Ep 31: Peak Legal Efficiency: Siddharth Manchanda, IndusLaw Partner & Unacademy External GC

 What challenges face the legal team at India’s largest learning platform as they expand beyond online classrooms? How do you execute one thousand new contracts a month, and still find time to problem solve and aid core function?

Siddharth Manchanda, Partner at IndusLaw and External GC at Unacademy, has embraced tech and AI in order to free his team from the repetitive manual tasks borne from his company’s fast and massive growth. He’s found that increased efficiency is more than enough to shift the mindsets of traditional lawyers and business teams alike about the power and possibility  of tech solutions.

Hear Siddharth as he discusses the legal perspective on India’s massive economic growth, dividing his time between an in-house and client services role, the future of legal tech, and more.

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Topics:
Introduction: 0:00
Finding inspiration to practice law: 1:20
Building a career in India’s tech sector during the Great Recession: 6:40
Going in-house with Unacademy: 12:59
Key learnings from a first in-house GC role: 17:13
Considering the perception of legal within your organization: 22:21
Reflecting on the early days at Unacademy: 28:32
Marketing reduced contract drafting time internally: 36:32
Predicting the future of legal tech: 39:14
Using tech experience to change the way you deal with clients: 46:39
Balancing a GC role with a law firm partnership: 49:51
Advice to companies looking to enter the Indian market: 52:27
What you wish you’d know as a young lawyer 59:00

Connect with us:
Siddharth Manchanda - https://www.linkedin.com/in/siddharth-manchanda-0970801b/
Tyler Finn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/tylerhfinn
SpotDraft - https://www.linkedin.com/company/spotdraft

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