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Qatari satellite communications operate Es’hailSat, also known as the Qatar Satellite Company, employs a legal team that is charged with ensuring its range of satellite service provisions are legally sound and compliant. Es’hailSat’s fleet of satellites provide services including direct-to-home television services in Middle Eastern and North African regions, including through the channels of broadcasting giants Al Jazeera and BeIN Sports, and as such require a multitude of oversight in a legal and compliance context. Possessing a number of years of experience in the sector, Khalid Musa, general counsel of the company, is able to dispense advice that is drawn from a deep knowledge of all applicable aspects of the law including corporate, commercial, technology and communications legal matters. Having accrued experience earlier in his career at law firms in Dubai including international firm Dentons, Musa moved in-house in 2010 to join leading telecoms group Etisalat where he spent over five years as a legal counsel informing the company’s board and management about how to successfully navigate risks and hurdles in the telecoms sector. Joining Es’hailSat in December 2015, he current takes responsibility for the management of re-structuring, joint venture, consortium, M&A, licensing, systems integration, procurement, supply, distribution, outsourcing, service, employment, and intellectual property agreements.