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Contract review that keeps pace with a growing deal flow

A review agent that checks contracts against the firm’s playbooks, redlines standard deviations and summarizes risk before a lawyer ever opens the file.

Client
Atlas & Vale
Industry
Legal
Duration
8 weeks
Services
AI Strategy, AI Agent Development, Workflow Design
Calm, light-filled staircase in a minimal interior
Less first-pass review time
75%
NDA turnaround, from four
1 day
Contracts reviewed each quarter
2,600
Clause detection accuracy
99%
01The challenge

Where the work was stuck.

Junior lawyers at Atlas & Vale spent hours on first-pass review of NDAs, supplier agreements and engagement letters. As client deal flow grew, the backlog started delaying signatures.

Partners wanted faster turnaround without compromising the firm’s standards or its liability position.

Average first-pass review
3 hrs
NDA turnaround
4 days
Contracts each quarter
2,600
02The solution

What Cortex built.

We encoded the firm’s negotiation playbooks into a review agent that extracts clauses, compares them with approved positions and drafts redlines for standard deviations.

Each contract arrives on a lawyer’s desk with a risk summary and suggested edits, routed by practice area and urgency.

03Automation system

How the system works, step by step.

  1. 01Trigger

    Contract received

    Client portal or email

  2. 02AI agent

    Clause extraction

    Every term identified

  3. 03System

    Playbook comparison

    Approved firm positions

  4. 04AI agent

    Redline and summary

    Risk ranked, edits drafted

  5. 05Human

    Lawyer review

    Judgment and sign-off

  6. 06Action

    Return to client

    Tracked to signature

TriggerAI agentSystemHumanAction
04Results

First-pass review time dropped by three quarters, NDAs now go back the same day, and lawyers spend their hours on negotiation and advice instead of comparison.

Our lawyers trust the first draft because it follows our own playbook. Clients simply see that we are faster, and that matters.
HCHannah ColeManaging Partner, Atlas & Vale
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