Erin Clinton doesn't want her team to be the "no function." As Deputy General Counsel and ChiefPrivacy Officer at EAB Global, Inc, she has a different vision for what legal can be for the rest of the business. It starts with freeing her team from the tedious work that wears them out before they even get to what matters for the rest of the company.
Freeing up time for good legal judgment
EAB works with complex partner agreements that routinely run 80 pages. Before Ivo, that meant hours of painstaking review just to catch inadvertent exposure in dense, often redundant language.
"By the time you get through those 80 pages, you are exhausted. Ivo keeps my most valuable team members fresh for the truly business-focused decisions.”
- Erin Clinton
The best legal judgment happens when people have the capacity to think strategically, not at the end of a grueling review. Ivo handles the first pass so Clinton's team arrives fully present at the decisions that actually require their specialized knowledge and experience.
Providing continuity and scale
When two contract reviewers went out on paternity leave simultaneously during EAB's busiest season, the team didn't experience any issues. "Thanks to having on boarded Ivo before then, we really did not feel the impact of those two being out," Clinton said. And she’s not worried about any further staff absences. "I have total confidence that we will have what we need with Ivo in place." In essence, with Ivo, she’s added the equivalent of amid-level associate, meaning the team can scale and accommodate staffing changes without missing a beat.
Negotiating from a position of strength
One of Erin’s most valued features of Ivo is that it consistently surfaces what's market-standard, which means her team walks into every negotiation already knowing where they stand."Anytime you go into a negotiation, the more confident you are in knowing what market position is, the stronger you can negotiate."
That makes a difference in how the legal team presents to the business, particularly in the issues list that explains what changed and why.
"For Ivo to be able to do the first draft of [the issues list] just makes my team look so incredibly stellar to the commercial team."
- Erin Clinton, Deputy General Counsel, EAB
Legal as a strategic partner
The vision for the legal team is clear: Erin wants lawyers to be seen as business partners, not gatekeepers. With Ivo handling the routine work, her team has the headspace to be exactly that—proactive, confident, and focused on the decisions only they can make.
