Legal Talks with Yash | How Vanguard’s Legal Leader Juan S. Nito Builds High-Velocity Legal Ops

Legal teams aren’t back-office anymore — they are the business.

In this episode of Legal Talks with Yash, host Yash Singhal (Co-Founder, CaseDocker) talks with Juan Salvador Nito, Legal & Compliance Head for Latin America at Vanguard, about what high-performance legal teams really look like inside modern financial organizations.

Juan brings a rare lens: law firm rigor → Washington DC multilaterals → Mexico’s fast-moving fintech sector → a global asset-management giant. That mix gives him a front-row view into how legal teams evolve from “necessary cost centers” into strategic engines that accelerate business, reduce friction, and unlock competitive advantage.

You’ll hear candid stories from Juan’s career—including the moment he hesitated on e-signatures (and what it taught him), the real bottlenecks inside LATAM legal functions, why legal ops/data transparency transforms everything, and how technology is reshaping compliance, contracting, SLAs, hiring, and team culture across the region.

⭐ Why Watch This Episode

• Real-world legal transformation: how global companies scale legal in LATAM
• Why speed (response time) is the #1 legal KPI that changes business outcomes
• How e-signature, SLAs, ticketing, dashboards & CLM data shift legal from bottleneck → accelerator
• Practical stories from fintech, startups, and enterprise legal operations
• The cultural challenges of LATAM adoption — and how to win buy-in
• The skillsets modern legal teams need: diverse thinkers, tech comfort, curiosity
• How to align legal, compliance, business, and tech toward shared goals
• Simple tech changes that create massive organizational impact

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⭐ Timestamps

00:00 Introduction — Welcome to Legal Talks with Yash
00:27 Juan Salvador’s Global Legal Journey (Mexico → DC → Fintech → Vanguard)
03:57 The Early Mistake: Hesitating on E-Signatures — and the Lesson Learned
06:55 How Technology is Changing Legal & Compliance at Vanguard
07:40 Important vs. Urgent: Why Legal Ops & Design Change Everything
08:30 Finance = Contracts: Why Legal Is the Business in Financial Services
10:00 The #1 Legal KPI: Response Time
12:05 LATAM Legal Tech Reality: Culture, Adoption & Roadblocks
13:00 Why Small & Mid-Market LATAM Companies Resist Legal Tech
14:40 The Compliance Evolution: AML, Risk, Systems & Regulation
18:40 How to Prevent Technology From Overwhelming Your Lawyers
20:00 Adoption Starts With Coaching, Not Tools
21:45 A Simple Tool That Changed Everything: Ticketing + SLAs + Transparency
24:20 Visibility, Bottlenecks & Data-Driven Legal Ops
25:00 Hiring in Modern Legal: Diverse Skills, Engineers & Curiosity
27:30 The Future Legal Team: Adaptability Over Degrees
28:40 Legal + Business Alignment: Legal as a Driver of Revenue & Strategy
32:20 Leadership Lessons & Navigating Conflict
33:30 Juan’s Book Recommendations for Lawyers & Leaders
36:50 Closing Thoughts & Takeaways

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More Abou “Legal Talks with Yash”

Hosted by Yash Singhal, Co-Founder & Chief Technology & Innovation Officer at CaseDocker, this podcast brings you thought-provoking conversations with global leaders shaping the future of law and legal technology.

In each episode, Yash engages with distinguished legal minds from diverse industries — exploring their professional journeys, challenges, and key learnings. Together, they uncover how these leaders have navigated their transitions, embraced innovation, and balanced tradition with technology.

From the evolution of legal operations to the growing influence of AI and LegalTech, Yash dives deep into understanding how technology is transforming the legal landscape — what excites them, what concerns them, and what the future holds.

Whether you’re a legal professional, technologist, or business leader, “Legal Talks with Yash” offers a 360° perspective on the intersection of Law, Leadership, and Innovation.

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