How it works
What actually happens after you forward a contract.
No ticketing system, no scoping call for routine work, no hourly clock running while you decide whether to ask.
- You send itForward the document by email, or drop it in the shared Slack channel we set up on day one. Include one line of context if there is any — who the counterparty is, how badly you want the deal, anything you have already promised them verbally.
- We triage it the same dayStandard commercial paper goes straight into production. Anything unusual — an acquisition, a bespoke licence, a regulated counterparty — we flag before starting and agree scope with you.
- Redline back within 48 hoursYou get a marked-up document plus a short covering note written in plain language: the three things that matter, what we changed, what we would concede if pushed, and what we would not sign at all.
- The responsible attorney reviews and approvesNothing goes to a counterparty without review and sign-off by US-admitted counsel. On the client side this is the substance of what you are buying; on our side it is a professional obligation, not a checkbox. The attorney supervises the work, exercises independent judgment on every position taken, and remains responsible for the advice.
- We negotiate to signatureCalls with the other side’s lawyer, successive redlines, the endless small trades. You are pulled in for commercial decisions — price, term, liability appetite — and not for drafting.
- It gets filed, not lostSigned documents, key dates and negotiated positions are tracked. When the same counterparty comes back in eighteen months, we already know what you agreed to.
One clause, four states
What the same paragraph looks like on its way to signature.
7.1This Agreement shall automatically renew for successive one-year terms. Vendor may increase fees at each renewal upon notice.
7.1This Agreement shall automatically renew for successive one-year terms unless either party gives 60 days’ notice. Vendor may increase fees at each renewal upon noticeby no more than 5%, on 90 days’ written notice.
7.1This Agreement shall automatically renew for successive one-year terms unless either party gives 60 days’ notice. Vendor may increase fees at each renewal by no more than 5%, on 90 days’ written notice.
JD7.1This Agreement shall automatically renew for successive one-year terms unless either party gives 60 days’ notice. Vendor may increase fees at each renewal by no more than 5%, on 90 days’ written notice.
ExecutedIllustrative. The initials, timestamps and clause text are examples, not a client matter.
Turnaround
What 48 hours means, and where it does not apply.
| Document | Standard turnaround | On a desk |
|---|---|---|
| NDA | Same business day | Included |
| Vendor / procurement paper | 48 hours | Included |
| Customer MSA or SaaS agreement | 48 hours | Included |
| DPA and privacy terms | 48 hours | Included |
| Negotiation rounds | 24–48 hours per round | Included |
| Contract playbook build | 2–3 weeks | Scoped separately |
| Non-routine matters | Agreed before we start | Quoted |
48 hours is a working standard for commercial paper, not a guarantee attached to every document that arrives. A 90-page enterprise agreement with a bespoke security schedule takes longer, and we will tell you that on the day it lands rather than on day three.
Structure
Who does what, and why it is built this way.
A law firm and an operating company are involved, and the division between them is deliberate.
[Firm Name, PLLC]
Attorneys admitted in New York. Your counterparty in the engagement letter: receives all legal fees, sets its own fees, exercises independent professional judgment, supervises all work product and carries professional responsibility for the advice.
Responsible attorney: [Attorney Name].
Icon Partners
The firm’s non-legal service provider. Marketing, intake administration, drafting and redline production under attorney supervision, contract tracking, project management, technology. Paid a fixed fee by the firm. Not a US law firm; gives no US legal advice; takes no share of legal fees.
Because it determines who is accountable to you. Your engagement is with a law firm, governed by the rules of professional conduct, covered by the attorney–client privilege, and answerable to a bar. That is not true of a legal services company, however good its product.
Next step
See it on your own paper.
Send one live contract. We will mark it up and walk you through it — that is a faster read on whether this works for you than any call.