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A working session on process design: sequencing cards, a red notebook and a Clarity before speed marker on a stone table

Legal,
made to work.

I help legal and procurement teams move contracts forward and improve how the work gets done.

30 minutes. No preparation required.

Services
Commercial Legal Support

Keep the business moving.

Commercial contract optimisation, negotiations and procurement, working alongside your legal and business teams.

  • Commercial contracting
  • Procurement support
  • Negotiations
  • Business partnering
Legal Operations

Improve how Legal works.

Create clear contract processes, defined ownership and better use of legal capacity.

  • Contract Management
  • Workflows
  • Intake and triage
  • Decision ownership
AI Adoption & Governance

Make AI useful in daily work.

Identify practical use cases, support adoption and establish the ownership and oversight needed for responsible use.

  • Regulatory readiness
  • Human oversight
  • EU AI Act readiness
  • Change Management & Innovation
Ways to work togetherRetained advisory services · Discovery workshops · Interim & Fractional · Project · Workshops
Focus on regulated sectorsPharma & Life Sciences · Defense · Agribusiness
Marta Schmidl, founder of Procedures Matter
Procedures Matter sticker: Human in the loop (required)
About

Marta Schmidl

I am a commercially focused lawyer and Legal Operations practitioner with practical experience across global procurement, regulated industries and the implementation of AI-enabled legal solutions.

Having worked within organisations, rather than solely as an external adviser, I understand the operational realities facing legal, procurement and business teams. My experience includes negotiating complex commercial contracts, supporting cross-functional stakeholders and improving the legal structures, processes and governance that underpin day-to-day operations.

This enables me to integrate quickly into existing legal workstreams and deliver practical improvements across Contract Management, Legal Operations and responsible AI adoption within a single engagement.

  • International commercial and procurement legal experience
  • Operational experience inside global organisations
  • Contract Management and Legal Operations implementation
  • Designed and implemented purpose-built AI solutions for legal & procurement
  • Integrated off-the-shelf AI tools into a seamless contract management framework
  • Strong judgement in selecting purpose-built versus off-the-shelf AI solutions

Germany · International engagements · German and English

Marta brings deep legal expertise to every discussion. Her experimentation and deliveries across AI and automation bring significant efficiency to our business.

Chief Procurement Officer
Why it matters

Legal creates value when
the business can act.

Exceptional legal work does more than manage risk. It enables confident commercial decisions, practical contracts, and timely, accurate action.

For CFOs & COOs
  • Cost caused by avoidable manual work
  • Value delayed by slow decisions
  • AI investments without operational adoption
  • Unclear ownership across functions
For General Counsel
  • Legal capacity absorbed by repetitive work
  • Slow or inconsistent contract cycles
  • Unclear decision ownership and escalation
  • Legal advice that is not translated into action
For Procurement & Business Teams
  • Contracts slowing commercial decisions
  • Negotiated rights not operationalised
  • Renewals and supplier obligations being missed
  • Legal support arriving too late
Find the value being missed
Let's talk!

Start with one concrete priority.

A contract to move. A workflow to improve. An AI use case to activate.

In a first 30-minute conversation, we identify the right starting point and how I can help.

Free consultation No preparation requiredPrefer email? marta@proceduresmatter.com
Marta Schmidl's red notebook, Notes from the transition
Feedback

Marta combines strong legal judgment with AI adoption to simplify complexity and accelerate outcomes. What sets Marta apart is her adoption of AI at a speedy rate.

Head of Legal APAC

Marta was one of the first creating AI personas which allowed us to do tasks faster and identify differences in contracts. Her legal knowledge made our team stronger.

Global Procurement Category Director

Marta has consistently demonstrated a high level of professionalism. She is proactive, customer-focused and deeply committed to supporting the organisation. Her work has had a meaningful and lasting impact.

Vice President External Manufacturing Network