Approval routing · synthetic demonstration

Approval matrix

Policy: Default illustrative policy. The chain names who must sign off before a request can close. Every chain starts with a human reviewer, and the matrix approves nothing. Nothing here is legal advice.

Who is added to the chain

  1. Every request: Reviewer
  2. Value band "50k-250k" or above: Legal Ops Lead
  3. Value band "250k-1m" or above, or HIGH risk: General Counsel
  4. Value band ">1m" or above: Board note

What sets the risk

  1. HIGH if any of: Personal data transferred outside the EEA; Value band ">1m" or above; Uncapped liability; A dispute at value band "250k-1m" or above.
  2. MEDIUM if any of: Value band "250k-1m" or above; Personal data processed; Request type corporate, fundraising, ai_governance.
  3. LOW otherwise.

Chain by value band and risk

Each cell is the approval chain the rules give. A shaded cell lists the portfolio requests that land in it.

Value bandLOW riskMEDIUM riskHIGH risk
none
  1. Reviewer
  1. Reviewer

1 portfolio request lands here: REQ-1008

  1. Reviewer
  2. General Counsel

1 portfolio request lands here: REQ-1004

<50k
  1. Reviewer

1 portfolio request lands here: REQ-1003

  1. Reviewer
  1. Reviewer
  2. General Counsel
50k-250k
  1. Reviewer
  2. Legal Ops Lead
  1. Reviewer
  2. Legal Ops Lead

1 portfolio request lands here: REQ-1006

  1. Reviewer
  2. Legal Ops Lead
  3. General Counsel

1 portfolio request lands here: REQ-1002

250k-1mNot reachable. Every request in this band is at least MEDIUM risk.
  1. Reviewer
  2. Legal Ops Lead
  3. General Counsel
  1. Reviewer
  2. Legal Ops Lead
  3. General Counsel

1 portfolio request lands here: REQ-1007

>1mNot reachable. Every request in this band is HIGH risk.Not reachable. Every request in this band is HIGH risk.
  1. Reviewer
  2. Legal Ops Lead
  3. General Counsel
  4. Board note

2 portfolio requests land here: REQ-1001, REQ-1005

Portfolio requests

RequestTitleValue bandRiskApproval chain
REQ-1001Enterprise MSA: Globex (synthetic)>1mHIGHReviewer → Legal Ops Lead → General Counsel → Board note
REQ-1002DPA: US support sub-processor (synthetic)50k-250kHIGHReviewer → Legal Ops Lead → General Counsel
REQ-1003NDA: design agency (synthetic)<50kLOWReviewer
REQ-1004AI feature governance review: agent autonomy (synthetic)noneHIGHReviewer → General Counsel
REQ-1005Series B financing: term sheet (synthetic)>1mHIGHReviewer → Legal Ops Lead → General Counsel → Board note
REQ-1006Vendor security questionnaire: analytics tool (synthetic)50k-250kMEDIUMReviewer → Legal Ops Lead
REQ-1007Customer dispute: SLA credits claim (synthetic)250k-1mHIGHReviewer → Legal Ops Lead → General Counsel
REQ-1008Employment offer: senior engineer (synthetic)noneMEDIUMReviewer