ABS Appoints Sameer Karimbhai

Agility Beyond Space (ABS) has appointed Sameer Karimbhai as its new General Counsel.

Sameer brings over 15 years of extensive legal expertise spanning corporate and commercial law, M&A, joint ventures, finance, governance, regulatory and compliance within the satellite, telecommunications, and energy sectors.

Sameer joins ABS following his tenure at Eutelsat Communications, where he served as OneWeb General Counsel and Group Company Secretary. His experience includes leading significant corporate projects such as helping secure over US$4 billion of equity and debt funding for OneWeb, guiding the company through its Chapter 11 restructuring and recovery and completing its US$6.8 billion combination with Eutelsat. His broad expertise in managing legal teams, supporting executive leadership, building and navigating stakeholder relationships, working with large company boards and handing complex legal matters will be invaluable as ABS continues to grow.

"I am delighted to join the executive team at ABS. This is an exciting time for the company and I look forward to supporting the business as it embarks on its new growth strategy and achieves many important milestones. My sincere thanks to Mark and team for this incredible opportunity," commented Sameer Karimbhai, General Counsel.

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