NEW YORK, July 17 (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs ( GS ) named

its senior banker Aasem Khalil as global head of its business

focused on client coverage in middle-market banking, a memo seen

by Reuters on Thursday showed.

Best known for its advisory work on mega deals, Goldman has

in recent years expanded in so-called middle-market deals worth

$500 million to $2 billion.

It recently advised Electrical Components International on

its $1.9 billion sale to Rosebank Industries.

Khalil will take on additional responsibilities on top of

his roles as global head of investment banking client services,

and head of the firm's Dallas office and of investment banking

in the southern region.

As global head of the so-called cross markets group,

established in 2019, Khalil will oversee the bank's strategy to

identify new commercial opportunities, the memo said.

Separately, Citigroup ( C/PN ) hired David Friedland, a former

head of Americas cross markets group for Goldman, as co-head of

North America investment banking coverage.

Khalil joined Goldman Sachs ( GS ) in 1996 as an analyst on the

mortgage-backed trading desk, and was named managing director in

2008 and partner in 2016.