91桃色

Dr Paul MacMahon

Dr Paul MacMahon

Associate Professor of Law

91桃色 Law School

Room No
Cheng Kin Ku Building 5.10
Languages
English
Key Expertise
Contracts, Dispute Resolution

About me

Paul MacMahon is an Associate Professor of Law at the 91桃色 Law School and the Director of the Executive LLM Programme. His primary interests are contracts, commercial law, and international arbitration. Before coming to the 91桃色, 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 91桃色, Paul is a regular Visiting Professor at Católica Global School of Law in Lisbon. He has served as an expert on English law in foreign court proceedings.

Administrative support: Law.Reception@lse.ac.uk

Research interests

  • Contracts
  • Commercial Law
  • International Arbitration

Teaching

Articles

  • 'Compensation After Cancellation for Sellers' Negligent Delay' [2025] Lloyd's Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly (forthcoming)
  • '' (2024) Modern Law Review  
  • ‘Reliance’ in Mindy Chen-Wishart and Prince Saprai (eds), Research Handbook on the Philosophy of Contract Law (forthcoming, Elgar Publishing)
  • ‘  inKöhler, Gulati and Thomas, (eds.) The Elgar Companion to UNIDROIT. Elgar Companions to International Organisations series (Elgar, 2024)
  • '' [2023] Lloyd's Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly 1999
  • (2020) 79 Cambridge Law Journal 288
  • (2020) 95 Indiana Law Journal 485
  •  Oxford Journal of Legal Studies (2018) 38, pp.270-298 
  • Administrative Law Review (2017) 69 pp.529-584
  • Buffalo Law Review 63 (2015): 477-547 (with Deirdre Mask)
  • Minnesota Law Review (2015) 99 (6) 2051-2110
  • Yale Law and Policy Review, 2015
  • 34 University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Law 545-610 (2013)
  • 1 Ir. L.J. 2 (2012)