The commercial contract desk for SaaS, AI & software companies
Their paper, negotiated to signature.
Keep deals moving. We’ll handle the paper. MSAs, SaaS agreements, DPAs and NDAs, from first redline to signature. US-admitted counsel, 40+ jurisdictions, flat fees.
Bring one contract. The attorney walks you through it. No pitch.
9.2In no event shall Vendor’s aggregate liability under this Agreement exceed the fees paid by Customer in the one (1) month preceding the claimthe fees paid or payable in the twelve (12) months preceding the claim, and Customer’s liability hereunder shall be unlimitedand this limitation shall apply equally to both parties.
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The gap
Your first commercial lawyer shouldn’t have to be a $200k hire.
Companies sign real contracts long before they can justify a Commercial Counsel. The usual options: a founder redlining at midnight, or an hourly firm that sends comments and leaves the negotiation to you.
A review doesn’t close the deal
A memo listing twelve issues does not close a deal. Someone has to sit on the call with the other side’s lawyer and trade positions until the document is signable.
Hourly billing punishes speed
Every question costs money, so people stop asking. The contracts that matter get less legal attention, not more.
One jurisdiction is never enough
Your US counsel cannot advise on the German customer’s data terms. So you assemble three firms and coordinate them yourself.
One contract, start to finish
From “can you look at this?” to a signed deal in four days.
The shape of a real week on the desk: the messages, the document, the other side, the outcome.
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7.1Auto-renews for one-year terms unless either party gives 60 days’ notice. Fees may increase at renewal upon noticeby no more than 5%.
We can’t accept the 5% cap on increases; we need flexibility on pricing.
Understood. We’ll take 7% with 90 days’ notice and keep the 60-day exit — that’s market for this ACV. Redline attached.
Agreed. Sending for signature.
7.1Auto-renews for one-year terms unless either party gives 60 days’ notice. Fees may increase at renewal by no more than 7%, on 90 days’ written notice.
ExecutedIllustrative. Names, figures and timestamps are examples, not a client matter.
Pricing
Two ways to buy. Neither is hourly.
One contract a month? Pay per contract. Contracts every week? A desk usually costs less than hiring in-house. The lowest published prices we know of for this kind of work — and they are published, which most are not.
Pay per document
Fixed price agreed before we start.
Put us on a desk
Cancel monthly. No hourly billing, ever.
The alternatives
Every other option is a trade-off.
Including the row where we are not the cheapest.
| Founder at midnight | Hourly law firm | AI contract tool | Engross | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Who negotiates with the other side | You, at night | Their associate, on the clock | You, with a draft | Us, to signature |
| Turnaround | When you get to it | Days to weeks | Minutes, then your review | 48 hours, every round |
| What it costs | Nothing in cash. Your evenings. | $400–900 an hour, open-ended | $30–100 a seat, plus your time | From $100 a document; desks from $2,500/mo |
| Price known before work starts | Free in cash, paid in time | Rarely | Subscription, per seat | Yes, published |
| Non-US law | No | Referred out | No | Local counsel, 40+ jurisdictions |
| Who is accountable | You | The firm | Software terms | The law firm, under its state bar rules |
| Attorney-client privilege | No | Yes | Typically no | Yes |
Who is behind it
Software can flag the clause. Someone still has to get the other side to agree.
That someone is a lawyer. Ours use every tool that makes a first pass faster, then do the part no tool does: the call with their counsel, the trade, the signature.
Built and operated by Icon Partners, an international legal group since 2012. US legal services by a New York law firm; everything outside the US through local counsel. One point of contact, one invoice. How it fits together →
Figures: Icon Partners, which operates Engross.
Track record · Icon Partners
The group behind the desk has done this for a while.
Companies Icon Partners has worked with since 2012.
Confidentiality
Built for confidential legal work.
The protections a law firm gives you, plus the ones a software company should.
Attorney–client privilege
Your engagement letter is with the law firm. What you send on a matter is covered by its duty of confidentiality and privilege.
Secure upload, encrypted systems
Secure upload, never a web form. Encrypted in transit and at rest, MFA on every account, access granted per matter. No client documents in AI tools.
Named people, under supervision
Everyone on your matter has signed a personal confidentiality undertaking and works under the responsible attorney. No anonymous outsourcing.
GDPR, with a DPA on request
Matter data is processed under a written DPA, inside the framework your own EU customers expect.
The full statement is on the Security & data page.
From the US desk
What we’re seeing on the US contract desk this month.
Who this is for
Three situations, one answer.
Questions
The ones we get on the first call.
If yours is not here, bring it to the call — or send it to hello@engross.legal.
Who is actually my lawyer?
A named attorney at [Firm Name, PLLC], admitted in New York. You sign an engagement letter with the firm, the attorney reviews and signs off every deliverable, and you can reach them directly. Engross is the desk the firm delivers through; Icon Partners runs the desk and is not a law firm.
What does a flat fee include?
For a single document: the review, our written comments and redline, one round of discussion with you and — if you chose negotiation — the exchanges with the other side until the document is signed or you tell us to stop. For a desk: the volume and document types on the pricing page. Nothing is billed by the hour, and the price is agreed before we start.
How fast is it, really?
NDAs same day. Standard commercial contracts redlined within 48 hours of receiving everything we need, every round. The clock starts when the document and your instructions are in.
Our contracts touch EU, UK or other non-US law. Can you handle that?
The firm advises on US law. For everything else the desk routes the question to locally qualified counsel through Icon Partners’ network in 40+ jurisdictions, under a separate engagement with that counsel, and coordinates the answer back into your contract. One point of contact either way.
What happens on the 20-minute call?
Before the call we run a conflicts check and send you a secure upload link for one contract. On the call the attorney walks you through the key negotiation points, the risks and the next steps for that document. No pitch, no obligation to buy anything afterwards.
Do you use AI?
Not on your documents. Client documents and anything that identifies a client stay out of AI tools; we use AI only on anonymised material and our own templates. Every draft is reviewed and approved by the attorney before you see it.
Can we cancel?
Desk subscriptions are monthly and cancel on 30 days’ notice. Per-document work ends when the document is delivered; if an engagement ends early, any unearned part of a flat fee is refunded.
Next step
Send us one live contract.
Marked up and explained in twenty minutes. No cost, no obligation.