Partner

Niamh McMahon
BA (NUI),
LLB (Hons) (Auckland),
MPhil (Comm Law) (First Class Honours) (Auckland)

What do I do?

I predominantly practise commercial law. I put deals and people together and I provide advice in a commercial context. This covers a lot of ground and if you want to know more details about the types of work I do, see our Commercial Services. I am also involved in insolvency and restructuring, and our dispute resolution lawyers value my strategic input.

What do I enjoy about what I do?

I love to see clients growing and doing well. I am one piece in a jigsaw of my clients’ decision making processes. It’s fun to be a part of a bigger picture and to see my advice working. It’s great when I look back at the end and see how my judgment calls paid dividends for my clients. Of course, nobody is right 100% of the time but we all learn from experience and I have plenty of that – I have been practising commercial law in Auckland for more than twenty-five years.

What have I done in the past?

I started work as a lawyer in the commercial department of a large Auckland law firm - just in time for the share market crash. Great timing! While working, I completed my Master's degree in Commercial Law with First Class Honours.

What am I like out of work?

Outside of work I’m a parent to three adult children, To stay fit, I am a regular attender at the gym and Pilates.  I'm also an avid diver. I go off with my dive-buddies to somewhere new every year. We tend to select fairly remote destinations in the Pacific Theatre with great WW11 wrecks.

Experience

Partner and Commercial Lawyer with MBT Lawyers

Course Director - NZLS ‘Stepping Up’ course for practitioners wanting to practise on their their own account

Member of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Disciplinary Tribunal 2018 - present

Pro Bono

Honorary Consul General of Ireland in New Zealand

Advisory panel member Enterprise Ireland A/NZ

Patron of Auckland Irish Society

Co-founder & committee member – Irish Business Network New Zealand

Chairperson - Tara Trust , a registered charity for the Irish Community in NZ

Chairperson -  Auckland Opera Studio a registered charity to promote emerging opera singers in NZ

Mentor with He Ira Wāhine | Women's Mentoring Programme at Auckland Law School

Trustee – Kenzie’s Gift, a registered charity to assist young people to deal with grief

Executive Committee Member – Auckland Consular Corps