Found cheaper? We match it — see conditions. Incorporation and secretary transfer also carry a 30-day money-back guarantee.
Which file is the one the other side actually agreed to? Three drafts with almost the same name — and no note on what changed between them.
A different filename each round. A different date. Nothing that says what moved since the last one.
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files with almost the same name, and no way to tell which one is current
What actually keeps a deal moving — not just gets it signed
Four things, or it's decoration
CURRENT
Which draft is the live one
One file everyone points to — not whoever replied last, and not whichever attachment happens to be open.
HISTORY
What was already conceded
Every redline kept against the version it was made on, so a concession from round two can't quietly reappear in round four.
PARTIES
Who's actually bound
The entity actually named in the contract — not just whichever inbox the file happened to land in.
SIGNATURE
What's actually being signed
The copy that closed the last round — not whichever draft is still open in a tab when someone finally clicks send.
+ a deal that tracks all four can run entirely over email and still hold together
+ one missing any of them can stall on version confusion however good the terms are
What draft confusion actually looks like
This is an illustrative scene, not a real negotiation — but it's exactly the shape draft confusion takes:
Nobody lied. Somebody just redrafted from the wrong copy, and nothing in three separate email threads said so.
The signed copy is the only one that counts — whatever the earlier drafts said
Once it's signed, the document that binds you is the one you signed — not the round you meant to end on, and not the version you thought was current. If the wrong draft gets signed, a concession you thought you'd walked back doesn't come back on its own.
Malaysian contract law generally looks to the document actually executed by the parties, not to earlier drafts or the negotiating history behind it, when deciding what was agreed. The exact statutory and case-law basis for how far a court will look behind a signed document is being confirmed with legal before this page cites a specific provision.
The one question that decides this
Anyone can draft a clean contract. Almost nobody can tell you, three rounds later, what actually changed between draft two and draft four.
What happens once the rounds start
A lawyer engaged to draft or redline a contract genuinely does that job well — that part is fine on its own:
What tracking-by-email costs, and what one document removes
This is what a round of emailed drafts actually costs, and what happens to each line when it's one tracked document instead:
The one moment a draft becomes binding
Right up until signature, any draft can still change. The moment it's signed, only that copy counts — which is exactly why knowing it's the right copy matters.
What keeping the history costs
RM 0
extra to keep every draft, every redline and the final signed copy in one place — the whole negotiation lands in the same document vault the signed contract does.
What a one-off engagement can't hold onto
What they do well
A lawyer engaged to draft or redline a contract genuinely does that job well — that part doesn't need us.
What their shape can't reach
A single engagement ends at the invoice for that draft. It has no ongoing place to hold round two, three and four against each other, so tracking what changed between them is left to whoever's inbox the emails landed in.
The gap isn't drafting quality. It's that a one-off engagement was never built to remember its own history.
Where your contract actually sits
All three are drafted or redlined by a licensed lawyer on our panel; what changes is how much negotiating the situation actually needs:
| Contract | How it's priced |
|---|---|
| A standard sales, service, consultancy or vendor agreement — draft or review, under 10 pages | Priced per contract, quoted before drafting starts |
| The same contract, redlined and negotiated over several rounds | Same per-contract price — the round trips don't add a separate line item |
| A longer, heavily negotiated, multi-party or specialised contract | Quoted separately, before any work begins — this is where a fixed per-contract price stops fitting |
Most everyday business contracts are the first two rows. The fee reflects which row is actually yours, agreed before drafting starts — not billed per round afterward.
Who does the work
Licensed lawyers on our panel
Drafting, review and redlining are carried out by licensed lawyers we work with — partner firms, not an in-house team. OCTIS runs the intake, the version tracking and the signing around it.
Not a surprise invoice
Priced per contract, agreed before drafting starts
Longer, heavily negotiated or specialised contracts are quoted separately — but you see that number before any work begins, not on an invoice afterward.
Not the guarantee
The 30-day money-back guarantee does not cover this
It covers new company incorporation and transferring your company secretary to us. What applies here instead: the price is agreed before drafting starts, and redlining rounds within the standard case don't add a separate line item.
Not covered
- A drafted or redlined contract still needs you to confirm the commercial terms and read the final version before signing. Nobody here signs on your behalf, and a tracked draft is not the same as someone deciding the deal itself is a good one to do.
- If what you need is a standard, one-sided document both sides just sign as-is — a plain NDA, a set of terms and conditions, nothing to negotiate back and forth — that isn't a negotiation. It's priced and bought directly from the agreements catalogue instead, not quoted here.
- This catalogue drafts, redlines and tracks the contract itself. It doesn't extend to handling a full dispute once a signed contract is already broken.
- The 30-day money-back guarantee covers only new company incorporation and transfer of company secretary — not contracts drafted or reviewed here. The price is fixed and agreed before drafting starts instead.
How is this different from just emailing a lawyer to draft the contract?
The drafting itself is the same job a good lawyer already does well. The difference shows up by round two — every redline here is kept against the version it was made on, in one document, instead of a new email attachment each time with nothing to say which one is current.
Does the price change if we go back and forth a few rounds?
Not for a standard contract. It's priced per contract, agreed before drafting starts, and the redlining rounds within that don't add a separate line item. Longer, heavily negotiated, multi-party or specialised contracts are quoted separately — but that number is shown before any work begins.
What if the other side sends their own draft first?
That's a redline, not a fresh draft — a lawyer on our panel marks it up, flags the risk, and it's tracked the same way from that point on: one document, one version history, through however many rounds it takes.
Can I use this for a one-off NDA both sides will just sign as-is?
That's not really a negotiation, so it's not what this page is for. A standard NDA or set of terms and conditions with nothing to go back and forth on is priced and bought directly from the agreements catalogue instead.
Is this covered by the 30-day money-back guarantee?
No — the guarantee covers exactly two services, new company incorporation and transfer of company secretary. Contracts drafted or redlined here aren't part of that. The price is agreed before drafting starts instead.
The deal was never one document. It was every draft it took to get there — and only the last one counts.
Draft, redline and negotiate in one tracked thread. When it's ready, sign it in the same place.