Services

Strategic contracting solutions and fractional advisory support

Transformation support, contract framework design, terms and policies, fractional advisory. For in-house teams, growing businesses and founders.

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Designing systems that solve problems, not create new ones.

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Contract framework design

A contracting framework that holds the judgement of the people who negotiate, so the business can move quickly without re-deciding the same points on every deal.

Master terms with country and product schedules
Clause libraries and agreed concessions
Playbooks, guidance and process notes
Negotiation ranges and escalation points that flex across own paper, counterparty paper and jurisdictions
Playbooks written so AI tools can apply them, not only people
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Transformation support

Breaking a contracting process down and reassembling it, with technology standing behind the people who use it.

Contract remediation support
Workflow and process redesign
AI process implementation
Selecting, testing and setting up AI tools, with the training that makes them stick
Intake and triage: how requests come in, where they go and what can be self-served
Structured data capture: record it once, populate wherever it is needed
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Policy drafting and implementation

Policies that reflect what the business does day to day, then put into practice.

Drafting, consolidation and upgrade of existing policies
Policies across AI, data, governance and operations
Implementation and rollout across the team
Human review points: where a person signs off, and how decisions feed back into the playbook
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Fractional advisory support

Senior, commercially minded advisory support for businesses that need it regularly but not full time.

Contract review and negotiation on live deals
A senior sounding board on commercial and risk decisions
Support as the business expands into new markets
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Founder terms and policies

A suite of contracts and policies for founders and early-stage businesses, built around how the business actually operates.

Core terms, commercial and operational documents, data and AI policies, team and employment basics
Existing terms consolidated and upgraded, or drafted from scratch
Commercial advisory at both ends: a discovery call at the front, a walkthrough at the back
Priced in tokens: a set number in the fixed fee, with each document drawing one or two
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Who Asteriscus is for

Groups with a contract estate

Businesses whose contracts have outgrown the way they are drafted, stored and negotiated.

In-house teams

Contracting, legal and commercial functions that want to use AI effectively without losing the flexibility the business relies on.

Founder-led businesses

Startups and high-growth companies that need their foundations right before they scale.