OGS-56 Strategist

Work a full document set, not one document at a time

Put a master agreement, its schedules, side letters and variation deeds in front of OGS-56 together and ask what the operative position now is on a given point. It reads across the set and shows you where one instrument qualifies another, rather than summarising each in isolation.

Build the argument, then attack it

Ask it to set out the strongest case on your client's facts, then instruct it to argue the other side. Use the second pass to find where your position is thin, what the opponent will lead with, and which facts you need to firm up before you commit to a line.

Turn instructions into a structured drafting plan

Give it a client email, an attendance note and a term sheet, and ask for the issues list, the clauses that need bespoke drafting, and the points still to be confirmed with the client. Use it to scope a matter before you start typing the document.

Draft the difficult clauses, with the reasoning shown

Ask for indemnity, limitation, termination or IP provisions drafted to a stated commercial intention — and for an explanation of what each drafting choice is meant to achieve and what it leaves open, so you can interrogate it rather than accept it.

Compare versions and ask what the change costs you

Paste your draft and the counterparty's mark-up and ask what has moved in substance, which edits look cosmetic, and what each substantive change does to your client's risk position. Useful when a redline runs to dozens of pages and only a handful of edits matter.

Interrogate a disclosure bundle or evidence set

Ask it to build a chronology from the material you supply, point to where accounts appear to conflict, and list the documents you would expect to exist but have not been given. It works from what you provide; it does not search outside your uploads.

Prepare instructions and briefs to counsel

Have it assemble the background, the issues on which an opinion is sought, and the enclosures list from the matter papers, so the brief is drafted in one place for you to check, correct and complete before it goes to chambers.

Pressure-test a policy or precedent before it goes into the bank

Before a template joins your precedent bank, ask OGS-56 where it reads as ambiguous, which defined terms appear to be used inconsistently, and which scenarios it does not cover. Findings are for your review, not a sign-off.

Read a contract before you sign it

For SME clients without in-house legal, ask OGS-56 to set out in plain English what a supplier or landlord agreement appears to require of each side, and to list the clauses and questions to put to a solicitor. It is the prompt to get advice, not a substitute for it.

Decide between options with the trade-offs written down

Give it the commercial facts of a decision — a lease renewal, a supplier switch, a pricing change — and ask for the case for each option, the assumptions each depends on, and what would have to be true for you to change your mind.

Build the board or partners' paper

Turn management figures, a pipeline report and a set of notes into a structured paper with a recommendation, the reasoning behind it, and the risks stated openly rather than buried.

Write the tender or panel application response

Work through a long ITT or panel questionnaire, keep the answers consistent across sections, and go back over the stated evaluation criteria one by one so you can check how each has been answered before you submit.

Design a process and write the procedure that runs it

Describe how a piece of work happens today; get back a mapped process, the points where it appears to break, and a written procedure your team can follow. Useful for onboarding, file opening, or complaints handling.

Interrogate your own numbers

Paste in a budget, forecast or debtor listing and ask what the figures imply, which assumptions carry the most weight, and which lines you should question before the next management meeting.

Prepare for the negotiation before you are in it

Ask for the other side's likely objectives, the concessions that cost you least, your walk-away position, and the questions to ask early. Take the output into the room as preparation, not as a script.

Write the difficult communication

Client complaints, fee increases, a project running late, a difficult message to a team — draft it with the substance kept and the tone controlled, then adjust it before it is sent.

A commercial client sends over a framework agreement, two schedules, a data processing addendum and three years of variation letters, and asks: can we exit in twelve months and what does it cost us?

OGS-56 reads the set together, traces the termination and notice provisions through each variation to the position it reads as being in force, sets out the possible exit routes with the notice each requires, and lists the exit costs and surviving obligations it finds — with the clause references so the fee earner can verify each point against the documents before the advice goes out.

A partner has a defended claim with a long disclosure bundle and a conference with counsel later in the week.

It builds a dated chronology from the material supplied, sets out where the parties' accounts appear to diverge and which documents are said to support each version, drafts questions for the client, and lists documents you would expect to see but have not been given. The partner takes that structure into the conference and tests it against the bundle.

An SME owner has an offer to acquire a competitor and no in-house adviser.

It works through the heads of terms clause by clause in plain English, sets out which provisions to ask a solicitor about — including whether each is intended to bind — lists the diligence questions to raise before going further, and identifies the points that need a solicitor and an accountant instructed, so the owner arrives at those conversations with the questions already framed.

Best for

• Multi-document work where the answer depends on how several instruments interact
• Matters where you want the reasoning shown, so you can check it rather than trust it
• Drafting where the wording matters and you intend to review it line by line before it goes out
• Decisions with real trade-offs, where the argument matters more than the summary
• Firms and businesses that want a structured starting point on their more involved matters

Not the tool for

• Legal advice — every output needs review by a qualified person before it is relied on or sent
• High-volume routine tasks such as bulk summarising or simple reformatting — another engine on the platform is set up for that kind of work
• Any question of fact about the outside world — it works from the material you give it, so anything it states must be checked against source
• Final assurance that a document is compliant, valid or fit to file — that judgement stays with the professional on the file