Restraint of Trade Advice with our legal team

If you are leaving your employer and planning to start your own business, it’s important to understand the risks under your employment contract, especially as these issues are often not clear-cut.

This is where it can help to have an experienced lawyer review the Restraint of Trade clauses in your contract. Our lawyers can advise you on the risks these clauses may pose and let you know about any other issues you should be aware of.

Our fixed-fee packages for Restraint of Trade Advice start at $200 + GST.

This includes an initial discussion with a Sprintlaw lawyer to obtain your instructions, and a review of the restraint clauses in the agreement you provide to us.

You’ll also receive high-level written advice summarising the key issues and risks of the restraint clauses. From there, you’ll have follow-up phone consultations with a lawyer to take you through our advice and answer any questions you have about the document.

Submit an enquiry on this page or click 'Get started'. One of our legal consultants will review it within 1 business day and get in touch to understand what you need.

Your consultant will then email you a fixed-fee quote setting out the cost, scope and timing. If you're happy with it, you can accept the quote and sign our engagement letter online.

Once you've accepted, one of our Australian-qualified lawyers will work with you to complete your project. They'll contact you by email or phone if they need anything.

We work online, so we can help wherever you are in New Zealand. Our team works remotely, mainly from Australia.

Your work is done by our Australian-qualified lawyers, who hold Australian practising certificates and specialise in business law. None of them are New Zealand lawyers or hold a New Zealand practising certificate.

Sprintlaw NZ Limited is a legal consultancy, not a law firm, and is not regulated by the New Zealand Law Society. We don't act in court or tribunal matters, conveyancing (including leases and business sales) or other reserved areas of work. Communications with Sprintlaw are unlikely to be protected by legal professional privilege. We still keep everything confidential under our engagement letter.