On June 23rd, we were delighted to host an evening reception in our Washington, DC office focused on “The Middle East and US: Opportunities and Investments”. Alongside the SelectUSA Investment Summit, we co-hosted the event with the U.S. Commercial Service, and welcomed over 200 attendees including delegations from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), as well as a number of guests from Washington D.C. to include representatives from the Embassies of Qatar, UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Lebanon, along with companies, think tanks, and nonprofits that work in this region.
Partner and Chair of the firm’s US-Middle East Initiative Ehab Elsonbaty (PhD) and partner and chair of the Emerging Growth and Venture Capital practice Jeff Lehrer welcomed guests on behalf of DLA Piper, and were followed by an illustrious slate of speakers: Ambassador P. Michael McKinley (Ret.) from The Cohen Group, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Global Markets and Director General of the U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service Arun Venkataraman, U.S. Ambassador to the UAE Martina Strong, U.S. Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Michael Ratney, and U.S. Ambassador to the State of Qatar Tim Davis.