Conditional approval routing
Conditional approval routing is the architecture that determines who must approve which contract events based on context — risk tier, financial value, jurisdictional exposure, counterparty, and material change scope. Conditional routing replaces fixed approval matrices that overload reviewers on routine cases and underroute on novel ones.
Why this matters
For the teams that work with this concept daily
Legal Operations / GC. Approval-load is one of the largest operational costs in legal ops. Conditional routing matches review depth to actual risk — routine cases self-serve; material changes escalate appropriately.
How IntelAgree handles it
Conditional approval routing on the IntelAgree platform
IntelAgree's approval gates are conditional by design. Rules import from your existing governance configuration; Saige Assist evaluates each agreement against rules at every gate and routes accordingly. Routing decisions are logged with the rule version that applied.
Common questions
Questions buyers ask about conditional approval routing
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How is this different from a static approval matrix?
A static matrix routes by agreement type. Conditional routing evaluates the actual context — value, risk, jurisdiction, counterparty — and routes to the correct depth, even for cases the matrix didn't anticipate.
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