The commercial contract desk for SaaS, AI & software companies
Their paper, negotiated to signature.
Keep deals moving. We’ll handle the paper. MSAs, SaaS agreements, DPAs and NDAs, from first redline to signature. Fixed price per document, approved by a licensed US attorney.
Bring one contract. We confirm the category and the price. No pitch.
9.2In no event shall Vendor’s aggregate liability under this Agreement exceed the fees paid by Customer in the one (1) month preceding the claimthe fees paid or payable in the twelve (12) months preceding the claim, and Customer’s liability hereunder shall be unlimitedand this limitation shall apply equally to both parties.
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The gap
Your first commercial lawyer shouldn’t have to be a $200k hire.
Companies sign real contracts long before they can justify a Commercial Counsel. The usual options: a founder redlining at midnight, or an hourly firm that sends comments and leaves the negotiation to you.
A review doesn’t close the deal
A memo listing twelve issues does not close a deal. Someone has to sit on the call with the other side’s lawyer and trade positions until the document is signable.
Hourly billing punishes speed
Every question costs money, so people stop asking. The contracts that matter get less legal attention, not more.
Nobody tells you the price
Most legal work is quoted as an estimate and billed as it happens. You find out what a contract cost when the invoice arrives.
One contract, start to finish
From “can you look at this?” to a signed deal in four days.
The shape of a real week on the desk: the messages, the document, the other side, the outcome.
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7.1Auto-renews for one-year terms unless either party gives 60 days’ notice. Fees may increase at renewal upon noticeby no more than 5%.
We can’t accept the 5% cap on increases; we need flexibility on pricing.
Understood. We’ll take 7% with 90 days’ notice and keep the 60-day exit — that’s market for this ACV. Redline attached.
Agreed. Sending for signature.
7.1Auto-renews for one-year terms unless either party gives 60 days’ notice. Fees may increase at renewal by no more than 7%, on 90 days’ written notice.
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Pricing
Four prices. Fixed per document.
Paid when you order. The price does not change for that document, and every version you receive is approved by the attorney. No hourly billing, no plans, no minimums.
| Category | Turnaround | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Simple Document | Next business day | $495 |
| Standard Contract | 2 business days | $1,150 |
| Complex Contract | 4 business days | $2,200 |
| Negotiation Round | 2 business days | $550 |
Three or more documents in a month? You get Legal Desk status: a named attorney, priority turnaround and a monthly call — same prices, no commitment.
The alternatives
Every other option is a trade-off.
Including the row where we are not the cheapest.
| Founder at midnight | Hourly law firm | AI contract tool | Engross | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Who negotiates with the other side | You, at night | Their associate, on the clock | You, with a draft | Us, round by round, at a fixed price per round |
| Turnaround | When you get to it | Days to weeks | Minutes, then your review | Next business day to 4 business days, by category |
| What it costs | Nothing in cash. Your evenings. | $400–900 an hour, open-ended | $30–100 a seat, plus your time | $495–2,200 per document, fixed |
| Price known before work starts | Free in cash, paid in time | Rarely | Subscription, per seat | Yes, published |
| Non-US law | No | Referred out | No | US law; another state’s law through a panel attorney admitted there |
| Who is accountable | You | The firm | Software terms | The law firm, under its state bar rules |
| Attorney-client privilege | No | Yes | Typically no | Yes |
Who is behind it
Software can flag the clause. Someone still has to get the other side to agree.
That someone is a lawyer. Ours use every tool that makes a first pass faster, then do the part no tool does: the answer to their counsel, the trade, the signature.
Legal services by a New York law firm; every version you receive is approved by its attorney. Engross is operated by Twenty Seven Group, Inc. and is the firm’s vendor, not a law firm. Another state’s law goes to a panel attorney admitted there. How it fits together →
Terms as set out on the Pricing page and in the engagement letter.
Confidentiality
Built for confidential legal work.
The protections a law firm gives you, plus the ones a software company should.
Attorney–client privilege
Your engagement letter is with the law firm. What you send on a matter is covered by its duty of confidentiality and privilege.
Secure upload, encrypted systems
Secure upload, never a web form. Encrypted in transit and at rest, MFA on every account, access granted per matter. No client documents in AI tools.
Named people, under supervision
Everyone on your matter has signed a personal confidentiality undertaking and works under the responsible attorney. No anonymous outsourcing.
GDPR, with a DPA on request
Matter data is processed under a written DPA, inside the framework your own EU customers expect.
The full statement is on the Security & data page.
From the US desk
What we’re seeing on the US contract desk this month.
Who this is for
Three situations, one answer.
Questions
The ones we get on the first call.
If yours is not here, bring it to the call — or send it to hello@engross.legal.
Who is actually my lawyer?
An attorney at [Firm Name, PLLC]. You sign an engagement letter with the firm for each document, and the attorney reviews and approves every version you receive. Clients with three or more documents a month get a named attorney (Legal Desk status). Engross is the firm’s vendor and is not a law firm.
What does the fixed price include?
The price of the document’s category covers the review, the redline with explanations, attorney sign-off, revisions to your own document for 30 days after delivery at no extra cost, and delivery to your Engross client portal. When the counterparty sends the document back with new changes, that is a Negotiation Round at $550. Nothing is billed by the hour.
How fast is it?
Simple Document: next business day. Standard Contract: 2 business days. Complex Contract: 4 business days. Negotiation Round: 2 business days. The clock starts when the matter is ordered and the Firm has the information and documents reasonably required; matters ordered after 2 p.m. count from the next business day. With Legal Desk status, Simple Documents come back the same business day and Standard Contracts the next business day, when ordered before 2 p.m.
How is the category decided?
Page counts are a guide to help you choose; the Firm confirms the category by the description before work starts. If the description puts your document in a higher category than its page count suggests, we tell you the price before starting and you may withdraw at no charge; if it puts it in a lower category, you pay the lower price.
What is Legal Desk?
If you order three or more documents in a calendar month, the Firm assigns you a named attorney for the following month, gives your documents priority turnaround (Simple Document the same business day, Standard Contract the next business day, when ordered before 2 p.m.) and offers a 30-minute monthly call. Legal Desk status carries no fee and no commitment; prices are the same.
What happens on the 20-minute call?
Before the call we run a conflicts check. On the call a member of the desk goes through what the document is, the deadline and what matters to you, and confirms the category and price in writing. Advice on the document comes from the attorney once the matter is ordered. No obligation afterwards.
Our contracts touch another state’s or non-US law. Can you handle that?
Where a document is governed by the law of a state in which the Firm’s attorneys are not admitted, the Firm will tell you before starting whether it can act, limit its review to New York and federal law and general commercial terms, or refer the document to a panel attorney admitted in that state under that attorney’s own engagement letter. Non-US law is outside Engross pricing. For EU and UK law we can introduce you to Icon.Partners Contract Desk (desk.icon.partners), which works under its own terms and pricing. More →
Do you use AI?
Not on your documents. Client documents and anything that identifies a client stay out of AI tools; we use AI only on anonymised material and our own templates. Every draft is reviewed and approved by the attorney before you see it.
Can we cancel?
Yes, at any time by written notice. If the document has not been delivered, the unearned part of the fee is refunded.
Next step
Send us one live contract.
Marked up and explained in twenty minutes. No cost, no obligation.