Dr Paul MacMahon

Paul MacMahon is an Associate Professor of Law at the LSE Law School and the Director of the Executive LLM Programme. His primary interests are contracts, commercial law, and international arbitration. Before coming to the LSE, Paul taught at Harvard and Cambridge. He studied at Oxford (BA, BCL, DPhil) and Harvard (JD), and served as a law clerk in the United States for Judge Guido Calabresi and Judge John Gleeson. Paul also worked as a litigation lawyer in New York City and remains a member of the New York Bar. In addition to teaching at LSE, Paul is a regular Visiting Professor at Católica Global School of Law in Lisbon. His work has been cited in the English and Singapore Courts of Appeal, and he has served as an expert on English law in foreign court proceedings.

Research Interests

• Contracts
• Commercial Law
• International Arbitration

Publications

Teaching

LL142 Contract Law

LL143 Tort Law

LL213 Commercial Law

LL415E Fundamentals of International Commercial Arbitration

LL451E Anglo-American Contract Law

LL4C5 International Commercial Arbitration