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Business Legal Documents

Documents for every stage of your business — starting, running, and selling. Create professional documents in minutes with DYOdocs.

You have 2 choices for each document: (1) Do it yourself via the DYOdocs online workflow at discounted prices with detailed signing instructions, or (2) With legal advice from Ross Holmes Virtual Lawyers Limited, who will check, correct, and if required witness the document.

🚀 Starting Your Business

Everything you need to incorporate a new company: company formation with Companies Office, constitution, initial directors' and shareholders' minutes, and share register — all generated from one questionnaire.

For an existing company that needs a constitution, initial minutes, and share register. Does not include Companies Office registration.

A tailored company constitution with the associated adoption minutes. The constitution sets the rules for how your company operates, including directors' powers, shareholder rights, and meeting procedures.

📖 Read: Why your company needs a constitution

Initial directors' and shareholders' minutes recording the company's first decisions (appointment of directors, registered office, share allotments), plus a compliant share register.

📖 Read: Why companies need minutes

Just the initial minutes (without the share register). Records the company's first decisions after incorporation.

A shareholders' agreement sets out the rights and obligations between shareholders, including share transfers, decision-making, dispute resolution, and exit provisions.

⚙️ Running Your Business

The New Zealand Government provides a free employment agreement builder. This is a comprehensive tool that generates compliant employment agreements.

Minutes recording directors' and shareholders' approval for the purchase of assets by the company.

Minutes recording directors' and shareholders' approval for the company to sign documents (e.g., leases, contracts, guarantees).

A formal loan agreement between parties — suitable for company-to-shareholder loans, related-party lending, or inter-company advances.

A Privacy Act 2020 compliant privacy policy for your business website or operations.

Standard terms and conditions for the sale of goods, supply of services, or use of your website. Consumer Guarantees Act compliant.

🤝 Selling Your Business

A comprehensive agreement for the sale and purchase of shares in a company. Covers price, conditions, warranties, and settlement.

An agreement for the sale and purchase of business assets (plant, equipment, goodwill, stock) as a going concern.

All prices include GST.

Optional Add-Ons

Available for any DYOdocs business document.

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Expert Review

$86.25 per document. Ross Holmes Virtual Lawyers Limited checks and corrects your document.

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Witnessing

$57.50 per document. Sign at Ross Holmes Lawyers Limited's offices or via Zoom takeaway service.

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Print & Courier

$26.50 per courier. Professionally printed and couriered to you.