On completion day, the deal team runs the signing matrix in real time — releasing signature pages, confirming receipt of executed copies, dating documents, and working to get to “all signed”.
It is the high-pressure use case Signing is purpose-built for: every party, every signature and every deadline come together at once, and a small error or delay can push closing into the next day with real commercial consequences.
Common pain points
- Spreadsheet-based signing matrices that lose currency the moment things start moving
- Email threads to confirm “is X signed yet?”
- Difficulty coordinating across timezones when international counterparties are involved
- Risk of releasing pages prematurely or missing a required signatory
- No audit trail of who released what, when
- Late changes to a document silently invalidating already-collected signatures
- Collating signed pages into final executed versions and assembling binders by deadline — work that often runs into the early hours of completion day in order to have everything ready on time
- Junior lawyers running the matrix without clear visibility for the partner sitting above them
How Legatics helps
A live signing matrix that the deal team can track together in real time — visible to matter admins by default, with permissions controlling who else within the team (or, where appropriate, on the other side) can see what.
Pages can be held until release authority is given. Every action — page collected, signature confirmed, page released — is logged, giving partners an audit trail and giving the deal team confidence at the moment of completion. The matrix sits next to the list of documents being signed, so changes flow through automatically.
