Sort your voluntary de-registration

To voluntarily de-register your company, you’ll need to notify the Companies Office, prepare members’ and directors’ resolutions, make sure you have no outstanding debts or liabilities, and settle any disputes before applying. There’s a lot to think about, so chat to our lawyers if you need help.

Sprintlaw operates in Australia, New Zealand and the UK. In Australia, Sprintlaw is a regulated law firm and an incorporated legal practice with number 32845, regulated by the Law Society of New South Wales. In New Zealand and the UK, Sprintlaw operates as a legal consultancy rather than a traditionally regulated law firm.

We chose to set up as a legal consultancy in New Zealand because it made our expansion into the New Zealand market faster and easier. It also means a lower compliance burden and lower overhead costs when performing legal work. We can then pass these cost savings on to clients, helping us provide high quality legal services at a fraction of the cost of traditional firms.

There are many similarities between Sprintlaw NZ’s consultancy model and a traditional NZ law firm. Like a law firm, we provide legal services to small business clients across many of their regular legal needs, including drafting and reviewing contracts and providing legal and regulatory advice. However, there are some important differences and limitations to be aware of.

Our lawyers: The legal services we provide in New Zealand are not provided by New Zealand-qualified lawyers. Our lawyers are Australian-qualified or UK-qualified lawyers who are familiar with New Zealand laws and requirements, and are able to provide high quality legal services to New Zealand businesses. Given the strong similarities between Australian, English and New Zealand law, and the areas of law in which we practise, being small business and startup law, we do not view this as having any substantive impact on the quality of our service.

Reserved areas: We are not permitted to provide services in reserved areas of law under section 6 and section 35 of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006. These include appearing in court or conducting litigation proceedings, managing conveyancing matters, or giving advice under the Property (Relationships) Act 1976. Sprintlaw does not operate in these areas.

Privilege: When working with traditional law firms, advice provided is considered privileged. This means correspondence between a client and solicitor can, if made confidentially and for the purposes of legal advice, be withheld from a court or third party in connection with litigation proceedings. As Sprintlaw operates as a legal consultancy, some advice we provide may not be privileged and may instead be treated in the same way as advice from an accountant or another adviser who is not a regulated solicitor or barrister. This does not affect our confidentiality obligations to you, and our engagement letter confirms that any advice or discussions we have will be kept confidential.

Insurance: Sprintlaw is not required to have professional indemnity insurance that meets the New Zealand Law Society’s minimum requirements. Regardless, Sprintlaw has chosen to maintain professional indemnity cover so clients still benefit from insurance protection.

If you have any questions about how we operate, our team would be happy to discuss them with you.

Our legal team is made up of experienced commercial lawyers with strong backgrounds in contracts, privacy, employment, intellectual property, corporate law and general business law. For Sprintlaw NZ, legal services are provided by Australian- and UK-qualified lawyers who are familiar with the New Zealand legal requirements relevant to the business matters we support.

Submit an enquiry through this page or click the ‘get started’ button on our website. After you submit an enquiry, one of our legal consultants will review it within 1 business day and get in touch to better understand what you are looking for.

Your legal consultant will then send you an email with more information about the services you need, along with a fixed-fee quote setting out the costs, scope of the service and timing. If you are happy with the scope, you can accept and sign our engagement letter online.

Once you have formally accepted, we will connect you with a specialist lawyer who will work with you to complete your project. They will contact you by email or phone if needed.