On July 17, 2025, SES completed its $3.1 billion acquisition of Intelsat, a leading satellite network operator and provider of satellite services. The deal closed after reviews by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the U.K. Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), the European Commission (EC), and other global antitrust and telecommunications authorities.
A global team of economic experts led by Econic Partners’ Jon Orszag, Nathan Wilson, Kirsten Edwards-Warren, and Rameet Sangha supported the parties throughout the review process. In the US, they were assisted by a team that included Ian MacSwain, Gloriana Alvarez, Elad Zigelman, and Lily Chen of Econic Partners and Will Lobo, Peer Schulze, Holly Chin, and Asteris Dougalis of Compass Lexecon. In Europe, the team included Kirsten Abeln, Marta Adembri, Cindy Nah, Aiden Lo, Sara Vojvodic, Conor Duggan, Saffi Wu, Janne Kinnunen, Gianluca Strada, and Istvan Barati of Compass Lexecon.
Working closely with counsel, the economic team both assisted with regulatory compliance and contributed to advocacy, developing and presenting economic evidence to regulatory authorities around the world that showed the proposed merger would not harm competition.
The team worked closely with a global Gibson Dunn team including Attila Borsos, Joshua Lipton, Sophia Hansell, Scott Hvidt, Ali Nikpay, Deirdre Taylor, Logan Billman, Jonas Jousma, Alex Merritt, Steve Pet, Marcus Seete, Elsie Stone, Alana Tinkler, and Tyron Willey.
