Business owners are expected to comply with many statutes and regulations. Hayman Lawyers will help you to stay within the law and use it to your advantage.

It is important to structure your business correctly at the start so that it is tax-efficient and your personal liability is minimised. Hayman Lawyers will help you examine the relative merits for you of:

• Sole traders
• Partnerships
• Companies
• Joint ventures
• Qualifying companies
• Trusts
• Charitable trusts
• Incorporated societies
• Other associations 
   

The Companies Act 1993 provides a complex framework for the incorporation and operation of companies in New Zealand. Hayman Lawyers are able to ensure that your company complies with it.

We can assist you with:

• Company incorporation
• Your company's constitution
• The legal nature of shares and the rights and powers of shareholders
• The issue and transfer of shares
• Distributions to shareholders
• The role of directors and their duties
• Court proceedings against companies
• Financial reporting requirements
• Mergers, acquisitions, and corporate structuring
• Arrangements with creditors and insolvency issues
• Securities law
• Shareholder and joint venture agreements
  

For pro-active business advice, please contact Roger Hayman, Kaye Stirling, Max Tait, or Katherine Hayes.