Charles Salem Hallab

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About Charles Salem Hallab

Charles Salem Hallab is the founding principal at Barrington Global - an international legal and strategic advisory firm focused on the intersection of law, business and policy, particularly between the Middle East and the West, and specifically in relation to international ventures, alliances, investments, projects, crises and controversies. ​ Barrington Global is dedicated to helping its clients devise creative solutions to complex problems, develop key opportunities, mitigate risks and realize successful outcomes. It prides itself on its commercial pragmatism, its cross-cultural fluency and connectivity, and its commitment to cost efficiency. ​ These key attributes complement Barrington Global's core values of insight, innovation and integrity, and combine with its unique breadth and depth of experience to set the firm apart in the market. Beyond a simple advisory, Barrington Global strives to create value as a distinctive and trusted legal, business and strategic partner. Charles also continues to work as Senior Legal Advisor to Mayer Brown, and as a member of its Middle East leadership team, generating and overseeing work at Mayer Brown on a variety of cross border matters and helping the firm on key strategic issues. Charles recently joined Al Akeel & Partners as a partner-level Senior International Advisor, where he works closely with the three other senior partners: founder, Dr. Meshal Al Akeel; Corporate and Transactional Chair, Marc Saroufim; and the other Senior Advisor, Princess Hala bint Khaled bin Sultan al Saud. Charles distinguishes his practice with a strong business orientation, a sense of commercial pragmatism and a creative, cross cultural and integrative approach to problem solving. He strives to be a best-in-class lawyer, a thoughtful innovator, a trusted advisor and a strategic partner.