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Set up a subsidiary company in New Zealand
If you’re a foreign company looking to enter the New Zealand market, you can set up a New Zealand subsidiary company. You’ll need to formally register with Companies Office and sort out all of your company documents to appoint directors and shareholders. Our expert team can help!
Assistance with everything you need to set up a subsidiary company in New Zealand
Phone consultations with our expert lawyers
Fixed-fee pricing
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A subsidiary is a local company that is owned by a foreign company. As a Canadian company thinking about expanding to New Zealand, you may wish to set up a New Zealand subsidiary to conduct business in New Zealand and establish a presence in New Zealand.
Not sure if a subsidiary is right for your specific situation? No worries. Get in touch with our team of legal consultants for a free chat. They’ll talk you through your options and ensure you make the right decision for your company.
To set up a subsidiary company in New Zealand, you’ll need to register with Companies Office, New Zealand’s company regulator, and get all the right documents sorted to appoint your directors and shareholders. But no stress – we’ll help you every step of the way!
Our lawyers will assist with setting up your subsidiary under a single company structure.
This includes applying for NZBN registration, and providing you with an electronic company register pack. This pack will contain all the legal documents you need for your subsidiary company, such as a Certificate of Registration, Company Constitution, Share Certificate, Register of Members, and all required resolutions and consents.
At Sprintlaw, we offer a fixed-fee package to set up your subsidiary company in New Zealand. This means you’ll know exactly what you’re paying up-front and you won’t be hit with any nasty surprise bills. Our packages for subsidiary company set ups start at $800 + GST.
When you choose our subsidiary company set up package, you’ll get help with everything you need to set up a subsidiary company in New Zealand. This includes applying for NZBN registration and delivering you an electronic company register pack.
The company register pack has the legal documents you need to set up your subsidiary company, such as a Certificate of Registration, Company Constitution, Share Certificates, Register of Members, and all required resolutions and consents.
You’ll also receive phone consultations with a Sprintlaw lawyer who will take your instructions, advise you on the legal issues you need to know and answer your questions about the documents.
Please note that this package does not include any regulatory compliance or tax advice.
Our legal team is made up of experienced lawyers, who are specialists in various areas of law and hold an Australian legal practising certificate. None of our Sprintlaw lawyers are New Zealand qualified lawyers and they do not currently hold a New Zealand practising certificate. They provide legal services working remotely from Australia via our ‘legal consultancy’ model, through which (under section 6 and section 35 of the New Zealand Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006) our Australian legal team are permitted to provide legal services to New Zealand businesses provided they do not provide services in certain ‘reserved’ areas of law. You can read our FAQ page to learn a bit more about our ‘legal consultancy’ model.
Given the strong similarities between Australian and New Zealand law, and the areas of law in which we practice (being small business and startup law), we do not view the fact that our lawyers have not qualified in New Zealand as having any substantive impact on the quality of our service. We are committed to ensuring that we provide high quality, affordable legal services to all our New Zealand clients.
Our legal team have all trained at leading firms, but have left the traditional corporate law world to join us on our mission to create a new and better way of delivering legal services. They have specialist expertise in technology law, intellectual property law, contract drafting and review, corporate law and commercial law.
We’re an award-winning, totally online legal provider. Forget the hassle of meeting face-to-face. Our top-trained legal team is ready to help wherever you are in New Zealand.
Our legal team were recruited from top law firms and use our custom-built technology to provide a better and more affordable legal service.
1 / Get a free quote
Our legally trained consultants will prepare a fixed-fee quote for you.
2 / Accept online
Accept your fixed-fee quote and e-sign our engagement letter.
3 / Speak with us
Our expert legal team will talk you through your project via phone, video call or whatever suits!
That's it!
Receive your completed project, usually within 5 - 10 working days.
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