Thomas started his legal career with a large Auckland firm and joined McCaw Lewis in 2004. He was appointed a Partner in 2008.

Thomas specialises in commercial and property law, with a special emphasis on unit titles and company law.  His relevant work includes:

• Company law: Succession planning and implementation, governance advice, share transactions, shareholder agreements, and limited partnerships
• Property law: Commercial, industrial and residential subdivisions and developments, sale and purchase transactions, commercial leases, and unit title issues (including body corporate governance issues)
• Commercial law: Business acquisitions and sales, supply agreements and terms of trade
• Securities law: Advice on capital raising, Securities Act exemptions, and syndication
• Trusts law: Personal asset planning; commercial, securities, and governance advice for charities

He has twice been a finalist in the Commercial/Corporate area at the NZ Law Awards.

Thomas is a nationally-recognised expert on body corporate issues, and the author of Unit Titles Law & Practice (LexisNexis 2011).  He is also the co-author of Company Law: Challenges for SMEs and their advisers (NZLS, 2010), and regularly presents seminars on commercial and property law.  Thomas is also on the Aberdeen School Board of Trustees and a trustee of the Vibrant Hamilton Trust.

Thomas can be contacted on (07) 958 7465 or email thomas.gibbons   "at" mccawlewis.co.nz

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