Your contract archive is stuck. We get it unstuck.
Migrating thousands of contracts from a legacy system shouldn't take a year. top.legal's guided onboarding turns a painful, error-prone process into a structured, AI-assisted journey — with a dedicated team beside you every step of the way.
- Custom extraction infrastructure
- AI-powered folder matching
- 90-day dedicated account manager
- Role-specific training
Legacy systems weren't built
to let you leave.
Whether your contracts live in an outdated CLM, a maze of SharePoint folders, or scattered across cloud drives — migrating them has always meant months of stalled exports, broken metadata, manual cleanup, and a vendor that makes every step as hard as possible. It doesn't have to be this way.
Migrations that drag on
Moving from a legacy CLM or SharePoint can stretch into months of stalled exports, broken metadata, and lost contract context
No AI, no automation
Your current system was built before AI existed — searching, tagging, and routing contracts is still a manual slog
Throttled by old infrastructure
Legacy vendors rate-limit exports, lock data in proprietary formats, and make leaving intentionally painful
Contracts buried everywhere
Agreements scattered across SharePoint folders, email threads, and network drives — with no consistent structure, tagging, or ownership
“Most teams we work with have never fully migrated — not because they didn't try, but because their old vendor made it nearly impossible. That's exactly why we built an entirely different approach to onboarding. ”
Six steps from chaos to complete
A structured, guided process — backed by AI and a dedicated human team — that takes you from legacy mess to a fully operational contract repository.
We build the bridge from your old system
Where standard connectors fall short, top.legal writes custom fetching infrastructure tailored to your legacy provider — including throttled, rate-limited, and proprietary systems. Your contracts come out clean, complete, and correctly attributed — no matter how locked-down your vendor is.
Contracts pulled automatically from any cloud location
Whether your contracts live in SharePoint, Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive or another cloud drive — top.legal imports them automatically. No manual uploads, no drag-and-drop marathons, no missing files.
Folder structure built from your Excel — matched by AI
Upload a spreadsheet with your intended folder structure and top.legal generates the entire hierarchy automatically. AI then matches each imported contract to the right folder — no manual sorting, no guesswork.
Tagged, allocated, and ready to search
Contracts are automatically tagged based on their content and your defined taxonomy. top.legal advises on your tagging strategy to ensure consistency across the entire archive — and all future contracts.
Users, teams, and roles — configured for your org
We configure user and team permissions aligned to your org structure. For large enterprises, top.legal accompanies a gradual rollout — each business unit goes live on its own schedule, without disruption.
Weekly meetings for the first three months
A dedicated account manager joins you every week during the first three months. Progress reviews, blockers resolved, adjustments made, training delivered, questions answered — for a full quarter, you're never alone.
We don't just migrate. We advise.
top.legal brings hard-won expertise from hundreds of enterprise onboardings — so you benefit from every lesson we've already learned.
Folder structure
We recommend a hierarchy that scales with your business and mirrors how your teams actually think — not how your old system forced you to organise
Migration strategy
Phased or all-at-once — we help you choose an approach that minimises risk, reduces downtime, and keeps your legal team operational throughout
Tagging taxonomy
Consistent, meaningful tags that make contracts findable today and five years from now — we build the framework, you define the terms
Training & adoption
Delivered in your timeline, for the right audiences — power users, admins, and casual users each get what they need, nothing more
Ample experience. Proven results.
You've been living with the pain long enough.
top.legal has guided enterprises through migrations of every size and complexity. Ask us for a case study from your industry — or book a first consultation to map out your specific situation, no commitment required.
- First consultation in 48 hours
We respond to every inquiry within two business days and schedule an initial call to assess your situation
- Industry-specific case studies
We'll share examples of similar organisations we've onboarded — including timelines, contract volumes, and outcomes
- A migration roadmap, just for you
After your first call, we produce a tailored onboarding roadmap — steps, timelines, and resource requirements — at no cost