Internal review and approval

Review, comment and approve —
before the contract goes out.

Before the external party sees a single word, your contract passes through your own team: a draft is written, comments attach directly to the clauses, notes are discussed in one thread, and versions are saved in full — and at the end, explicit management approval. Nothing goes out before it is approved, and every change has an owner and a date.

Full version history Comments inside the text Approval before sending
Supply contract — Al-Nour Company · internal review Direct
Version history
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Version 4Mahmoud · just now Approved
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Version 3Sara · an hour ago
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Version 2Ahmed · Yesterday
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Version 1Mahmoud · draft
Goods supply contract
Article (3) — Contract value

The first party undertakes to supply the agreed quantities for a total value of million EGPM Payable in three instalments in accordance with the schedule attached to this contract.

Article (5) — Delivery

Delivered within Thirty daysQ from the effective date, and the first party bears Transport and insurance liabilityA all the way to the second party's premises.

Comments
MMahmoudInternal

This amount in figures and words? We add “only”.

QSaraInternal

@Ahmed The delivery time is tight for the supplier — shall we revisit it?

NAl-Nour SchoolExternal

We prefer the deposit to be split equally between the two parties.

MMahmoudInternal

Approved it after the change

Sara is typing
Full version historyEvery change with its author and date
Comments inside the textAttached to the clause itself
Management approvalMulti-level
Nothing goes out before approvalLocked until approval
The first line of defence

The contract that goes out in your name — It has to pass the right pairs of eyes.

Internal review is not a formality — it is the first line of defence for your legal reputation. A missing clause or an ambiguous phrase shows up during a dispute, not at signing, and by then it is too late. That is why Wthaiq brings the whole review cycle into one place: The specialist writes the draft, A colleague comments on the same clause, The thread is discussed internally and externally, andThe manager approves — and all of it is kept in a version history showing who changed what, before anything goes out.

Comments tied to specific clauses

Highlight any sentence and comment on it directly — the comment stays stuck to the clause itself however far the text moves, so nobody is left wondering which paragraph was meant.

Version history and comparison

Every save creates a new version with its author and time. Go back to any earlier version, or compare two versions and see exactly what changed between them — no ambiguity.

Multi-level management approval

Set the approval chain: first reviewer, then manager, then final sign-off. The contract does not move to the next step without explicit approval from the person who owns that role.

Permissions and roles

Each member sees and acts only within their role: drafter, reviewer, approver or viewer. Permissions are enforced at server level — not for show.

Internal and external discussion threads

Your internal comments stay between you and your team, and external notes for the other party are kept entirely separate. Nobody sees your internal discussion by accident.

No sending before approval

As long as the contract is under review, the external send button is locked. The moment the final approval lands, the contract locks against editing and stays ready to sign with confidence.

The full journey

From draft to sending it out — In 4 stages.

1

Create the draft

The specialist writes the contract from a template or from scratch and prepares it in full — the first version is recorded in the log automatically.

2

Comment and review with your team

Highlight clauses, write your comments, tag colleagues with a mention, and discuss in a single thread — internally and externally.

3

Manager approval

Once the draft is ready, the manager reviews the whole thing and approves it with one click — or sends it back with a clear reason.

4

Ready to send externally

Once final approval is given, the contract locks and goes out for authenticated electronic signature by its external parties.

The approval chain

Reviewer Manager accredited.

Set who approves and when — the contract moves along the path step by step, and never moves forward without explicit approval from the holder of each role.

The reviewerReads and comments on the clauses
The managerApproves, or sends it back with a note
AccreditedLocked and ready to send
When you need it

Built for teams that There is no room for error there.

Legal teams

Law firms and legal departments that draft clients' contracts, where every clause carries weight. Collective review and approval before delivery protect the quality of the output and the firm's own liability.

Companies with an approval cycle

Companies with an explicit policy: no contract leaves without the line manager's or the legal department's approval. The approval chain applies that policy automatically to every contract.

Sensitive contracts

Large deals, partnerships and confidentiality agreements where any mistake is costly. Put more than one pair of eyes on the review, and record every comment and decision — so you are fully covered.

Quick guide

Everything you need to know about Internal review.

How do comments inside the text work?
What is version history?
How does multi-level approval work?
Who sees the draft?

How do comments inside the text work?

Instead of writing your notes in a separate email or message and trying to describe «the third clause on the second page», you highlight the sentence itself inside the contract and comment on it directly. The comment is anchored to the highlighted text and stays attached to it even if it moves after an edit. You can flag any colleague with an @mention so they get a notification. You can open a discussion thread under the clause. And you close the comment as soon as the point is dealt with, so it moves into an archive instead of cluttering the page. The result: every note exactly where it belongs, and nobody lost in «which paragraph do you mean?».

Link to the clauseMentions and notificationsDiscussion threadResolve the comment

What is version history? And how does it help me?

Version history is the contract's complete memory. With every substantive save, Wthaiq captures a new version recorded with the name of whoever made it and the exact time, so you can go back to any earlier state of the contract with one click. More important still: you can compare two versions side by side and see clearly what was removed, what was added, and what was changed — without rereading the whole contract from the beginning. That makes accountability easy («who changed the value clause?») and protects you if an unintended edit slips through, because the original version is always there and always recoverable.

A version for every saveRetrieval in one clickCompare two versionsClear accountability

How does multi-level approval work?

Multi-level approval means you define an ordered approval chain before the contract goes out: a legal reviewer first, for example, then the department manager, then final approval from the account owner. The contract moves through the chain step by step — each level has to approve before it passes to the next, and any level can send the contract back with a note explaining why if a change is needed. No step can be skipped, and nothing goes out externally while the chain is incomplete. Every approval or return is recorded with its author and its time in the contract log, so you have complete, documented governance over every decision.

An orderly sequenceExplicit consentReturn with a noteDocumented governance

Who sees the draft before approval?

A draft under review is visible to your internal team only, and is governed by roles and permissions. Anyone you give a «reviewer» or «approver» role can open the contract, comment, and approve according to their permission, while a viewer can only look, not edit. The external party sees nothing of the draft or of your internal discussion at all — they enter the picture only after final approval, when the contract goes out for signature, and at that point they see the approved version alone. If you enable external comments, they can add their notes in a separate thread clearly marked «external», without seeing any internal comment between you and your team.

Team onlyGoverned by rolesExternal — after approvalSeparate threads
Quick questions

FAQ before turning on review.

Do internal comments show to the external party?

Absolutely not — internal comments stay within your team and the external party never sees them. External notes live in a clearly separate thread, and the other party only enters the picture after final approval, when the contract goes out for signature.

Can I go back to an earlier version of the contract?

Yes — every substantive save creates a version recorded with its author and its time. You can restore any earlier version in one click, or compare two versions to see exactly what changed between them before you decide.

Who can approve the contract?

The roles you grant approval rights to — usually the manager or the account owner. You can set up a multi-level approval chain, so the contract passes through more than one approver in order before it is locked and goes out.

What happens if the manager returns the contract with a note?

The contract goes back to whoever drafted it with an instant notification carrying the reason for the return, so they amend it accordingly and resubmit it for review. The cycle is corrective, not punitive, and every return and approval is recorded with its author and its time in the contract's log.

Can the contract be edited after final approval?

After final approval the contract is locked against editing and becomes ready to send — and that is the point. If a change is needed, whoever holds approval rights can revert the contract’s status and reopen the cycle, and that is clearly recorded in the log.

Does review work with both ready-made and custom contracts?

Yes — whether you started from a ready contract in the library or wrote a custom contract from scratch, you can put it through the internal review cycle before sending. And once approved, both continue along the same signing and authentication path.

Make every contract come out With a clear conscience.

Turn on internal review for your team — review, comment and approve, before any external party sees it.

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