From contracts in chaos to a business in control.
18,000 contracts scattered across SharePoint, email, and legacy folders. Each one a potential landmine. A legal team drowning in thousands of hours of low-value manual review.
The Challenge
A leading QSR and food services company had accumulated 18,000+ contracts over two decades of growth, acquisitions, and vendor relationships. These contracts were scattered across SharePoint sites, email archives, shared drives, and legacy document management systems.
The legal team spent thousands of hours annually on manual review — searching for specific clauses, tracking renewal dates, and responding to compliance queries. Critical obligations were missed. Risk exposure was unknown. Every M&A due diligence exercise became a months-long excavation project.
The General Counsel's mandate: transform this liability into an asset.
The Constraints
- Contracts in 15+ formats including scanned PDFs, Word documents, and email attachments
- No consistent naming convention or folder structure
- Multiple languages across international operations
- Strict data sovereignty requirements — no cloud processing outside approved regions
- Integration required with existing matter management system
The Approach
We deployed Axiom, our legal intelligence engine, configured specifically for this client's contract taxonomy and business rules.
Week 1-2: Discovery & Architecture
Mapped all contract repositories. Defined target schema with legal team. Established data governance and access controls.
Week 3-5: Ingestion & Extraction
Processed all 18,000 contracts through Structurify extraction layer. Classified by contract type. Extracted 47 key fields including parties, dates, values, and critical clauses.
Week 6-7: Intelligence Layer
Deployed natural language query interface. Built automated alerts for renewal dates, expiration windows, and compliance triggers.
Week 8: Integration & Training
Connected to matter management system. Trained legal team on query interface. Established ongoing ingestion pipeline for new contracts.
The Results
"Axiom isn't automation. It's strategic visibility across our entire contract landscape. We moved from folders to answers. Total clarity."
— Group General Counsel
The Capability
This engagement was powered by Axiom, our legal intelligence engine. Axiom transforms contracts, matters, and legal precedent into structured, queryable intelligence — making institutional knowledge accessible to everyone who needs it.
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