Cross-border disputes, international arbitration and enforcement. A focused practice along the Mediterranean axis, with reach into Africa, MENA and Latin America.
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.
The Madrid–Casablanca axis connects the Iberian peninsula to North Africa and, by extension, to sub-Saharan African and Gulf markets.
A focused practice on cross-border matters where international coordination determines the outcome.
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.
Recognition and enforcement of foreign awards and judgments. Exequatur, asset tracing, attachment, and multi-jurisdictional coordination.
Pre-dispute risk assessment, treaty-aware structuring, co-counsel coordination and litigation funding.
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.
Sale and purchase, offtake, transport and storage contracts. Trade and commodity finance. Direct articulation with banks and counterparties.
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.
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.
Sale and purchase, offtake, transport, storage. Articulation with banks and trade finance.
Cross-border structuring with treaty-aware reading from the outset. Selection of investment protections (BIT, IIA agreements).
When a transaction tips into a dispute, follow through with robust counsel into litigation, arbitration and enforcement.
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.
Network of leading local firms, mobilisable across OHADA jurisdictions and beyond. Proven capacity on extractive and infrastructure mandates.
Madrid as a natural gateway to Latin America. Direct relationships with leading regional firms and their disputes and arbitration teams.
Regular coordination with US firms on international arbitration, enforcement (1782, FSIA) and fraud matters.
Sectoral and geographic coherence across the portfolio.
Co-counsel in representation of the investor.
Co-counsel in representation of the investor in a USD 1 billion claim regarding a mining concession.
First chair in representation of a Latin American client against a US investment fund. ICC proceedings.
Second chair in representation of the investor. ICC proceedings against a sovereign respondent.
Counsel in representation of the investor. Sectoral concession matter.
Co-counsel in representation of the investor. Swiss ASA Rules.
Negotiation of eight fast-charging contracts. Pre-litigation phase.
Negotiation of mining contracts and infrastructure financing.
Global enforcement counsel in the enforcement of US judgements against a State.
France, Luxembourg, Spain and Dubai. Enforcement and asset recovery of distressed and dissipated assets.
Representation in a multi-million corporate fraud matter; tracing and recovery of misappropriated funds across Spain and additional jurisdictions.
Secretary to the Arbitrator. PCA proceedings concerning an infrastructure construction project under FIDIC rules and Inter-American Development Bank guidelines.
Representation of the State as respondent. ICSID proceedings concerning a water and sewage infrastructure investment, under a bilateral investment treaty.
Representation of the State as respondent. ICSID proceedings under a bilateral investment treaty, including subsequent annulment phase.
Post-award representation of the award debtor in ICSID annulment proceedings under the ICSID 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.
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.
Counsel to an African state in an ISDS dispute regarding its water infrastructure at ICSID.
Counsel to an investor in a MENA long-term contract in engineering and construction in an oil concession.
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.
Counsel in asset recovery of a multi-million EUR regarding CEO fraud across Portugal, Spain and Malta.
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.
Counsel to a construction and engineering company in the annulment proceedings at ICSID.
Global enforcement counsel to a bank investor in the enforcement proceedings under the Panama Convention in the United States and Panama.
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.
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