Get legal help with your Franchise Disclosure Register listing

This service is usually suited to franchisors who need help preparing a new register entry, updating an existing disclosure record, or checking whether their franchise documents support the information being disclosed. It is particularly useful where the issue is not limited to one agreement or one data point. For example, your franchise agreement, disclosure material, operations documents and network practices may not line up cleanly. In that situation, legal review can help identify what should be corrected first before information is uploaded or relied on for disclosure purposes.

Common issues include inconsistent information across franchise agreements and disclosure material, outdated network details, unclear descriptions of fees or support, and uncertainty about what belongs on the register versus in supporting documents. Sometimes the register process exposes a wider franchising problem, such as documents that no longer reflect how the system actually operates. The aim is to give you a clearer legal framework for the issue, with final risk settings depending on your operating model and follow-through. The legal position can depend on how your franchise network operates in practice and whether the underlying documents are current.

The main difference is breadth. A narrower service may only review one agreement, answer a specific franchising question, or comment on a single issue. This service is broader because the register task often depends on several documents and business practices lining up at the same time. That means we look at the disclosure exercise in context, rather than treating it as a standalone formality. If your only concern is one clause, one manual section or one isolated update, a more limited review may be more suitable and more cost effective.

This service covers legal preparation and review of the materials connected with the Franchise Disclosure Register. Whether a filing step, portal submission or regulator-facing process is required can depend on how the register is operating at the time and what stage your franchise network is at. Ongoing representation, regulator correspondence and follow-up handling are not included unless specifically scoped in. If your matter involves regulator questions, extra evidence requests or a broader compliance concern, we can outline the next legal steps and whether additional support would be worthwhile.

The fixed-fee includes legal support connected with the register task, such as a consultation with a franchising lawyer, review of the franchise documents you provide, and help preparing or refining the disclosure materials needed for the register. We can flag gaps, inconsistencies and wording issues that may affect the accuracy of the entry. In practical terms, useful documents often include your franchise agreement, disclosure document, operations manual extracts and any recent update material. Wider document rewrites, ongoing representation and tax advice are outside the standard scope unless separately added.

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.

Sprintlaw works on fixed-fee pricing wherever possible, so you can review the scope and cost before you decide whether to proceed. For the Franchise Disclosure Register service, pricing starts from $900.00.

After you enquire, a legal consultant will confirm what is included, the expected timing and whether any extra work is needed before you engage us.

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.