--- title: Streamlining Contract Review | How Legal and Sales Can Partner description: To avoid the squeeze, partner with sales to create a contract review process that works for both your teams and drives business forward. image: https://blog.linksquares.com/hubfs/perlafdez_the_letters_ABCD_floating_on_top_of_pieces_of_paper_3_4fba6e4f-ef02-414e-8d1a-3b1fe9dfe6f5.png --- [Skip to content](https://blog.linksquares.com/streamlining-contract-review-4-ways-legal-and-sales-can-partner#main-content) [LinkSquares](https://blog.linksquares.com/) Open Mobile Menu [LinkSquares](https://linksquares.com/) Close Mobile Menu [Why LinkSquares](https://linksquares.com/why-linksquares/) [Products](https://linksquares.com/products/) --- [The LinkSquares Cloud One platform for all your in-house legal needs](https://linksquares.com/products/linksquares-cloud/) --- Contract Lifecycle Management Create, review, manage and sign contracts Legal Project Management Centralize your work and keep projects moving Cross-product capabilities Get scalability, efficiency and connectivity LinkSquares Onboarding Experience A step by step guide to get started today --- [Solutions](https://linksquares.com/solutions/) [Customer Stories](https://linksquares.com/customers/) Resources Content [LinkSquares+ Content curated for in-house leaders](https://linksquares.com/plus/) [The Library](https://linksquares.com/library/) In the studio [Demo Library](https://linksquares.com/demo-library/) Community & Events [Customer Stories](https://linksquares.com/customers/) [Events & Webinars](https://linksquares.com/events/) Learning [Blog](https://blog.linksquares.com/) [In-House Insights](https://linksquares.com/inhouse-insights/) [Knowledge Base](https://help.linksquares.com/) [Events](https://linksquares.com/events/) [About Us](https://linksquares.com/about-us/) [Careers](https://linksquares.com/careers/) [Press](https://blog.linksquares.com/tag/linksquares-news-press) [Pricing](https://linksquares.com/pricing/) [Request a demo](https://linksquares.com/demo-request/) Back Close Mobile Menu [Contract Lifecycle Management](https://linksquares.com/products/) [Finalize Streamline your contract creation process](https://linksquares.com/products/finalize/) [Sign Get your contracts executed faster](https://linksquares.com/products/sign/) [Analyze Your post-signature analytics & repository](https://linksquares.com/products/analyze/) [CLM Suite One platform to rule them all](https://linksquares.com/products/) [Request a demo](https://linksquares.com/demo-request/) Back Close Mobile Menu [Legal Project Management](https://linksquares.com/products/) [Prioritize Manage, track, and report on legal work in one place](https://linksquares.com/products/prioritize/) [Request a demo](https://linksquares.com/demo-request/) Back Close Mobile Menu [Cross-product capabilities](https://linksquares.com/products/) [LinkAI Predictive and generative AI](https://linksquares.com/products/analyze/features/ai/) [Integrations Connect the tools you love](https://linksquares.com/integrations/) [Reporting Improve your teams efficiency with KPIs](https://linksquares.com/products/analyze/features/dashboard/) [API Integrate with any third-party app](https://linksquares.com/integrations/linksquares-api/) [Request a demo](https://linksquares.com/demo-request/) Back Close Mobile Menu [Cross-product capabilities](https://linksquares.com/products/) [Onboarding We're here for you from day one](https://linksquares.com/onboarding-services/) [Services Short on time? 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Your Slack or Teams is pinging off the hook with status update requests, sending you down another rabbit hole looking for internal approvals. You’re trying not to be a bottleneck, but the [contract review](https://linksquares.com/solutions/contract-review/) process is seriously slowing you down. *This blog was updated on Sept. 20, 2024.* It makes sense that you’d want to be as thorough as possible in the contract review process — being casual about your contract terms leaves you open to all kinds of risk. But a manual review process isn’t the most efficient use of your time, and can leave you burnt out and unable to support sales. To avoid the squeeze, partner with sales to create a contract review process that works for both your teams and drives business forward. Here are four ways sales and legal and collaborate to streamline contract review. ## 1. Share tools. Rather than messaging back and forth for deal information and manually entering data into your respective tools, integrate your CRM and [contract lifecycle management (CLM)](https://linksquares.com/what-is-clm/) so both sales and legal have access to the same data. Linksquares CLM, for example, [integrates with Salesforce](https://linksquares.com/integrations/salesforce/), allowing the two ecosystems to share data and update deal and contract information. ## 2. Automate contract creation. Creating contracts from scratch each time a deal is generated in your CRM is not the most strategic use of your time. It leaves you playing catch-up when you want to be leading the pack. Instead, configure your [CRM/CLM integration](https://blog.linksquares.com/clm-salesforce-integration) to automatically generate a contract with pre-approved language whenever the deal status changes. This enables self–service contract creation and makes contract review leagues easier on you. ## 3. Standardize low-risk contracts. Taking a look at your process right now, how much time do you spend on NDAs and terms of service agreements? Spending too much time on standard, low-dollar contracts decreases the amount of time you could be spending closing big business. Consider standardizing your lower-risk contracts and automating execution. This gives sales more autonomy, and you more time back in your day.  ## 4. Use AI contract review. Things that take humans hours or days can take AI hours, if not minutes. While AI can’t make independent legal decisions, it’s good at analyzing contracts and identifying trends. With Linksquares, you can [use AI to automate the first pass of a contract](https://linksquares.com/products/finalize/features/ai-powered-contract-review/). It can pick up on anomalies, inconsistencies, and risky terms, letting you know exactly what to focus on during contract review so you can get the deal over the line faster. ## Takeaways By working with sales to establish a contract creation and review process, your team can collaborate your way to a shorter sales cycle. Use technology that both sales and legal have access to (like a CLM and CRM), and for maximum efficiency, integrate your two tools so that both teams have a single source of truth.  Streamline your contract review and get a [demo](https://linksquares.com/demo-request/) today. ![avatar](https://blog.linksquares.com/hs-fs/hubfs/2-May-13-2024-06-53-08-0056-PM.png?width=290&name=2-May-13-2024-06-53-08-0056-PM.png) #### [Mary Curtin](https://blog.linksquares.com/author/mary-curtin) Sr. Manager, Brand & Communications ## Subscribe to the LinkSquares Blog Stay up to date on best practices for GCs and legal teams, current events, legal tech, and more. ## Related Articles ### [Emily Weiner Jan 18, 2024 11 min read Why Small Legal Teams Need a CLM Legal teams are tiny but mighty. As one of the few in-house teams that touch every aspect of the business, you review vendor ... 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Rather than messaging back and forth for deal information and manually entering data into your respective tools, integrate your CRM and contract lifecycle management (CLM) so both sales and legal have access to the same data. Linksquares CLM, for example, integrates with Salesforce, allowing the two ecosystems to share data and update deal and contract information. 2. Automate contract creation. Creating contracts from scratch each time a deal is generated in your CRM is not the most strategic use of your time. It leaves you playing catch-up when you want to be leading the pack. Instead, configure your CRM/CLM integration to automatically generate a contract with pre-approved language whenever the deal status changes. This enables self–service contract creation and makes contract review leagues easier on you. 3. Standardize low-risk contracts. Taking a look at your process right now, how much time do you spend on NDAs and terms of service agreements? Spending too much time on standard, low-dollar contracts decreases the amount of time you could be spending closing big business. Consider standardizing your lower-risk contracts and automating execution. This gives sales more autonomy, and you more time back in your day. 4. Use AI contract review. Things that take humans hours or days can take AI hours, if not minutes. While AI can’t make independent legal decisions, it’s good at analyzing contracts and identifying trends. With Linksquares, you can use AI to automate the first pass of a contract. It can pick up on anomalies, inconsistencies, and risky terms, letting you know exactly what to focus on during contract review so you can get the deal over the line faster. Takeaways By working with sales to establish a contract creation and review process, your team can collaborate your way to a shorter sales cycle. 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