"There is a tendency to think that they are the same thing, but in my opinion they are totally complementary professions.
And Emmanuel Tannay knows what he is talking about. After several years of experience as a lawyer in the Legal Department, he is currently a Contract Manager at Schneider Electric.
In this episode of Contract Brief, Emmanuel Tannay talks about the difference between a Contract Manager and a Contract Lawyer and gives us some best practices and feedback including: the importance of annexes, knowing how to go beyond the framework of the contract or knowing how to terminate a contract that is going badly.
What is the difference between a Contract Manager and a Contract Lawyer?
He distinguishes between these two functions as follows:
The Legal Department will orientate towards a legal or regulatory framework, will give broad guidelines, internal rules that must not be exceeded.
The Contract Manager will be in the analysis of the contract to optimize its use. It focuses on specific clauses such as "How to manage claims" "How to manage the change in the scope of the contract" "How to integrate the specific request of a customer in a given country". The Contract Manager Seeks information on how to best meet the expectations of the client, project teams while meeting the interests of the company.
Point of connection with the legal system : the Contract Manager is on the front line of defense. He prepares the file, traces all the exchanges to allow the Legal Department or the Law Firm in case of litigation to rewrite the story thanks to the "track records" or the history of the activity thread on the contract.
To go further:
Source : Episode 23 - Words from the Law - Emmanuel Tannay - Never give up
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