I. Office Establishment Information
Establishing entity: Guozun Law Firm
Time of establishment: July 2024
Location: Auckland, New Zealand
Contact information: 4006661890
Institutional positioning: A core cross-border legal service branch of Guozun Law Firm in the Asia-Pacific region, and a professional service institution focused on the full spectrum of bilateral cross-border legal needs between China and New Zealand
II. Core Capabilities of the Office
Qualifications and team capability: The office has a bilingual, bicultural professional team with both Chinese foreign-related legal service experience and New Zealand local licensed practice qualifications, and possesses deep understanding of the legal systems and regulatory rules of both China and New Zealand, as well as full-process practical implementation capability.
Resource integration capability: The office deeply integrates legal practice resources and supporting commercial service resources in both China and New Zealand, breaking through geographic, regulatory, and information barriers in cross-border legal services and enabling local implementation and full-process closed-loop service for cross-border legal needs.
Full-scenario adaptability: The office can cover legal service scenarios across business operations, personal cross-border planning, and industry-specific needs, and provides professional legal solutions combining standardized and customized services.
III. Core Business Scope
(I) Cross-Border Investment and M&A Legal Services
Full-process services for Chinese entities investing in New Zealand, including investment structure design, legal due diligence, drafting and negotiation of transaction documents, regulatory filings and approvals, closing execution, and post-investment compliance governance
Supporting legal services for New Zealand entities investing in China, including market-access compliance, investment structure setup, transaction implementation follow-up, and compliance system construction
Specialized legal services for various forms of investment, including greenfield investment, equity acquisition, asset acquisition, joint ventures, and project financing
(II) Company and Comprehensive Commercial Legal Services
Full-process legal services for the establishment, registration, modification, and deregistration of local market entities in New Zealand
Optimization of corporate governance structures, protection of shareholder rights, and annual legal counsel services
Drafting and review of commercial contracts, compliance risk control, and early-stage handling of commercial cooperation disputes
Specialized legal services relating to corporate bankruptcy, liquidation, and restructuring
(III) Compliance and Regulatory Legal Services
Specialized services in New Zealand foreign investment compliance, import and export trade compliance, anti-money laundering compliance, and antitrust and competition compliance
Data security and privacy protection compliance services, taking into account cross-border alignment requirements between New Zealand and Chinese personal information protection laws
Cross-border tax compliance planning and construction of industry-wide regulatory compliance systems, covering core industries such as agriculture, animal husbandry and forestry, finance, education, healthcare, and cross-border e-commerce
Investigation of compliance risks in cross-border business operations, compliance training, and development of risk response plans
(IV) Intellectual Property Legal Services
Registration and application services for trademarks, patents, copyrights, and trade secrets in China and New Zealand, as well as global portfolio planning
Drafting of transaction documents and compliance review for intellectual property licensing and transfer
Specialized services in cross-border intellectual property enforcement litigation, infringement defense, and dispute resolution
(V) Real Estate and Construction Legal Services
Full-process legal services for individual cross-border property purchases and commercial real estate investment in New Zealand
Legal support relating to land development, real estate transactions, and property sale, purchase, and leasing
Specialized legal services for bidding and tendering in construction projects, contract management, and construction dispute resolution
Legal services relating to property registration, title confirmation, and protection of rights and interests
(VI) Cross-Border Dispute Resolution Legal Services
Handling of China–New Zealand cross-border civil and commercial disputes, including litigation representation in contract disputes, investment disputes, intellectual property disputes, and labor disputes
Diversified dispute resolution services such as commercial arbitration, mediation, and settlement
Specialized services for cross-border recognition and enforcement of court judgments and arbitral awards between China and New Zealand
Legal services relating to cross-border debt collection and asset preservation
(VII) Immigration and Comprehensive Personal Cross-Border Legal Services
Compliance services for all types of New Zealand visa applications, including skilled migration, investment migration, entrepreneur migration, family reunion visas, student visas, and work visas
Legal services relating to visa refusal appeals and identity planning
Legal support for cross-border marriage and family matters and cross-border inheritance
Legal services relating to compliance in personal cross-border asset allocation
(VIII) Cross-Border Wealth Management and Family Succession Legal Services
Compliance services for cross-border asset allocation and establishment and operation of family trusts for high-net-worth clients
Customized design of cross-border tax planning and wealth succession plans
Specialized legal services for the construction of compliant family governance systems
(IX) Industry-Tailored Specialized Legal Services
For key industries in bilateral China–New Zealand cooperation, such as agriculture, animal husbandry and forestry, cross-border e-commerce, fintech, education and overseas study, cultural tourism and wellness, and advanced manufacturing, the office provides customized compliance, non-contentious, and litigation legal services tailored to industry-specific regulatory characteristics and operational pain points
IV. Significance of the Establishment
The establishment of Guozun Law Firm’s New Zealand Office improves Guozun Law Firm’s global legal service layout and completes its local implementation capability for cross-border legal services in New Zealand. The institution can accurately match the continuously growing demand for cross-border legal services arising from bilateral economic and trade cooperation and people-to-people exchanges between China and New Zealand. It provides professional legal support for Chinese entities expanding into New Zealand and New Zealand entities entering the Chinese market, helping bilateral economic and trade exchanges between China and New Zealand develop in a compliant and high-quality manner.