Ross Holmes Virtual Lawyers - Business, Property & Estate Planning

Ross Holmes Virtual Lawyers Limited is a New Zealand law firm that has been serving individuals and small businesses since 1985. The firm operates as a virtual law practice, providing legal services to clients regardless of their location through various communication methods including in-person meetings, telephone consultations, and virtual Zoom conferences. The team is led by Managing Director Ross Holmes, who brings extensive experience from his roles as a partner in other New Zealand law firms, senior manager in taxation at a leading accountancy firm, and Managing Director of an Australia and New Zealand Banking Group international trustee company subsidiary.

The firm specialises in trust-based asset protection plans and will-based estate plans, offering comprehensive estate planning services designed to protect clients' legacies and their loved ones' futures. Their expertise extends to property law, covering residential and commercial property purchases and sales, retirement village apartment transactions, leases, mortgages, subdivisions, and boundary adjustments. The business law practice encompasses company registrations, limited partnerships, partnership agreements, shareholders agreements, business purchases and sales, commercial leases, and other business agreements.

Ross Holmes Virtual Lawyers Limited also provides specialised services in seniors law, including advance health directives, enduring powers of attorney, funeral directives, wills, and residential care subsidy applications. The firm offers estate administration services delivered with compassion and understanding, handling probate applications, letters of administration, and comprehensive estate administration. Their innovative "legal takeaway service" allows clients to receive draft documents via email for review and approval, with signing facilitated through courier, post, or witnessed via Zoom, making legal services more accessible and convenient for clients throughout New Zealand.