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Phillip Spector, Former White House Aide, Joins Intelsat as General Counsel |
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PEMBROKE, Bermuda, Feb. 16/ — Intelsat announced on Tuesday Phillip Spector, a well-known Washington attorney, has joined the company as its Executive Vice President and General Counsel. Spector joins Intelsat from the international law firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, where he was the managing partner of the Washington office and the chairman of the firm’s Communications & Technology Group.
Spector has a strong background in the satellite sector, having represented over his years in private practice not only Intelsat, but also other major satellite operators, including SES Global and PanAmSat. He has also been retained by large users of satellite capacity, and by major satellite manufacturers. A few years ago, a legal publication named him “the leading satellite specialist in Washington,” and he has been profiled for his “skilled legal work” in American Lawyer.
Conny Kullman, chairman of the board of Intelsat, Ltd. said Phil’s wealth of knowledge of international telecommunications issues, and his extensive experience in the Washington political and regulatory arenas, makes him particularly well-suited to guide our company’s legal, regulatory and government affairs activities on a global basis.
Spector graduated from Harvard University, where he received a master’s degree in public policy and a law degree, magna cum laude, and where he was an editor of the Harvard Law Review. Spector clerked on a federal appeals court and for Justice Thurgood Marshall of the U.S. Supreme Court, before serving in the White House from 1978 to 1980 as associate assistant to the President. He has written many articles on satellite and communications issues, and is the co-author of a book, Communications and Technology Alliances.
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