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• Establishing a Business Entity in New Zealand (Updated)

  TYPES OF BUSINESS ENTITIES - There are various entities available in New Zealand from which a business can be operated. The most commonly adopted entities are: 1. Company (including Incorporated Joint Venture (JVC)) 2. Partnership 3. Limited Partnership (LP) 4. Unincorporated Joint Venture (JV) 5. Trading Trust Each has its advantages and disadvantages, and each pose different obligations and requirements, both from a regulatory perspective and an internal perspective.

• Establishing a Business Entity in New Zealand (Updated)

  TYPES OF BUSINESS ENTITIES - There are various entities available in New Zealand from which a business can be operated. The most commonly adopted entities are: 1. Company (including Incorporated Joint Venture (JVC)) 2. Partnership 3. Limited Partnership (LP) 4. Unincorporated Joint Venture (JV) 5. Trading Trust Each has its advantages and disadvantages, and each pose different obligations and requirements, both from a regulatory perspective and an internal perspective.

• RM Reform gets rolling: Bills introduced to Parliament and submission closing date already looming

  Resource management reform is one step closer. The much anticipated Natural and Built Environment Bill and Spatial Planning Bill have been introduced to Parliament and submissions close on 5 February 2023. Please see full Publication below for more information.

• Establishing A Business Entity In New Zealand (Updated)

  TYPES OF BUSINESS ENTITIES - There are various entities available in New Zealand from which a business can be operated. The most commonly adopted entities are: 1. Company (including Incorporated Joint Venture (JVC)) 2. Partnership 3. Limited Partnership (LP) 4. Unincorporated Joint Venture (JV) 5. Trading Trust Each has its advantages and disadvantages, and each pose different obligations and requirements, both from a regulatory perspective and an internal perspective. Please see full Chapter below for more information.

• New body corporate laws one step closer

  New body corporate laws are another step closer with the Finance and Expenditure Select Committee having now heard submissions on the Unit Titles (Strengthening Body Corporate Governance and Other Matters) Amendment Bill.

• Jabs, bubbles and burst of changes… Are your employment contracts up to date?

  Changes to New Zealand Employment Law are coming thick and fast since the pandemic landed within our borders. Now is a great time to familiarise yourself and get ahead of the changes ensuring your employment agreements are up-to-date so that your organisation can continue to sail smoothly.

• New Zealand Government Introduces World-First Climate-Reporting Disclosure Laws

  On April 12, 2021, the New Zealand government introduced an omnibus bill into parliament, aiming to introduce mandatory requirements for businesses in the financial sector to disclose the impacts of climate change on themselves and develop strategies to manage climate change risks and opportunities. The Financial Sector (Climate-related Disclosures and Other Matters) Amendment Bill 2021 (Climate Bill) is touted by the New Zealand government as a "world first" piece of legislation.

• Call for changes to the way we vote. But will the lawmakers listen?

  After every general election, the Electoral Commission (Commission) issues a report on how the election went and what, if any, improvements can be made. In the report just published on last year’s general election there is good news and a clear signal some significant changes should be made.

• Can an interest in a discretionary trust ever be a proprietary interest?

  Kea Investments Limited v Watson [2021] JRC 009 - In recent years there have been increasing challenges in foreign courts to the use of corporate and trust structures to hold private wealth. As far as public opinion and news agencies are concerned trusts are utilised for tax avoidance — if not tax evasion — and the avoidance of legitimate claims from the likes of creditors and estranged spouses.

• Is there such a thing as a moral budget?

  As the country stands at that crossroads, today’s budget doesn’t give an entirely clear direction as to which way we’re travelling. Blame Finance Minister Grant Robertson’s instincts. Robertson is a refreshingly emotional politician, unafraid to show his heartfelt empathy for anyone facing tough times. But he is also coolly pragmatic. As fast as he wants to go, he has no appetite for scaring middle voters back to National which means he’s keeping his foot only lightly on the pedal. Please see full Publication below for more information.

Featured documents

• Variations in Treatment of Red Notice Subjects from Member Country to Member Country

  A reader posted a question recently in response to a previous post about the manner in which INTERPOL member countries respond to locating a Red Notice subject. The reader specifically asked whether Red Notice subjects would be arrested in every member country upon their arrival to the country. ...

• Guide To Doing Business In New Zealand: Personal Property Securities Register (Updated)

  PERSONAL PROPERTY SECURITIES REGISTER - The Personal Property Securities Act 1999 (PPSA) came into force in New Zealand on 1 May 2002. At the heart of this legislation is the Personal Property Securities Register (PPSR) where security interests over personal property can be registered and...

• Doing more business with data means doing more work on privacy

  Out of lockdown many organisations will be collecting and dealing with more data than ever, and more sensitive data than ever before. That could be for the purposes of offering products and services in what’s recently been coined the ‘shut-in economy.’ It could also be in order to to better protect ...

• Financial advice provider licensing - another piece of the puzzle revealed

  The FMA has signalled its intentions for the full licensing of financial advice providers (‘FAPs’) under the new regulatory regime for financial advice by releasing a consultation paper on the proposed standard conditions for those licences and classes of financial advice service. The standard...

• Producing in New Zealand

  Global law firm Dentons has launched ‘Producing in New Zealand’, the fifth guide in its series dedicated to film, television and interactive digital media incentive programs. Like the rest of the world, New Zealand's film industry is changing rapidly to keep up with and adapt to the new dynamic. ...

• RM Reform gets rolling: Bills introduced to Parliament and submission closing date already looming

  Resource management reform is one step closer. The much anticipated Natural and Built Environment Bill and Spatial Planning Bill have been introduced to Parliament and submissions close on 5 February 2023. Please see full Publication below for more information....

• Does a Yeast-Byproduct by Another Name Taste As Good?

  Today’s post is brought to us by our friends across the pond – and across the Pacific Ocean. The Telegraph reports that the New Zealand Customs department has seized 2,000 jars of British Marmite on the grounds that they infringe upon New Zealand Marmite....

• Environment: The Concept of Legal Personality – From Companies to Natural Entities?

  New Zealand’s Parliament has just passed a bill to enable the Whanganui River to be recognised as a legal person. It will now be represented by two nominees: one appointed by the Maori community (or Iwi), and another appointed by the government. ...

• Once the emergency is over we need to ask what we have done

  New Zealand has never experienced anything like this pandemic. Overnight, personal freedoms were curtailed, businesses were forced to stop trading, schools were closed and workers were prevented from earning a living. The powers being wielded are the product of an earlier health scare – avian or ...

• Fear of the unknown, fear of missing out: what's ahead for M&A

  When the pandemic broke, hand brakes were swiftly pulled, and just like that, the record-breaking bull run of M&A activity was over. It's a very different landscape now credit has become tighter and investors have become more measured. Conventional notions of deal certainty and risk are being...