The mechanical parts of getting a contract to signature — chasing down which stakeholder still needs to approve, summarizing three rounds of redlines for a business owner who doesn't want to read the blackline, assembling the final audit trail — take up time that could go toward the negotiations that actually need a lawyer's attention.
Approval Assistant tracks where every contract sits in your approval chain in one place, so nobody's chasing a Slack thread to find out if procurement signed off yet. Once redlines settle, it drafts a plain-language summary of what changed from the counterparty's first draft to the final version — the summary a business stakeholder actually reads before approving.
The output is a complete, exportable audit trail: every version, every comment, every approval, timestamped and attributed — ready the moment anyone asks 'what did we actually agree to, and why.'
What's included
Approval chain tracking
A shared, real-time view of exactly who still needs to sign off on any given contract — no separate spreadsheet.
Plain-language change summaries
Drafts a summary of what changed between drafts, written for a business stakeholder, not a lawyer.
Full redline-to-signature trail
Every version, comment, and approval preserved and exportable — ready for audit or dispute without reconstruction.
Stakeholder-specific routing
Routes the right contract type to the right approver automatically, based on rules you configure once.
E-signature handoff
Pushes the final, approved version straight to your e-signature tool once every sign-off is captured.
Cycle-time reporting
Tracks how long each contract type takes at each stage, so bottlenecks in the approval chain are visible, not anecdotal.
How it works
Map your approval chain
Set up who approves what, by contract type and value threshold — a one-time configuration.
Status updates automatically
As redlines settle and stakeholders sign off, the shared tracker updates in real time for the whole team.
Summaries draft themselves
Once a contract is ready for approval, Queviny drafts a plain-language summary of what changed and why.
Sign, send, and archive
Final approval routes to e-signature, and the full audit trail is archived automatically alongside the executed contract.
Common questions
Does this replace legal judgment on what to approve?
No — it replaces the status-chasing and summary-writing, not the judgment call on whether a term is acceptable. Every summary is a starting point for the approver, not a decision made on their behalf.
Can we customize the approval chain by contract type?
Yes. Routing rules are configurable by document type, deal value, and counterparty risk tier, so a standard NDA and an enterprise MSA can follow entirely different chains.
What does the exported audit trail actually include?
Every draft version, every comment and redline, every approval with a timestamp and name attached, and the final executed document — packaged as a single exportable record.
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