of legal capacity freed within eight weeks of kickoff
The working target of the method, defined jointly and tracked in each engagement letter. Built on frameworks deployed in-house across organizations operating in 50 countries. Fixed fee, agreed upfront.
When growth meets the contract function
Three recurring situations SaaS and tech scale-ups face as volume increases.
Closings slow down, revenue waits
Contracts pile up on the Legal side while the pipeline moves forward. Every day of review is a day of deferred revenue. Sales teams build workarounds, contractual consistency erodes.
Business teams move without a framework
Sales, RevOps, Procurement and Product handle deals with outdated templates, improvised fallback positions and unclear escalation paths. Financial exposure grows, deal after deal.
The legal function is under-equipped to scale
Legal department in build-up, Fractional GC part-time, or no in-house lawyer at all: the contract function is still handled in artisan mode. Volume growth becomes the bottleneck.
What gets put in order
Guardrails and contract templates
Templates, fallback positions and playbook guardrails calibrated to current European obligations, GDPR, AI Act, Data Act and DSA, in the languages the business sells in. Each position is marked favorable, acceptable or at risk.
Processes that run
Structured intake, business self-service, knowledge base, escalation paths and contract training for business teams, deployed on the tools the company already owns: email, document suite, CRM, existing repositories.
Legal tech and AI adoption, supported
A vendor-neutral assessment of legal tech and AI tools against ROI and governance criteria, once foundations are stable. The final decision remains with the client.
The method behind these deliverables is proprietary and is presented during the diagnostic.
A sequenced method: foundations before tools
Phase 1 lays the foundations: a uniform operational framework, readable by business teams, that makes the contract function predictable and scalable. The work runs on the tools the company already owns.
Phase 2 adds legal tech and AI on stable foundations: assessment, governance and adoption support. ROI evaluation always precedes adoption.
From verbal agreement to signature, compressed
Templates are ready before the deal, fallback positions are prepared upstream, standard cases resolve through self-service, exceptions escalate on clear criteria. The delay between verbal agreement and signature compresses, and revenue lands earlier.
The cycle today
The cycle in order
Outcomes, measured
Results follow the numbers the business already tracks.
of routine legal requests resolved through business self-service
Sales, Procurement and Product resolve standard cases autonomously and escalate on clear criteria.
of legal capacity redirected to strategic work
Substantive matters, governance and deal support regain their place on the legal agenda.
from kickoff to a live intake
The contract function becomes predictable, measurable and ready for tooling decisions.
Figures are the working targets of the method, defined and tracked in each engagement letter.
A clear path, fixed fees
Assessment
Tools and process audit, improvement roadmap
Implementation
Deployment of intake, templates and training
Optimization
Ongoing support and continuous improvement
Fees are fixed and agreed upfront in a structured engagement letter, with scope, deliverables and milestones defined jointly. Monthly check-ins are included in the fixed fee for the duration of the engagement. Work outside the defined scope is quoted separately before it starts.
Four buyer profiles concerned
CEOs, COOs and CFOs of SaaS and tech scale-ups
When the contract function becomes strategic for closing, revenue, compliance or fundraising. With or without an internal legal department, with or without a Fractional GC already in place.
General Counsels and Heads of Legal
When the legal function wants order before tools: templates, processes and KPIs that make the team autonomous on standard cases and ready for tooling decisions.
VP Sales, Heads of RevOps, Deal Desk Managers
When contracts set the pace of the pipeline and deal teams need fallback positions ready before the negotiation starts.
Heads of Procurement and Sourcing Managers
When SaaS vendor contracts, vendor MSAs, DPAs and AI contracts need to be reviewed quickly and well from the buyer side, with clear counter-positions.
Frequently asked questions
What happens during the 30-minute diagnostic?
The session reviews the current contract and intake process, identifies the top three improvement opportunities and assesses whether a formal engagement makes sense. It is a working session, held by video, at no charge.
Which tools does the engagement require?
The work runs on the tools the company already owns: email, document suite, CRM, existing repositories. Legal tech and AI options are assessed in a second phase, on stable foundations, against ROI and governance criteria, and the final decision remains with the client.
How are fees structured?
Fees are fixed and set in an engagement letter delivered within 48 to 72 hours after the diagnostic, with scope, deliverables and milestones. Monthly check-ins are included for the duration of the engagement. Work outside the defined scope is quoted separately before it starts.
Do you support companies deploying third-party AI models (OpenAI, Anthropic, Mistral or others)?
Yes. Companies integrating third-party AI models into their product or internal operations are deployers within the meaning of the AI Act. Their obligations, Articles 26 and following for high-risk systems and transparency under Article 50, are addressed continuously in contracting: DPAs aligned with model providers, usage and logging clauses in customer contracts, FRIA documentation where required, internal governance for use case assessment.
Do you work alongside an existing legal department or Fractional GC?
Yes. PSL Avocat acts in complement to internal legal departments and Fractional GCs, and structures the contract function so that in-house time returns to high-value matters.
Do you work in French, English and Spanish?
Yes. Practice in French, English and Spanish, admitted to the Paris Bar and registered with the ICAB (Barcelona), with cross-border coverage across France, Spain and Europe.
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The 30 minutes cover your current intake process, the top three improvement opportunities and whether a formal assessment makes sense.