Customer Announcement: New Partner as of 1 January 2026 MDS Law is delighted to announce that Nicole Gibson will be joining the MDS Law Partnership on 1 January 2026. Congrats, Nicole, on your well-deserved promotion!

Senior Solicitor

Tom Cutler

Tom is a Senior Solicitor in our commercial and property team.

Tom has specialist experience in acting for first home buyers, vendors, refinancing, business owners, commercial tenants and landlords, developers, farmers with farm transactions and succession planning, and horticulturists with leasing and orchard transactions.

Tom has extensive experience in off-the-plan sales and purchases, unit titles, subdivisions, cross-lease rectifications and conversions, and boundary adjustments.

Tom can also help with your legacy planning, which he can work on throughout a transaction He also has a strong background in wills, trusts, and estate planning.  

Tom has clients from various backgrounds and makes a special effort to help simplify complex legal issues. Tom will always go the extra mile for his clients.

Outside of work, Tom is an avid cyclist, freediver, scuba diver, gym-goer, and fisherman. He also has a young family and spends a lot his time outside of work chasing his son and looking for lost toys.

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Partner
Nicole Gibson
Partner

At mds law Nicole acts in a broad range of matters with a particular emphasis on relationship property, estate planning, elder care and conveyancing where she acts with a number of mortgage brokers, real estate agents and clients throughout New Zealand.

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Nicole Gibson
Legal Secretary
Nina Jorgensen
Legal Secretary

Nina provides administrative support as a Legal Secretary for the property team.

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Nina Jorgensen
Registered Legal Executive
Jamie Fleck
Registered Legal Executive

Jamie is a Registered Legal Executive who is dedicated to providing high-quality service to clients, ensuring a smooth and successful process.

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Jamie Fleck