This week on the Legally Speaking Podcast, our host Rob Hanna is joined by Electra Japonas, Founder of The Law Boutique, which aims to transform in-house legal teams through legal design, legal operations, and innovation. They are on a journey with a clear vision of connecting Legal with the rest of the business. Electra shares her fascinating insights into legal operations, what they mean and how to really do them? Electra and her team are pioneering all things ‘legal design’ and how contracts can be made more engaging for the masses. As just one example, they’ve even mastered the art of making Terms & Conditions entertaining to read! The Law Boutique’s amazing team was recently Highly Commended at the Modern Law Awards 2020, and have worked with clients such as Monzo, Tide, Curve, and Babylon.In this episode, we discuss:Studying in the UK and CyprusTech environments - speaking the language of an engineerThe passion for fuelling The Law Boutique and filling a gap in the legal marketNegotiating, as well as drafting documents without complicated legal languageNetworking and building relationshipsWorking at Walt Disney, professional service firms, also the tobacco businessBuilding your own team, developing and offering solutions to clientsSupport the show