The most important thing to consider when you’re looking for help on how to get legal advice for your small business is that you should be choosing your Wellington based lawyer based on the independent advice that he or she can provide you. If you are contemplating on setting up a new small business, or would like to purchase an existing one, you will definitely need the services of a lawyer.

Most of the time, it’s best to seek the advice of a disinterested lawyer, which means someone other than the lawyer of your business partner or the lawyer of the party selling the business. This way, you can be sure that the lawyer you are getting will be objective and will only have your best interest in mind.
Remember that when seeking legal advice, these are the benefits that you should expect to get:
1.That your proprietary business ideas and plans will be kept in strict confidence by your lawyer, the law firm and the rest of the legal staff;
2.That you will receive independent advice that best protects your rights and interests;
3.That you will have access to your lawyers’ expertise for the benefit of the business you are undertaking to set up; and,
4.That you will get the full value in terms of legal services commensurate to the professional fees you are paying.
There are many different ways of finding the right lawyer to give you the legal advice for your small business. The first, obvious resource for recommendations are friends or relatives who have gone through the same issues and have previously hired the services of a lawyer. If this fails, you can also leaf through the good, old Yellow Pages. See if the pages on “lawyers,” “solicitors” or “barristers” will yield promising results. Your third stop should be the Citizens Advice Bureau or your local Community Law Center. They will naturally have information on local law firms and their fields of expertise. Finally, you can also do an online search of New Zealand law firms. Some of the more sophisticated websites even allows you to request for a quote online.
Again, we can never overemphasize the importance of having a local Wellington lawyer on hand to help you set up, kick off, and run your small business. Some of the questions that lawyers will be competent to answer include: whether or not the venture is a wise investment; the reasonable rate of projected income; the possible reasons why the business is being sold; and whether or not the business location complies with government regulations.