Smartlaw

Smartlaw is a German-language self-service document generation platform from Wolters Kluwer Deutschland, designed for individuals, small businesses, and SMEs needing standardized legal documents without engaging a lawyer. The platform uses a question-and-answer workflow to generate customized documents based on user input.

Key Features & Functions:

Guided Q&A Document Generation
Users work through a structured set of questions and the platform generates a finished document based on their responses, covering contracts, powers of attorney, shareholders' resolution templates, and other standardized instruments.

Library of Document Templates
Provides over 200 dynamic legal document templates covering common personal and business legal needs in the German market.

Founder & Early-Stage Business Documents
Offers a curated set of documents intended to support business founders during company formation and early operations.

Self-Service Workflow Designed for non-lawyers to handle routine legal document needs independently, positioned by Wolters Kluwer as serving users who would not typically engage a lawyer for cost or time reasons.

German Legal Content Foundation
Templates and underlying logic draw on Wolters Kluwer Deutschland's German legal content and editorial expertise.

Legally Confirmed Regulatory Status in Germany
Following a 2021 ruling by the German Federal Court of Justice, Smartlaw's dialogue-based document generation has been confirmed as not constituting a regulated legal service under the German Legal Services Act.