What is CounselLink+ Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM)?

CounselLink+ delivers end-to-end Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) designed specifically for in-house legal teams. Powered by advanced AI and exclusive LexisNexis® legal content, CounselLink+ streamlines every stage, from contract creation and negotiation to execution and renewal.

Unified Legal Workspace

Complete insight

Integrated contract lifecycle management (CLM) and enterprise legal management (ELM) to unify data, automate workflows, and give legal teams complete operational visibility.

Microsoft Word Integration

Efficient contracting

With the Microsoft Word add-in, users can search, view, and edit contracts without leaving Word—saving time and keeping workflows uninterrupted.

Clause Library

Mitigate risk

Access a secure contract repository of clauses and templates to ensure consistency and compliance across your organization.

Contract Reporting

Data-driven insights

Use contract analytics to monitor compliance, identify risks early, and evaluate performance at every stage—ensuring agreements deliver maximum value while staying aligned with business goals.

Award-winning CLM solution

LexisNexis CounselLink+ won the 2024 LegalTech Breakthrough Award for Contract Life Cycle Management Platform the Year.

What customers are saying

"I find the new system [CounselLink] to be far superior to the previous system we used for processing contracts. Having the audit trail track everything that is done in the system offers transparency to the contract negotiator, project manager and the Legal team. It is a good repository for storing contracts that can be retrieved and reviewed for reference."

Legal AssistantLarge Enterprise Technology Company

"Going fully digital with our agreements has significantly improved efficiency and management abilities."

Chief Compliance & Policy OfficerNon-Profit

"The main benefits of CounselLink that I have experienced thus far are…​ Having all contracts in one repository​ Having a forum for collaboration with internal stakeholders.​ Maintaining a single repository and maintaining all metadata from negotiations has been very beneficial."

Associate General CounselEnterprise Transporation Services

Frequently Asked Questions about CounselLink+ Contract Lifecycle Management

Yes, with CounselLink+ you can manage the full contract lifecycle within one unified platform. CounselLink+ helps from contract template creation, through the negotiation process, to signature, storage, and renewal.

By having one combined ELM/CLM solution, users are able to link matters to contracts and contracts to matters. This ensures there is one source of information across the platform and across the legal department, improving oversight and compliance.

CounselLink+ includes the optional AI Extraction feature for signed CLM Contracts, which provides extraction fields such as Signature Date, Effective Date, Notice of Non-renewal, and other important post-signature/managed Contract fields to reduce manual data entry by contract managers, while maximizing data capture for the management of your digital contract assets.

CounselLink+ Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) offers flexible integration options so your legal team can seamlessly access the information they need. Our platform connects with leading tools through out-of-the-box connectors, open APIs, and flat-file integrations, ensuring easy alignment with your existing technology stack.

Available integrations include:
  • eSignature: DocuSign, Adobe Sign
  • CRM: Salesforce
  • Single Sign-On (SSO): Okta, Ping, SAML, ADFS, OneLogin
  • Cloud Storage: Box, Google Drive
  • Productivity Tools: Microsoft Word
  • For additional flexibility, CounselLink+ CLM also provides open APIs that allow your organization or technology partners to build custom integrations with virtually any other system.

Yes, you can set notifications and alerts to notify your users about all important contract dates.

Yes, CounselLink+ facilitates collaboration at the clause level between internal teams as well as with the counterparty, all in real time. Redlines and edits are tracked in the platform automatically. Workflows can be created to facilitate approvals, routing, and signatory processes to accommodate your legal department needs.

Yes, each contract edit has an individual audit trail in addition to the document-level audit trail where various versions of the document are stored for later reference.

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