

This will initially be available in the US from the second half of this year. In turn Wix users will be offered ‘relevant LegalZoom services including new business formation, registered agent services, and trademark registration services, based on their specific needs’. The process will begin with a ‘business categorisation mechanism within the platform identifying the registered business users’ intent, which allows them to ultimately have a ready-made site created by Wix to serve their business needs’. ‘Once available, business owners will have an option to gain access to LegalZoom’s legal, tax and compliance solutions and services and immediate access to a website built specifically for their business type at the time of formation,’ they explained. with all the necessary tools needed to start, manage and grow business’. Or, as the companies put it, this will provide ‘LegalZoom’s substantial legal and compliance solutions combined with Wix’s comprehensive online platform …. So, this fusion of needs is totally logical. Many company founders also naturally don’t feel like they are really up and running until they have a website. Thousands of company owners look to LegalZoom to get the basic legal documents in place that they need to operate, from company formation docs, to employee contracts, to leases and more. The Wix/LegalZoom partnership makes a lot of sense.

The move comes as an increasing number of law firms and legal tech companies are also creating online systems to help founders get up and running.

We have seen a lot of legal tech partnerships in recent months, but this is a new kind of deal – listed legal services provider LegalZoom and website builder Wix have linked together to let founders create a new business with all the right legal docs, plus build their online presence, all in one go.
