For legal teams

More control.
Less firefighting.

Contracts are created without your knowledge. Deadlines slip by unnoticed. Risk lands on your desk only when the damage is already done. top.legal gives your legal team the tools to steer proactively – instead of repairing reactively.

The reality

You're responsible —
but not equipped.

Legal teams carry responsibility for every risk in the company. But most contract steps happen without the right tools, without transparency and without your input – until it's too late.

01 ——
Requests that eat up your time
Sales, HR and procurement have no self-service tools. So every standard question, every template, every clarification lands with you – instead of with a system.
⌛ Avg 60% of legal time on routine
02 ——
Contracts created without your involvement
Sales creates their own versions, uses outdated templates or drops critical clauses – and you find out only once the contract is already signed.
⚠️ 1 in 3 contracts contains errors
03 ——
Clauses get modified without consultation
Your standard clauses get tweaked, copied from old documents or simply ignored. No tool prevents this – until now.
🔀 No enforceable clause standards
04 ——
Deadlines no one tracks
Termination notices, renewal options, review dates: anything not monitored automatically slips through – with expensive consequences for the company.
💸 Avg €40k damage per missed deadline
05 ——
You can't see what's happening
Which contracts are being negotiated right now? Which are expiring? Without a central overview you can only react – instead of protecting the organisation proactively.
📊 No real-time visibility
06 ——
New templates cost weeks of your time
Every new contract type means: research, drafting, multiple review cycles. Even though the data often already lives in existing Word or PDF documents on your desk.
⏱️ Avg 3 weeks per new template
The solution

top.legal makes your expertise scalable
without more effort.

Six features that target exactly where legal control is being lost today. The AI takes over the routine – you decide where your judgement is really needed.

Solution 01 · Templates & guardrails

Sales can close —
within your boundaries.

Legal defines once what is fixed and what stays negotiable. Sales fills in the fields, but cannot modify approved clauses. No risk, no questions back.

Locked & free clause zonesAutomatic compliance checkRole-based editing rightsVersion & change history
Contract template · SaaS subscription — edited by sales
SaaS licence v2.4
Legal-approved
Customer name editable
Acme GmbH
Contract term
12
Annual value
€ 48.000
§ 8 · Liability capLocked by legal
Liability is capped at 12× the monthly contract value. Further claims are excluded where legally permissible.
§ 12 · Data protection & GDPRLocked by legal
Processing under Art. 28 GDPR. DPA attached. Standard contractual clauses per EU Commission decision 2021/914 apply.
§ 4 · Scope of servicesAdjustable (within range)
The provider supplies the agreed modules (Basic / Professional / Enterprise). Changes require written form.
Solution 02 · Clause library

Approved clauses at the
click of a button.

While sales or HR drafts or negotiates a contract, the AI taps into your clause library and suggests fitting, pre-approved blocks.

No copy-paste from old documents.

AI clause recommendations in contextCategorised & versionedOne-click insertionAlways current, kept by legal
Clause library · 142 approved clauses
AllLiabilityData protectionTermTermination
Liability cap — standard (DE)
Liability is capped at 12× the monthly contract value. Further claims excluded …
✓ Approvedv3.1Sales
Data protection & DPA — GDPR-compliant
Processing under Art. 28 GDPR. Standard contractual clauses 2021/914 …
✓ Approvedv2.0All teams
Confidentiality — short NDA
Both parties undertake not to disclose confidential information to third parties …
✓ Approvedv1.4NDA
Penalty — late payment interest
Default interest of 9 percentage points above the base rate applies on overdue payments …
Draftv0.9Finance
Solution 03 · AI template creation

Template in minutes —
from Word or PDF.

Upload an existing contract.

The AI analyses the structure, detects clauses, flags variable fields and produces a reusable, editable template – inside your clause library.

Supports .docx, .pdf, .txtAutomatic clause detectionVariable fields flaggedPush straight to library
AI analysis · service_agreement_2023.pdf
service_agreement_2023.pdf
Analysed · 18 pages · 4200 words
Structure detected100%
Clauses classified100%
Variable fields flagged_progress87%
Detected clauses (11)
§ 1 · Subject matterIn library
§ 5 · Liability capIn library
§ 3 · Compensation & payment termsNew → library?
§ 9 · JurisdictionDeviation
§ 11 · Term & terminationNew → library?
Solution 04 · AI-driven approvals

Legal is involved —
when needed.

The AI screens every contract automatically for risk, value and deviations from approved clauses.

Standard cases go through. Only when defined thresholds are exceeded does the contract land on legal's desk.

Rule-based escalation triggersAI risk classificationMulti-step approval pathsFull audit trail
Automatic approval rules
AI trigger rules (active)Fully automatic
If … → Then …
Contract value > €50,000 or term > 24 monthsLegal review
Clause deviates from standard (liability, IP, GDPR)Legal review
Total value > €200,000 over contract termCFO approval
Standard contract · all clauses approved · < €10kAuto-approve
Recent activity
AI analysis
MSA Nexus GmbH · €180k · liability clause deviates → legal review triggered
4 min ago
AI analysis
NDA Bluewave AG · €0 · standard clauses · auto-approved ✓
12 min ago
Dr Meyer (Legal)
SaaS contract Acme Corp approved with note on §8
1 h ago
System
Framework agreement Stark GmbH · auto-approved · signing started
2 h ago
Solution 05 · Overview & alerts

See what's across the company
happening.

Legal finally has one central view across all active contracts – across every team.

Deviations, escalations and unusual activity are reported automatically.

Real-time dashboard across teamsAutomatic anomaly alertsEscalation alerts via email & SlackFull contract visibility
Organisation overview · all teams · live
Active contractsApprovalsAlerts
In drafting5
SaaS contract – new customer
Sales · A Schmidt · today
Sales
Employment contract – Senior Dev
HR · M Braun · yesterday
HR
In negotiation8
MSA – Nexus GmbH · €180k
Legal review pending · 2 days
Sales
Supplier contract – raw materials
Procurement · P Weber · 4 days open
Procurement
For signature3
NDA – Bluewave AG
All parties notified
Sales
MSA Nexus: liability clause deviates by 40% from standard — legal review recommended
Solution 06 · Deadlines & renewals

No contract slips through
unnoticed.

top.legal automatically detects termination notices, renewal options and review dates from every contract.

Alerts land with the right people at the right time – with concrete next steps.

Automatic deadline detectionEscalation on inactivityOne-click renewal70% fewer missed deadlines
Deadline overview · next 90 days · 12 contracts
3
Urgent (< 7 days)
5
Soon (< 30 days)
4
Planned (30–90 days)
MSA – Acme Corp
Termination by 21 May · Sales: A Schmidt
In 7 days
Termination
SaaS licence – Nexus GmbH
Renewal option by 28 May · €92k ARR
In 14 days
Renewal
Supplier contract – Roh AG
Price negotiation due · Procurement: P Weber
In 21 days
Negotiation
Framework agreement – Stark Industries
Annual review · Legal: Dr Meyer
In 28 days
Review
NDA – Bluewave AG
Renewal of 12 months proposed
In 45 days
Renegotiate
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