, just for a night, and soak it all up. 👏🏼

Eudia | AI x Legal

For most of my career, I’ve sat inside the same four walls as the Chief Legal Officers and General Counsels I serve today. 

I know the challenge: how to deliver business-aligned outcomes when the demand curve never flattens and headcount can’t grow.

It’s why I founded Out-House, to help legal teams operate like the high-performing business units they support. Over the past several months, I’ve had the opportunity to work closely with Omar Haroun, David Van Reyk and Ashish Agarwal and the Eudia team, and I saw something rare: a technology platform that actually amplifies in-house judgment rather than replacing it.

Today, I’m excited to share that Out-House has been acquired by Eudia. 

Together, we’re building a next-generation delivery model for enterprise legal departments connecting expertise, institutional knowledge, and AI in a single operating rhythm.

I’m looking forward to continuing this work with our clients and helping more CLOs translate their legal strategies into business performance.

Hi, my name is? 

Help us name the Contract Nerds logo by taking the poll below!

Want to help us name our beloved logo?

Five years ago, our Founder designed our logo with the following elements in mind:
	•	Glasses for the nerd in all of us
	•	Robot arms for modernization and automation, wide open for inclusivity 
	•	Green and blue for trust, growth, and professionalism
	•	A soft smirk for positivity and fun
	•	A flip in the corner of the document for action and forward momentum

Our community members love seeing the logo on swag, waving at the bottom of our newsletter, and on our resources. It has come to symbolize community, trust, and quality across the contracts industry. Now it just needs a fitting name!

We’re asking our followers and ACC attendees to vote on one of the options below. The winner will be announced later tonight. Vote now! ⬇️ 

#contractnerds #logo #communityfirst

Hi Purchasing Professionals,
👋 Ready to master non-standard NDA terms?
Join us on Thursday, October 30th, at 9 AM PST / 12 PM EST for a FREE 75-minute webinar hosted by Contract Nerds on How to Draft, Review, and Negotiate Non-Standard NDA Terms. 

Our expert speakers will walk you through real-world examples of how to:
 ✅ Learn beyond routine NDAs, master sophisticated NDA provisions.
 ✅ Learn to leverage AI tools for initial clause drafting and analysis.
 ✅  Focus on high-value, complex confidentiality work as routine NDA reviews become increasingly automated
➕ PLUS all registrants will receive our free Guide to AI Prompts for Contracts!

👉 REGISTER HERE >>> https://lnkd.in/gYskTW48

#contractnerds #freecle #webinarprogram #purchashingprofessionals #contracts

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