About the founder

About the founder

Harry Bevan leads the research and product direction behind Simplify. A fourth-year PhD researcher in English for Specific Purposes, he blends contract linguistics and applied readability science to make complex agreements genuinely understandable.

Harry Bevan

Why Simplify exists

Years of teaching contract negotiation and researching legal language made one thing clear: people sign documents they do not fully understand. Simplify exists to make clarity the default, not the exception.

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Doctoral research

Fourth-year PhD researcher in English for Specific Purposes at Université Grenoble Alpes, studying the impact of contract semantics on commercial relationships.

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Teaching & practice

English for business and contract negotiation lecturer (UGA), with professional experience in contract research and member advocacy at World Commerce & Contracting.

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Applied impact

Turning research into practical tools that help teams compare clarity, align stakeholders, and reduce friction in real contracts.