CLM delivery, by the numbers
04
- week delivery cycles
- 12-14
A shared drive with a folder structure is a filing system, not a contract management system. It has no awareness of renewal dates, no ability to search clause content, no workflow to confirm the right people reviewed the contract before it was signed, and no obligation tracking after execution. When a contract goes into a folder, the company's ability to act on it depends entirely on someone's memory.
CLM software changes the contract from a document into a managed record. The system knows when it renews, what obligations it creates, who approved it, and which counterparty it binds. Legal teams search across contracts by counterparty, clause type, or expiry date in seconds rather than downloading and opening files one by one.
We build custom CLM software because the standard platforms either do too much and cost too much, or do too little and still require manual processes for the parts that matter most.
Capabilities
What we build
01Contract request and intake workflow
Business teams submit contract requests through a structured intake form rather than emailing legal. The form is configured per contract type: an NDA intake captures counterparty and signatory details; a supplier agreement captures vendor category, commercial value, and payment terms. Routing is automated by contract type and deal value, with SLA tracking that flags requests exceeding the target review time before they become escalations.
02Template library and clause management
Approved templates for NDA, MSA, SOW, supplier, employment, and partnership agreements, versioned so existing contracts retain a reference to the version they were created from. Clause libraries provide pre-approved alternatives tagged by risk rating (preferred, acceptable, escalate). AI clause extraction identifies clause types in third-party paper contracts and maps them to your library, accelerating review of counterparty-drafted agreements.
- Built with
- AWS Comprehend NER
03AI-assisted contract drafting
For contracts started from templates, AI populates standard variable clauses from the intake metadata, payment terms, liability caps, governing law, so the first draft needs only deal-specific review. For third-party paper, NER models extract clause types and map them to your standard taxonomy, showing a clause-by-clause comparison. The AI suggests approved fallback language within your playbook's guardrails; every suggestion requires lawyer review before it reaches the counterparty.
- Built with
- GPT-4o · Claude 3.5 Sonnet · spaCy
04Approval workflow and version management
Approval routing configured per contract type and value threshold, adjustable without code changes as policy evolves. Reviewers redline and approve within the CLM; version comparison with diff highlighting shows exactly what changed between drafts. E-signature integration routes the approved final version to signatories and returns the executed document to the repository automatically, with GDPR retention and legal-hold workflows applied to the record.
- Built with
- DocuSign API · Adobe Sign API
05Obligation management and key date alerts
Renewal dates, notice periods, termination windows, payment milestones, and performance obligations are stored as discrete records with an owner, an alert lead time, and an escalation path. The system distinguishes the alert date from the action-required date, so a 90-day notice period fires its alert with enough runway to actually act, not on the deadline itself. Unanswered alerts escalate automatically to the owner's manager.
06Contract analytics and counterparty reporting
Renewal pipeline by value tier and decision status; counterparty exposure showing committed spend or revenue concentration across the top counterparties; clause negotiation analytics showing which standard positions get contested most often. Cycle-time reporting identifies where delays accumulate by contract type and reviewer. Full-text search across the portfolio and exports to your BI tool for board-level reporting.
- Built with
- Elasticsearch · Tableau · Power BI
How we work
From scope to live CLM
- Week 1
01Contract taxonomy and workflow scoping
We map your contract types, approval matrix, and current shared-drive or legacy-CLM state. You leave week 1 with a written scope document and a fixed-price quote.
- Weeks 2-4
02Template, clause, and playbook design
Template library, clause taxonomy, and AI playbook positions are built and reviewed with your legal team before development starts.
- Weeks 5-12
03Build and migrate
Intake, approval workflow, and obligation engine built in parallel with shared-drive migration and metadata extraction.
- Final 2 weeks
04Rollout and handover
Staged rollout by business unit, with training and a populated obligation register from day one.
Why us
Why legal teams choose RaftLabs
01Senior engineers build what they scope
The engineers who assess your contract workflows also build the solution. No bait-and-switch, no offshore handoff after the contract is signed.
02Fixed price before development starts
We scope the work, calculate the cost, and lock it in writing before any development starts. A scope change is a priced change request, never a surprise on the final invoice.
039 years and 100+ products shipped
Clients include Vodafone, T-Mobile, Aldi, Nike, Cisco, and Lockheed Martin. Track record building workflow and compliance systems across legal, fintech, and healthcare.
04Migration is a defined phase, not an afterthought
Shared-drive and legacy-CLM migration, including metadata extraction and obligation-register population, is scoped and priced as part of the project, not billed as a surprise later.
05AI stays inside your playbook
Every AI-suggested clause or redline requires lawyer review before it reaches a counterparty. The audit trail records what was accepted, modified, or rejected, so you can see what the AI actually gets right over time.
Have a contract management project?
Tell us about your current contract volume, the types of contracts you manage, and what the gaps in your current process cost you. We'll scope a system that closes them.
