Company formation in New Zealand

Company registration in New Zealand: start a business in New Zealand

How to set up a company in New Zealand?

Depending on the nature of your activity in New Zealand, the type of structure that best suits your project on the New Zealandic market (liaison or representative office, subsidiary, branch), and the legal form of business in New Zealand that you will choose (sole proprietorship, limited liability company, etc...), the administrative procedures and formalities for the formation of the company in New Zealand may vary. Generally, the steps to create and register a company in New Zealand are:

Choice of the legal form under New Zealandic law and the social capital
Drafting the company statutes in English.
Opening a New Zealandic bank account
Registering the company in the New Zealandic trade register
Obtaining a New Zealandic tax identification number

After these steps of creation, you will receive all the necessary legal documents attesting the legal existence of your company or subsidiary in New Zealand. Your New Zealand business will also have to meet the specific accounting requirements of New Zealandic business law.

New Zealand: Merger & Acquisition (M&A)

Setting up your business in New Zealand and starting from scratch to develop it in the New Zealandic market can be an exciting challenge, but it can also be time consuming. Sometimes it is more interesting and faster to acquire a New Zealandic competitor that is already well established in the New Zealandic market. It is therefore necessary to study the New Zealandic market carefully to detect the most interesting companies.

To create a company in New Zealand, it is strongly advised to be accompanied by a New Zealandic lawyer or an New Zealandic expert who will be able to save you many problems in front of the subtleties of the New Zealandic business law.

nativExpand is your gateway to facilitate the creation of your company in New Zealand. Thanks to a network of experts in company incorporation on the New Zealandic market, we will accompany you and put you in contact with a New Zealandic professional, ideally an English speaker or speaking your language.

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Company formation in New Zealand

Setting up a subsidiary or branch in New Zealand requires several steps: analysis of the economic model of the project for the New Zealandic market, the choice of the legal structure in New Zealand, the registration of the company in the New Zealandic trade register, the opening of a New Zealandic bank account and the tax and accounting formalities in New Zealand with the specificities of the New Zealandic law.

Before being able to domicile your company in New Zealand, you must first set up a company in New Zealand with a legal entity under New Zealandic law.

To be accompanied by professionals (a New Zealandic lawyer) is essential to succeed in setting up in New Zealand and to develop your subsidiary on the New Zealandic market. nativExpand connects you with a New Zealandic expert from its international network.