ICO update
We are receiving a lot of enquiries from NZ startups, and more established tech companies, about the legalities of NZ companies raising investment via an ICO.
2017 capital raising numbers
We’re happy to report that 2017, while not quite reaching the heights of the previous year, was still a great year for our corporate lawyers advising on capital raising deals.
doc makers upgrade
We’ve been super busy upgrading the Kindrik Partners website to make our doc makers more awesome. There are two main changes: users can now access the doc makers (and Word templates) by setting up an account on our site. All you need is an original user name (warning – Evil Lawyer is taken) and a […]
SEC initial coin offering (ICO) report
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has just issued a report warning that Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) may be deemed to be securities, making them subject to United States’ securities laws. But what does this mean?
2017 capital raising numbers so far
After our bumper year of capital raising in 2016, we’ve been keeping an eye on the level of capital raising activity amongst our clients as 2017 progresses.
constitution document generator
We are stoked to have completed the automation of our template tech company constitution, using the SaaS platform of Aussie doc automation company ZumeForms.
reflections on 2016 from the commercial team
Each year, while our corporate team releases its stats on capital raising deals and sums involved, the wallflowers of Kindrik Partners (aka the commercial team) simply do what they always have done – getting on with the job. But sometimes, enough is enough – because we don’t think the commercial team’s 2016 was too shabby […]
tax overhaul for employee share purchase schemes
Last week saw the introduction to Parliament of an IRD Bill that will overhaul the tax treatment of employee share purchase schemes. The aim of the IRD’s new rules is to put employee share purchase schemes on a similar tax footing to share option schemes. Put simply, if a share purchase scheme has similar economic features […]
2016 capital raising numbers
Our 2016 capital raising numbers are in and we’re pleased to report a big increase in activity over 2015. In total, we helped our clients complete 83 capital raising transactions, up from 43 in 2015.
kindrik partners legal templates now available free of charge to NZ lawyers
Three years ago, we released a suite of 20 free legal templates for download by NZ tech companies. This was a first for a NZ law firm. Since the launch of this free service we have been overwhelmed by the positive response from the tech and wider business community.
