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Practical guides to renewals, notices, price escalations and obligations, with sources.
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Foundations
- 5 min read · Updated October 23, 2026Contract management after signature: a practical guideWhat contract management covers after signature: lifecycle stages, ownership, a repository, a deadline calendar, effective terms and the country rules that matter.Read
- 6 min read · Updated October 23, 2026AI contract data extraction with source citationsHow AI extracts dates, parties, prices and clauses from contracts, why every value should point to its source passage, and how human checks keep it reliable.Read
- 5 min read · Updated October 23, 2026Contract due diligence checklistA practical process for reviewing contracts before a deal: build the inventory, flag the clauses that move value, and track what must happen around closing.Read
Renewals, notices and termination
- 7 min read · Updated October 23, 2026Auto-renewal clauses: how they work and how to exitHow automatic renewal and evergreen clauses work, how to find the last day to give notice, and the rules for business and consumer contracts in four countries.Read
- 6 min read · Updated October 23, 2026Notice clauses and deemed receipt explainedWhat a notices clause requires, how deemed-receipt rules decide whether a notice arrived in time, and the default rules in the US, UK, Germany and Turkey.Read
- 6 min read · Updated October 23, 2026How to terminate a contract without a breachEnd a contract safely: non-renewal, termination for convenience or cause, cure periods, notice formalities and the main differences in the US, UK, DE and TR.Read
Prices, guarantees and credits
- 6 min read · Updated October 23, 2026CPI escalation clauses: how to calculate an increaseHow CPI, HICP and RPI escalation clauses work, how to calculate an increase with caps and floors, which series to name, and limits in Germany and Turkey.Read
- 6 min read · Updated October 23, 2026Bank guarantees and bonds: tracking after signatureHow to track performance, advance-payment and warranty guarantees, standby letters of credit and bonds from issue to return, with expiry and call rules.Read
- 6 min read · Updated October 23, 2026SLA credits: how to calculate and claim themHow SLA credits work, how uptime percentages convert to downtime minutes, how to calculate a credit, and what sole-remedy and claim-window clauses change.Read
Obligations and risk
- 6 min read · Updated October 23, 2026Contract obligation management: a practical guideTurn contract promises into owned tasks with due dates and evidence: what an obligation register holds and how to track recurring and event-driven duties.Read
- 5 min read · Updated October 23, 2026Certificate of insurance (COI) tracking guideHow to collect, check and renew certificates of insurance from suppliers, why a certificate is not a policy, and what to track before a claim exposes a gap.Read
- 5 min read · Updated October 23, 2026Change-of-control clauses: what triggers themWhat change-of-control and anti-assignment clauses do, how a merger or share sale can trigger them, and how to find them across a contract portfolio.Read
- 7 min read · Updated October 23, 2026How to review a vendor DPA (GDPR Article 28)A checklist for reviewing a vendor's data processing agreement under GDPR Article 28: instructions, subprocessors, security, audits, deletion and transfers.Read
Keep learning
- TemplatesNotices, letters, checklists and trackers to use with or without Pactinel.
- GlossaryContract terms explained in plain words, each linked to a guide, a tool or a template.
- ComparisonsHow Pactinel compares with spreadsheets, shared drives and other tools, with sources and dates.
- Free contract calculatorsWork out notice deadlines, automatic renewals, index-linked increases, late-payment interest, bank-guarantee costs, the cost of missed renewals and contract commitments. Each answer comes with its figures and assumptions, and every calculator can be embedded on your own site.
- Frequently asked questionsStraight answers about what Pactinel does, what it costs, how the AI works and where your contracts are kept.
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