FTI Consulting is bolstering communications for troubled Bahraini investment bank Arcapita Bank BSC, which filed a reorganization plan to sell of its assets and regroup under Chapter 11 protection on Feb. 8.

The bank, which operates in Atlanta, London and Singapore in addition to the UAE, is the first Gulf company to file for bankruptcy in the U.S. under Ch. 11 rules, according to Reuters.

“We are committed to confirming the plan and exiting Chapter 11 as quickly as possible,” said Atif Abdulmalik, CEO of Arcapita, which filed for bankruptcy last March.

The company’s plan could lead to liquidation of $7B in assets, according to the Wall Street Journal, a contrast to the “confident tone Arcapita struck when it” first filed last year.

FTI, which has operated in Bahrain since 2003 and counted Arcapita as a longtime client, acquired Citigate’s Dubai office in 2006.

FTI managing director Hugh Barker heads the Arcapita work.