How Transactional Lawyers Are Adopting AI in 2026

Preston Clark is CEO and co-founder of SimpleDocs, a software platform designed to automate routine business contracts – saving time for in-house lawyers and accelerating deals for sales teams. Preston is also the co-founder of Law Insider, the world’s largest contract and clause database. With over 15-years of experience at the intersection of software and legal operations, Preston brings a unique perspective to legaltech.

Before becoming an entrepreneur, Preston served in leadership roles with several VC backed start-ups, and he also served as Assistant General Counsel for the University of Miami.

Electra Japonas is the Chief Product Officer at SimpleDocs where she leads the product vision behind the company’s AI-powered contract tools. She works at the intersection of legal expertise and product design, helping shape how AI can be applied to real-world legal workflows like contract review, clause drafting, and playbook automation.

As the Founder of oneNDA, the global standard for NDAs, Electra brings a deep focus on standardization and usability to her work, pushing for tools that are not just smart, but genuinely adoptable.

Before joining the organization in 2024 following its acquisition of oneNDA, she was CEO and Founder of legal operations firm TLB, and held senior legal roles at the European Space Agency, Disney, BAT, and EY. She is a dual-qualified Solicitor (England & Wales) and Cyprus Attorney.