E-signature for corporate legal
Legal department, in-house counsel: sign commercial contracts, NDAs, shareholder agreements, bylaws, AGM minutes, intra-group agreements online. Native multi-signer workflow, tamper-proof audit trail, 30-year archiving, eIDAS and French Civil Code art. 1367 compliance.
Legal between speed and rigour
A corporate lawyer handles an average of 200 contracts / month (NDAs, MSAs, bylaws, minutes). Missed initials on sensitive contracts generate operational risk; email workflows lose contract versions. Certyneo offers native versioning, multi-signer + SOX-compatible audit trail.
Two hundred contracts per month saturate email workflows
NDAs, MSAs, bylaws and minutes accumulate and versions get lost in emails. Native versioning and single envelope preserve the complete history of each contract.
Missed approvals on sensitive contracts create risk
A poorly signed commitment exposes the company to operational and legal risk. Multi-signatory tracking ensures that each party has signed the correct version.
Reconstructing proof takes precious time
Without a centralized audit trail, proving the validity of a contract is laborious. SOX-compliant audit-trail documents each step of the signature.
All your legal acts online
6 use cases covering contracts, governance, M&A and litigation.
B2B commercial contract
Service provision contract, B2B sales contract, licence contract (software, patent, trademark), distribution contract. Multi-language, foreign jurisdictions supported.
NDA / Confidentiality agreement
Unilateral / bilateral / multilateral NDA, non-poaching agreement, non-solicitation agreement, non-compete agreement. Legal templates included.
Shareholder agreement & bylaws
Shareholder agreement, SAS / SARL / SA bylaws, capital increase, approval clause, pre-emption right, tag-along exit clause.
AGM minutes & governance
Ordinary / extraordinary general assembly minutes, board / supervisory board minutes, decision register, attendance sheet.
Intra-group agreement
Management fees agreement, treasury agreement, intra-group services agreement, material transfer agreement (art. L1224-1 French Labour Code).
Settlement & protocol
Settlement protocol (art. 2044 French Civil Code), mediation agreement, withdrawal of action, res judicata.
Why Certyneo for legal
Versioning & change control
Every contract modification is tracked (who, when, what), version-by-version comparison, party validation of modifications. Avoids 'final-final-v2.docx'.
Multi-party & multi-role workflow
Conditional workflow: internal approval (legal + CFO + CEO) then external signature (client + witness). Configurable roles.
Long-term archiving + e-discovery
NF Z42-013 digital vault, 30-year archiving, e-discovery export in EDRM format (XML, PST) for your litigation.
Frequently asked questions — corporate legal
- Does e-signature have the same value as handwritten signature?
- Yes. Article 1366 of the French Civil Code recognises e-signature as equivalent to handwritten signature, provided it (a) identifies the signer, (b) guarantees document integrity. Certyneo meets these two conditions at SES level (eIDAS level 1) and beyond.
- Can I sign a shareholder agreement online?
- Yes. A shareholder agreement is a private deed: advanced e-signature (AES) is sufficient. For agreements > €1M at stake or involving foreigners (US, UK), QES is recommended for reinforced international evidentiary value.
- How to handle a multi-party workflow (board + shareholders + executives)?
- Conditional workflow: step 1 (legal verifies), step 2 (CFO approves), step 3 (CEO signs), step 4 (external parties sign). Each step automatically triggers the next. Kanban view of the contract in its lifecycle.
- Does Certyneo offer a legal template management module?
- Yes. Our library includes 50+ pre-drafted legal templates (NDA FR/EN/DE, service contract, SAS shareholder agreement, bylaws). Dynamic fields (amount, date, party) self-service replaceable.
- Can I sign an authentic act on Certyneo?
- No. Authentic acts (notarial real estate sale, donation, succession) require a notary's intervention and cannot be signed via a third-party platform. Certyneo covers private deeds (95% of corporate contracts).