Contracts 365
AI Negotiation Companion
Contract negotiation is often the most time-intensive and risk-sensitive stage of the contract lifecycle. Legal teams must balance speed with precision, enforce approved standards, and maintain visibility across multiple rounds of redlines — all while working within tight commercial timelines.
The Contracts 365 AI Negotiation Companion brings structured, governed intelligence directly into Microsoft Word. Fully integrated with the Contracts 365 platform, it enables organizations to negotiate more efficiently while maintaining alignment with corporate policy, risk tolerance, and compliance requirements.
Open
Open the document in MS Word and select the AI Negotiation button.
Review
Quickly review flagged language that deviates from your playbook.
Get Suggestions
See instant suggestions for revised language, and edit, approve or reassign for review.
Redline Changes
Revisions are synthesized with the counterparty’s original language and redlined for approval.
From First Draft To Final Signature To Ongoing Insights.
AI Negotiation turns what was once a fragmented, manual process into a connected, intelligent workflow. Whether you’re managing a complex Master Services Agreement or a simple NDA, every edit, decision, and version remains visible, auditable, and aligned with your organization’s standards.
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Clause Comparison and Review
Automatically compares counterparty language against approved standards, flags deviations or missing provisions, and presents structured suggestion cards. Reviewers can apply AI-assisted rewrites that merge counterparty language with approved clauses and assign suggestions to teammates directly from the sidebar.
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Negotiation Strategy
Negotiation posture varies by deal type, counterparty, and risk profile. The AI Negotiation Companion supports configurable strategies—Aggressive, Balanced, or Neutral—to guide how recommendations are generated and presented during review.
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Guardrails & Watchlists
Guardrails establish non-negotiable limits, while Watchlists detect predefined risk patterns and highlight clauses requiring additional review. Together, they ensure negotiators remain aligned with enterprise policy and risk tolerance.
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Multi-Round Negotiation Intelligence
Negotiations often unfold across multiple exchanges. Each round is captured as a structured version, automatically tracking counterparty drafts, highlighting material changes, identifying new deviations or obligations, and preserving a complete audit trail.
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Automatic Obligation and Deviation Extraction
Once an agreement is finalized, the AI Negotiation Companion extracts key obligations—such as reporting requirements, insurance certificates, renewals, and security commitments—and synchronizes them with Contracts 365 for tracking and compliance management.
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AI That Strengthens Legal Judgment
AI in negotiation should support expertise, not replace it. The AI Negotiation Companion operates within your organization’s clause libraries, playbooks, and governance rules—providing structured recommendations while keeping legal professionals in control of every decision.
AI Capability with Security Built in
The AI Negotiation Companion works seamless with Contracts 365 Standard and Enterprise Editions, and functions natively within Microsoft Word.
Best of all, Contracts 365 AI Companions are fully secured by Microsoft. So your AI prompts, completions, embeddings, and training data are not available to OpenAI or other model providers and are not used to train any generative AI foundation models without your permission or instruction.
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