About us
Estudio Jurídico Alta Mediación, founded by Pablo Gómez-Acebo Calonje. Lawyer admitted in Spain and as Attorney at Law in New York. Graduate in Psychology.
Alta Mediación brings together senior lawyers specialised in their field, from M&A to litigation, tax and real estate. Every matter is handled by the right specialist, with no layers in between.
I have spent 25 years on both sides of the table: advising international organisations and multinationals on political risk guarantees, leading M&A transactions, and sitting across from counterparts in the most difficult negotiations.
“I know how agreements are built — and why they break.”
Law and psychology at the service of the solution
Most legal conflicts are not resolved with better arguments — they are resolved by understanding the interests that lie beneath the positions. Our dual training in law and psychology allows us to address both dimensions simultaneously.
The mediator at the table
When we advise in a transaction or litigation, we bring the mediator's perspective: what the other party really wants, where the agreement is possible.
International culture
Dual admission and 25 years of cross-border work gives us direct access to how counterparties in New York, London or Brussels think and negotiate.
Discretion as standard
Our clients are high-profile professionals and business families. Confidentiality is not a promise — it is how we operate.
Technology at the service of judgement
AI, automation and blockchain tools — deployed with senior lawyer oversight. We invest in technology so we can concentrate on what matters: judgement and strategy.
Ethics as method
We do not prolong conflicts — we resolve them. We look for the agreement that preserves the relationship and the value, not the one that runs up the hours. A way of working, not a slogan.
Specialists in the complex
They come to us for what is not routine: cross-border transactions, shareholder disputes, and family assets and businesses — where mistakes are costly and judgement matters.
Experience & qualifications
Need a permanent legal point of contact? Learn about our External General Counsel service or download his full CV in PDF.
A career built on complex decisions
World Bank Group — MIGA · Washington D.C.
Legal Counsel at MIGA (Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency). Negotiated and administered guarantees against non-commercial risk for investments in emerging markets, and helped draft the World Bank standard coverage terms.
Director, Political Risk Management · 21 years
For more than two decades, advised multinationals on covering political and non-commercial risk in cross-border investment worth over USD 2 billion, across energy, infrastructure and concessions.
Co-founder, Gómez-Acebo & Álvarez Giay · Madrid
Co-founded a firm specialising in M&A, international contracting and commercial litigation, advising clients from multinationals to startups on cross-border deals.
Partner, Estudio Jurídico Alliantia · Madrid
Full-scope corporate advice — M&A, corporate, financial and real estate law and international operations — and board secretary to several multinationals present in Spain.
Partner, Estudio Jurídico Alta Mediación · Madrid
A spin-off of Alliantia that brings together Law, Psychology and Technology for legal advice and dispute resolution, from a vocation for lasting agreements that preserve relationships.
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