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Take 5 With Antonio Perez, Legal Engineer

April 8, 2019 2 min read

Interested in life at Ironclad? Get to know our Cladiators through our weekly employee spotlight, Take 5.

Tell us about yourself.

I attended Colgate University where I studied history and received my J.D. from Washington University in St. Louis. I was a corporate associate at two firms, specializing in secured transactions, but ended up narrowing my practice further to do just aviation finance. After I “left” the law, I worked in Melbourne, Australia on a team that prepared cases for litigation.

Why Ironclad?

While I was a corporate attorney, I became frustrated with how contracts were drafted and how young associates were utilized. We’d have deal rooms with thousands of documents, each one created by opening a Word document and going through it line by line to fill in admin-type details. When I left the law and then heard about Ironclad I thought, “This is what I wanted as an attorney!” I saw a world where attorneys weren’t frustrated at having to use an outdated contract creation process and I wanted to help create that world. Let lawyers be frustrated about other things!

What’s your favorite win so far?

Working as Ironclad’s legal engineer! I feel I’m able to experiment with our product’s features a bit more than usual.

Who inspires you?

Guy Fieri. That a human can be equal parts chaos, enthusiasm, empathy, bleach, and bowling shirt is a wonderful reminder to not take myself too (too) seriously.

What career advice do you have for your younger self?

Listen, read, ask, listen.

What’s the last book you’ve read?

“The Warburgs” by Ron Chernow.

What’s something that most people would be surprised to know about you?

When I quit corporate law I sold my things, bought a one-way ticket to New Zealand, and lived out of a van for six months. 10/10, no regrets.

When you’re not at work, you are ____?

I have an unhealthy obsession with donuts, so either scoping out new donut places or convincing myself to not walk into the donut place I’ve just scoped out.


Want to work with Antonio? We’re hiring!

About Ironclad

Ironclad is the #1 contract lifecycle management platform for innovative companies, powering billions of contracts every year. Salesforce, L’Oréal, OpenAI and other leading innovators use Ironclad to collaborate and negotiate on contracts, accelerate contracting while maintaining compliance, and turn contracts into critical carriers of operational business intelligence. It’s the only platform flexible enough to handle every type of contract workflow, whether a sales agreement, an HR agreement or a complex NDA. In 2023, Ironclad was named a Leader in the Forrester Wave for Contract Lifecycle Management, as well as named to the Forbes AI 50 2023 list and a Top Company to Bet Your Career On by Business Insider.

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