Mr. Moawad is a Founding Member of RAWD Capital Development. In his previous career as a civil litigator and a transactional attorney, Mr. Moawad counseled clients on intellectual property protection and licensing matters, as well as trademark, copyright, and unfair practices in businesses that range from giants in the entertainment industry to pharmaceutical companies. His extensive business, management, money and trusts management and venture capital experience of over ten years helps Mr. Moawad serve RAWD’s clients in all their financial and consulting needs.
Prior to his legal career, Mr. Edward Moawad was an active participant at The Johns Hopkins University and other prominent academic institutions in the research of molecular biology and biomedical engineering. More specifically, his intensive efforts focused on innovative nanotechnology methods and atomic force microscopy. As the primary author, Mr. Moawad published several articles in leading scientific journals. His groundbreaking work on the measurement of mechanical properties of living cells at the micro-scale level has been cited numerous times in scientific and other academic publications and continues to be cited by leading experts today.
Previously, Mr. Moawad was the founder and managing partner of several prominent boutique law firms that specializes in investments, intellectual property, nonprofit organizations, international trade, immigration, business and general corporate law. Mr. Moawad has served as lead counsel in a seminal human rights lawsuit on behalf of a jailed and a well-known Iranian journalist, Isa Saharkhiz. The defendants in Mr. Saharkhiz’s case were multiple global conglomerates that included Siemens, A.G. of Germany and Nokia Corporation of Finland.
Mr. Moawad is extensively involved in charitable work. In addition to a broad pro bono publico practice within his own law firms, Mr. Moawad served as a member of the boards of directors, advisor, founder and chairman of the board of at least eight nonprofit organizations.
On a personal level, Mr. Moawad’s interactions with dynamic members of Washington’s scientific, legal, diplomatic, nonprofit, and business circles allow him to build bridges as an open-minded American from the Middle East who defies stereotypes in everyday life and who presents a positive image of an often-misunderstood segment of society.