Beirut financial institution Al-Mawarid Bank has hired Squire Patton Boggs to handle issues regarding the Lebanese financial sector.
Al-Mawarid is a regional leader in development of technology and online services.
The commercial bank also is a driving force behind the push to move the Arab region beyond political and security concerns, and position it as a player in the world's economic landscape.
Al-Mawarid chairman Marwan Kheireddine will co-chair the Beirut Institute next month in Abu Dhabi. The session will help plot the economic future of the Arab World.
Gasson Baloul, leader of the SPB's Levant practice covering Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Jordan and Palestinian Authority, heads the Al-Mawarid business.
Bret Boyles and Erin McGrain (former aides to Sen. Trent Lott) and Matthew Cutts, ex-chairman of the DC Sports and Entertainment Commission, assist Baloul.
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