A system (1) and method for electronic signature comprising of an electronic signature solution (11) with a smart assist feature (11) which helps the signer (4) of the document (2) in a smart manner to verify the terms and conditions of the document (2); and wherein the smart assist feature (11) extracts and presents key metadata fields (18) from the document (2) and displays it to the signer (4) for verification; and wherein the smart assist feature (18) auto-summarizes the entire document and presents a summary to the signer; and wherein the smart assist feature (18) also allows the signer (4) to mark erroneous metadata fields in the document with a red flag (20); and wherein the smart assist feature (18) further enable the signer (4) to communicate via a message (22) to the sender (3) of the document (2), about the error in the same.