AI contract review with Word-native tracked changes

Review contracts in your actual Word files

Most AI contract tools export to PDF or generate text you manually copy back. Sphere edits the DOCX directly, producing tracked changes at the OOXML level that any Word user can accept or reject. No copy-paste. No format loss. No retraining your team.

• Paragraph-level insert, replace, and delete operations
• Template variable replacement across entire documents
• Batch operations for multi-document reviews
• Full revision history with commit semantics

Matters for matter-level context

Contract review rarely happens in one document. Sphere Matters group workstreams, source documents, issues, deadlines, timeline events, and AI-suggested admin updates around the same legal file. The agent can surface accessible same-matter documents instead of treating every workstream as isolated.

• Workstreams grouped under a matter-level command center
• Related documents surfaced inside the workstream workspace
• Issues, deadlines, milestones, and timeline evidence
• Access controls preserve private workstream boundaries

Review Workbooks for document sets

For diligence and portfolio review, Sphere turns repeated legal questions into spreadsheet-style Review Workbooks. Rows are documents. Columns are review questions. Cells contain cited answers, status, and reviewer context, exportable as CSV when the team needs a working list.

• User-defined legal questions across a document set
• Cited cell answers with per-cell status
• Regenerate individual answers without rerunning the whole review
• CSV export for deal teams and follow-up tracking

Playbooks that encode organizational expertise

Define review criteria once, apply them consistently across every contract. Sphere playbooks capture your firm's standards (GDPR DPA compliance checks, NDA risk assessments, SLA analysis frameworks) and execute them with AI precision. Teams can favorite, hide, share, and version playbooks while protected prompts ensure consistent methodology.

• Pre-built templates for GDPR DPA, NDA, SLA reviews
• CP checklist, credit agreement summary, and shareholder agreement summary
• Custom playbook creation for your organization's standards
• Protected prompts, sharing controls, and version history
• Structured findings with risk categorization

Legal research across six databases

Verify contract clauses against current law. Sphere searches Fedlex (Swiss federal law), EUR-Lex (EU legislation), BGE (Swiss Federal Supreme Court decisions), CJEU (Court of Justice of the EU), ECHR (European Court of Human Rights), and legal commentary, returning precise citations you can insert directly into your document.

Clause bank for standardization

Build a searchable library of approved clauses. Sphere's hybrid search (vector + BM25) finds relevant clauses by meaning, not just keywords. Track usage across your organization. Generate variants for different jurisdictions. Insert directly into your document with one click.