Charles Salem Hallab is the President & CEO of the U.S.-Saudi Business Council (the “Council”). Mr. Hallab is a long-standing member of the Board of Directors of the Council and the founder of Barrington Global, an international legal and strategic advisory firm focused on the intersection of law, business, and policy between the Middle East and the West.

Mr. Hallab has led key practices, groups, and initiatives at two of the largest and most prominent law firms in the world (Baker McKenzie and Mayer Brown), including Middle East, Corporate & Securities, Joint Venture & Strategic Alliance, and Climate Change & Sustainability Transactions. Most recently, Mr. Hallab chaired both the Middle East Practice and the International Joint Venture Practice at Mayer Brown.

For more than 25 years, Mr. Hallab has represented and advised scores of stakeholders on major international transactions, ventures, projects, crises and disputes between the U.S. and the Middle East, particularly Saudi Arabia.

Mr. Hallab received his Juris Doctor and his M.B.A. from Georgetown University, and he prides himself on his ability to work well across multiple areas of law, business and policy as well as across cultures, politics and personalities. He strives to define himself both professionally and personally by his humanity and humility, including with a highly positive outlook, a respectful and supportive disposition, a commitment to integrity and a drive for collective success.