Found cheaper? We match it — see conditions. Incorporation and secretary transfer also carry a 30-day money-back guarantee.
You've been guessing which questions are worth a phone call.
One flat fee. Written answers in days. No surprise invoice.
3–5 days
for a written answer
The words that decide what's covered by the plan
Four, and only four
ROUTINE
A routine contract
Offer letters, NDAs, service agreements, tenancy — the everyday paperwork.
NOT ROUTINE
Not one
Shareholder agreements, financing, franchising, M&A — anything heavily negotiated.
CONSULTATION
A consultation
Up to 30 minutes, written, on a routine matter, by appointment.
REVIEW ≠ DRAFT
Review, draft, revision
A review reads. A draft writes. Change the terms and it's a new draft.
+ documents capped at 10 pages, signature pages and schedules included
+ the firm decides what counts as routine
What it looks like
The expensive part is calling a lawyer.
What's actually true
The expensive part is the question you didn't.
Not carelessness — asking cost money, and the question felt too small to justify it.
And the cover has a ceiling
A written answer lowers the risk. It doesn't remove it.
Total liability under the plan is capped at the annual fees paid to us.
The one question that decides this
Anyone can review the document. Almost nobody already has the next page for what it excludes.
What happens when it's outside scope
On a document that's inside the plan, any outside firm and OCTIS review it and answer in writing the same way. The difference only shows up once the question turns out to be outside scope:
What happens once it's outside the plan
Day 0
You send the question, in writing.
Day 3–5
A written answer — or, if it's a document, a review.
If it's outside the plan
The exclusion gets named, not just declined — shareholder agreements, M&A, litigation and the rest of the list.
Then
That named exclusion is already a page here, inside Legal's 23 services — not a referral out.
This is OCTIS's monthly plan fee, from the cheapest tier to the priciest:
There's no published Malaysian hourly rate to measure this against, so none is shown here.
That hour has to be earned by six months of membership before it unlocks — worth knowing before you count on it in month one.
However many questions you send in a billing period, the plan still charges the same flat fee:
How much of it you use
All three tiers are the same plan; they differ only in how many reviews, drafts and demand letters you get each year:
| Plan | What's inside, this year |
|---|---|
| Essential — RM 99/mo (was RM 300) | Unlimited questions. 4 reviews, no amendments, no drafts. |
| Startup — RM 999/mo (was RM 2,000) | Same questions. 4 reviews with amendments. 4 drafts + 4 demand letters. |
| Growth — RM 2,999/mo (was RM 4,500) | Same questions. 12 reviews with amendments. 6 drafts + 6 demand letters. |
Billing
Quarterly or annually
Not monthly — the /mo figure is the rate, not the invoice.
Response
3–5 working days, in writing
No calls, voice notes or video.
Unused entitlements
Do not carry forward
Reviews, drafts and consultations reset with the billing period.
Not covered
- Investment and financing documents
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Real estate transactions
- Franchising and licensing
- Equity structuring and ESOP
- Restructuring
- IP enforcement and IP transactions
- Tax
- Labour relations
- Litigation
- Letters of demand — drafted and revised only, not sent, negotiated, or followed up
- Shareholder agreements — quoted separately, a service of its own
How long does it typically take to get a written legal opinion from a lawyer?
Response time varies by firm and by how complex the question is — there's no universal standard. 
's Business Lawyer Plan commits to 3-5 working days for a written answer on a routine matter.
Is business legal retainer support usually available by phone, or only in writing?
It depends on the provider — some retainers include phone or video consultations, others are structured as written-only to keep costs down and keep a record of every answer. 's plan is written only, by email or a designated channel, with one annual one-hour consult available after six months of membership.
Do unused legal retainer entitlements, like reviews or consultations, roll over to the next billing period?
Generally no — most retainer-style legal plans reset unused entitlements at the end of each billing period rather than letting them accumulate, similar to many subscription services. On 's plan, reviews, drafts and consultations do not carry forward; they reset with each billing period.
What legal matters are usually excluded from a flat-fee business retainer plan?
Flat-fee retainers are usually built for routine, recurring questions and document reviews — heavily negotiated or highly specialised matters (financing, M&A, franchising, litigation) are typically priced and handled separately, since they don't fit a predictable monthly scope. On 's plan, shareholder agreements, employment contracts, privacy policies and trademarks are each their own service, quoted separately rather than folded into the retainer.
You've been deciding which questions are worth a phone call.
On a flat fee, you stop deciding — the small ones get asked before they turn into a number.