Welcome to Contract Greenlining

Contract Greenlining is the only newsletter in the world dedicated to the art and science of avoiding contract redlines.

Who should subscribe to Contract Greenlining?

Contract Greenlining is for lawyers and contract professionals who are tired of the Redline Drag that slows down contract negotiations. You should subscribe if you want to:

• avoid redlines

• accelerate time to signature

• ensure that the positions you truly care about get accepted

• build better business relationships

• think creatively, not adversarially

Who should not subscribe to Contract Greenlining?

Contract Greenlining isn’t for everybody. You shouldn’t subscribe to Contract Greenlining if you:

• want airtight, ironclad, maximally protective clauses

• want to shift all risk to your counterparties

• want to win as many points as possible

There are other resources for that.

Who writes Contract Greenlining?

Contract Greenlining is written by Nate Kostelnik. Nate is a lawyer and contracts professional with years of experience working with contracts. Over his career, Nate has drafted and negotiated hundreds of contracts.

A while back, Nate became curious about why redlines happen. He started to pay attention to why certain language would get redlined while other language wouldn’t get redlined. He’d wonder what made him redline one thing but not redline something else.

Eventually, he realized that avoiding redlines should be a skill, just like drafting, negotiating, and redlining. And that’s how Contract Greenlining started.

Nate created Contract Greenlining, so nobody in the world has written more about the topic.

My Promise to You

I promise:

• I’ll never stop being curious. Contract Greenlining is the beginning of an adventure. I’m starting from a place of curiosity to explore an idea. We’ll find some answers along the way, but also more questions. Those questions feed our curiosity.

• I’ll publish regularly. The best way to explore curiosity is to write about what interests you. That’s why I’m going to write consistently about Contract Greenlining.

• I’ll iterate based on your feedback. If you have questions or comments or critiques, let me know. If you’re willing to explore the topic with me, I’m happy to have you along for the ride.