Strategy. Coordination. Execution.

Cross-border disputes, international arbitration and enforcement. A focused practice along the Mediterranean axis, with reach into Africa, MENA and Latin America.

Madrid
Casablanca
Our positioning

High stakes. Complex international matters.

MEHA Law represents corporates, investors and institutions on international matters of high legal intensity: commercial and investment arbitration, complex litigation, and cross-border enforcement, with particular depth in energy and resources disputes.

Our approach is bespoke, tailored to high-stakes mandates where strategy, coordination and execution are critical. We act as a central, client-aligned trusted advisor: close to the principal, fully focused on the outcome.

The firm is focused, agile, and international, built for matters with a strong cross-border dimension along the Mediterranean axis. Senior attention on every file, lean teams, and a disciplined execution model adapted to the demands of sophisticated clients.

Each mandate is led in first chair by a senior lawyer. No dilution, no successive hand-offs. A single point of contact who owns the strategy and the client relationship.
Madrid–Casablanca Axis

A structuring corridor.

The Madrid–Casablanca axis connects the Iberian peninsula to North Africa and, by extension, to sub-Saharan African and Gulf markets.

Practice in commercial and investment international arbitration under ICC, ICSID, UNCITRAL (ad-hoc) rules and local LATAM and Iberian institutions (CCB, CIIAM); Africa and MENA (OHADA, DIAC)
Civil and common law, with English, Spanish and French language of proceedings dominance
Cross-border enforcement and asset recovery coordination across jurisdictions
Practice areas

Where contractual, regulatory and strategic stakes converge.

A focused practice on cross-border matters where international coordination determines the outcome.

I.

International Arbitration

Commercial and investment arbitration under ICC, ICSID, UNCITRAL (ad-hoc), OHADA, DIAC, CCB and CIIAM rules. From clause drafting through award, annulment and enforcement. Proceedings conducted in English, Spanish or French under civil and common law.

II.

Enforcement & Asset Recovery

Recognition and enforcement of foreign awards and judgments. Exequatur, asset tracing, attachment, and multi-jurisdictional coordination.

III.

Strategic Advice

Pre-dispute risk assessment, treaty-aware structuring, co-counsel coordination and litigation funding.

IV.

Energy & Infrastructure

Energy-related matters in mining, oil and gas, electricity and renewables; post-M&A matters. Built on treaty and contract based matters, with granular knowledge of sector disputes.

V.

Commodities & Trading

Sale and purchase, offtake, transport and storage contracts. Trade and commodity finance. Direct articulation with banks and counterparties.

VI.

Construction & Public Projects

EPC, concessions, public-private partnerships, regulated projects. Steering of matters with a heavy regulatory and public-sector component.

Complex litigation strategy experience. Sharpened business acumen. International footprint of coordinated local counsel, valuation & investigations experts & funders.

The DNA of a global disputes counsel for pre-disputes; litigation & arbitration; enforcement & asset recovery.

Energy, Commodities & Transactional

From the deal to the dispute.

On commodity flows (energy, metals, agricultural products) and on cross-border investments, MEHA Law mobilises legal counterparts, sectoral experts and banking partners to structure, negotiate and execute.

Commodities & Trading

Structure the flow

Sale and purchase, offtake, transport, storage. Articulation with banks and trade finance.

Investment

Pre-Dispute Treaty Advice

Cross-border structuring with treaty-aware reading from the outset. Selection of investment protections (BIT, IIA agreements).

Continuum

Deal to dispute

When a transaction tips into a dispute, follow through with robust counsel into litigation, arbitration and enforcement.

On the deal side as on the dispute side.
Local co-counsel network

For each matter, the lawyers best positioned on the relevant forum.

MEHA Law works through a carefully curated network of local co-counsel. For each matter, the team is built around the firms and lawyers best positioned in the relevant forum leveraging MEHA's developed trusted network and market intelligence.

Africa

Maghreb · MENA · West Africa

Anchor in Casablanca

Network of leading local firms, mobilisable across OHADA jurisdictions and beyond. Proven capacity on extractive and infrastructure mandates.

Americas

Iberia · LATAM

Anchor in Madrid

Madrid as a natural gateway to Latin America. Direct relationships with leading regional firms and their disputes and arbitration teams.

United States

New York · DC · Houston · Miami

Arbitration · 1782 · FSIA · Fraud

Regular coordination with US firms on international arbitration, enforcement (1782, FSIA) and fraud matters.

Recent experience

Selected matters.

Sectoral and geographic coherence across the portfolio.

Investment Arbitration

USD 50.9M gold and rare metals mining concession dispute in Africa

Co-counsel in representation of the investor.

Investment Arbitration

USD 1B mining concession dispute under UNCITRAL Rules

Co-counsel in representation of the investor in a USD 1 billion claim regarding a mining concession.

Commercial Arbitration · ICC

Sale of a strategic logistics infrastructure in Latin America

First chair in representation of a Latin American client against a US investment fund. ICC proceedings.

Investment Arbitration · ICC

USD 80M tolling dispute against a Latin American ministry

Second chair in representation of the investor. ICC proceedings against a sovereign respondent.

Investment Arbitration · Energy

Oil & gas concession dispute against a Latin American national oil company

Counsel in representation of the investor. Sectoral concession matter.

Commercial Arbitration · Swiss ASA

USD 10M arbitration against an African SOE

Co-counsel in representation of the investor. Swiss ASA Rules.

Transactional · Energy

European energy group / North African SOE

Negotiation of eight fast-charging contracts. Pre-litigation phase.

Transactional · Oil & Gas

North African national oil company

Negotiation of mining contracts and infrastructure financing.

Enforcement

Recognition of a EUR 1.4B foreign judgment in Spain

Global enforcement counsel in the enforcement of US judgements against a State.

Enforcement

EUR 13.5M final judgement enforcement across multiple jurisdictions

France, Luxembourg, Spain and Dubai. Enforcement and asset recovery of distressed and dissipated assets.

Asset Recovery · Fraud

Multi-million CEO fraud, recovery of funds across Spain and other jurisdictions

Representation in a multi-million corporate fraud matter; tracing and recovery of misappropriated funds across Spain and additional jurisdictions.

Investment Arbitration · PCA

Infrastructure dispute under FIDIC rules in Latin America

Secretary to the Arbitrator. PCA proceedings concerning an infrastructure construction project under FIDIC rules and Inter-American Development Bank guidelines.

Investment Arbitration · ICSID

Construction and infrastructure dispute against a MENA State

Representation of the State as respondent. ICSID proceedings concerning a water and sewage infrastructure investment, under a bilateral investment treaty.

Investment Arbitration · ICSID

Construction sector dispute against a GCC State

Representation of the State as respondent. ICSID proceedings under a bilateral investment treaty, including subsequent annulment phase.

Annulment · ICSID

ICSID annulment proceedings, representing the award debtor

Post-award representation of the award debtor in ICSID annulment proceedings under the ICSID Convention.

Enforcement · Panama Convention

USD 140M award enforcement under the Panama Convention

Representing the investor before the US federal courts and in Panama on the enforcement of an ad hoc arbitration award under the Panama Convention.

Enforcement · Investment Arbitration

USD 80M intra-EU investor-state award, cross-border enforcement

Counsel to investor in the energy sector in the recognition and enforcement of a USD 80 million intra-EU investor-state award, cross-border enforcement in the US and France.

Investment Arbitration · ICSID

ISDS dispute regarding water infrastructure

Counsel to an African state in an ISDS dispute regarding its water infrastructure at ICSID.

Commercial · Oil & Gas

MENA long-term engineering and construction in an oil concession

Counsel to an investor in a MENA long-term contract in engineering and construction in an oil concession.

Enforcement · Lava Jato

USD 5M judgement enforcement in the United States, Lava Jato / Petrobras context

Counsel to a Brazilian creditor in the context of the Lava Jato Petrobras court proceedings for enforcement of a USD 5 million judgement in the United States.

Asset Recovery · Fraud

Multi-million EUR CEO fraud, asset recovery across Portugal, Spain and Malta

Counsel in asset recovery of a multi-million EUR regarding CEO fraud across Portugal, Spain and Malta.

Restructuring · PROMESA

Construction company claim in Puerto Rico debt restructuring class action

Counsel to a construction company for a multi-million claim in the debt restructuring of Puerto Rico in a class action administered under the PROMESA Act.

Annulment · ICSID

ICSID annulment proceedings, construction and engineering

Counsel to a construction and engineering company in the annulment proceedings at ICSID.

Enforcement · Panama Convention

Bank investor enforcement under the Panama Convention

Global enforcement counsel to a bank investor in the enforcement proceedings under the Panama Convention in the United States and Panama.

Founder

Munia El Harti Alonso

Founding Partner

Started her career in multilateral economic diplomacy in investment treaty negotiations for the Spanish MFA and the European Union.

Practiced at tier-1 international arbitration firms in Paris, Washington D.C., Latin America and Madrid, on high-stakes commercial and investment arbitration matters before ICC, ICSID, PCA and UNCITRAL tribunals.

Practice built on commercial and investment arbitration, cross-border enforcement, and energy, mining and infrastructure disputes. Co-led an arbitration practice in Spain before founding MEHA Law with extensive operational experience.

In addition to representing parties as counsel, Munia sits as arbitrator and is listed on the rosters of several leading arbitral institutions.

Institutional presence
  • President · Trade and Investment Commission, International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Spain
  • Officer · Oil & Gas Law Committee, IBA
  • Steering Committee · IBA Arbitration 40
  • Co-Chair · American Bar Association, ILS (FLC)
  • Vice President · Club Español e Iberoamericano de Arbitraje, French Chapter
  • Board Member · European Advisory Board, Georgetown Law
  • Lecturer · International Investment Law, Georgetown Law (1st semester)
  • Lecturer · Environmental Law, Masters of Environmental Law, Universidad Complutense
  • Listed arbitrator · Multiple leading arbitral institutions
  • Bars: New York · Brussels (B-List)
Languages
  • French · Spanish · English · Portuguese · Arabic
Contact

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Madrid
2 Calle Pedro Muñoz Seca
28001 Madrid · Spain
Casablanca
Rue 9, Boulevard de Bourgogne
20250 Casablanca · Morocco