For law firms

Cover more deal rooms without hiring another associate

Clausebeam runs first-pass clause analysis across your entire deal room so your associates start where they add value, not where they're reading standard boilerplate.

M&A diligence Commercial agreements

Workflow

How it fits into a deal room review

1: Upload the deal room

Drop in the full folder of agreements. PDFs, DOCXs, redlined versions. Clausebeam ingests the stack and begins clause parsing immediately.

2: Receive the clause flag report

Minutes later, a structured report: which clauses are high-risk, which deviate from market norms, and cross-document patterns (e.g., "indemnification is asymmetric in 6 of 8 agreements").

3: Associates start from flagged items

Instead of reading every clause in every agreement, associates review what Clausebeam has flagged. They verify, annotate, and escalate.

4: Partners review the risk summary

Partners receive the curated risk memo, the clauses that need their judgment, not a full first-pass read-through. Deal analysis starts in hours, not days.

Clause coverage

The clauses that matter most in M&A and commercial work

Clausebeam's detection model is built from the clause types that generate the most negotiation friction in commercial and M&A practice.

Indemnification

Broad vs. narrow scope, mutual vs. one-way, carve-outs for IP and gross negligence, and uncapped exposure.

Reps & warranties

Materiality qualifiers, knowledge qualifiers, survival periods, and post-closing claims windows, the clauses that define deal risk at the transaction level.

Liability caps

Cap multiples relative to deal value, uncapped carve-outs, and consequential damage exclusions that shift risk exposure.

MAC clauses

Material adverse change definitions, carve-outs for systemic events, industry-specific exclusions, and walk-right triggers.

Consistency

Same clause standards across every associate, every matter

When clause flagging depends on which associate does the first read, the firm's risk exposure varies with seniority. Clausebeam applies the same detection standard to every document, regardless of who runs the review. It does not replace attorney judgment on flagged clauses. It ensures the flagging step is never the weak point.

A first-year and a fifth-year associate produce flag reports to the same standard
Practice groups can use the Firm plan to configure clause flag standards for their specific deal types
Senior attorneys spend their time on judgment calls, not on catching what the first read missed

Without Clausebeam

4 days

First-pass read, 30-document deal room

With Clausebeam

<6 hours

Flagged clause report, same deal room

Cover more deal rooms without hiring another associate

How it fits into a deal room review

The clauses that matter most in M&A and commercial work

Same clause standards across every associate, every matter

Try it on a real deal room document.