Castrén & Snellman is launching a document automation service for its clients. Signe is a document automation tool, which will enable clients to reduce the amount of time spent on routine work by quickly creating new agreements based on existing templates.
22.1.2019
Castrén & Snellman’s New Service Signe Automates Documents for Clients
Paula Aura & Teresa Kauppila
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We want to provide our clients with the opportunity to adopt new technology quickly, easily and at a reasonable cost’, said Knowledge Manager Paula Aura.
C&S started using Signe internally three years ago to speed up our own drafting process.
‘We keep an open mind towards new technologies that make our day-to-day work easier. Signe has been a great help to both our lawyers and internal business service personnel. We feel that now is the right time to launch the service for our clients’, said Senior Associate Teresa Kauppila.
Signe’s benefits include:
Signe’s monthly fee is based on the total number of pages of automated agreements and other documents.
Would you like to get to know our document automation tool Signe better? Contact Teresa Kauppila or Paula Aura.
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