Bridging the gap: turning legal and procurement into strategic partners

Legal and Procurement want the same thing: protect the business, unlock value from suppliers. So why do the two functions so often feel like they're working against each other instead of with each other?

Different vocabularies. Different metrics. Different systems. The result is familiar to anyone who's lived it unclear ownership, contracts stuck in review limbo, duplicate data living in disconnected tools, and a low-grade tension that slows everything down.

Join CCM Institute and Agiloft for the launch of a new research report that gets underneath this friction where it comes from, what it costs, and how leading organizations are closing the gap.

What you learned:

• Why Legal and Procurement talk past each other — the structural and cultural roots of the misalignment, and why it persists even when both sides want the same outcome
• Where technology fits — how contract and procurement platforms are closing the communication gap, cutting cycle times, and replacing siloed data with shared visibility
• What better alignment actually delivers — the measurable impact on contract outcomes, supplier relationships, and deal velocity when the two functions move in step
• How to build trust and influence across the divide — practical strategies for turning Legal and Procurement from reluctant collaborators into a genuine strategic partnership

Drawing on an in-depth survey of practitioners on both sides of the fence, this session will give you a clear-eyed view of the problem — and a practical playbook for fixing it.