About

Mariana Páez Robles Martínez assumed her current position as general counsel in Eutelsat Americas, one of the world’s leading satellite operators, in 2014. Throughout her career she has flourished in the telecoms sector, spending 13 years in Telefónica México and as a consequence of working in large multinational companies, she has developed an extensive multidisciplinary skillset in regards to all matters surrounding the legal operation of the telecommunication industry. Additionally, the fast development of new technologies and transformation of the industry has required her to become an advocate for the innovation and creation of new rules to successfully face the challenges of the business with clear orientation to protect the legal framework in a highly competitive environment. Páez has achieved this successfully by proposing fast changing solutions tailored to the demands of the industry and the law required to develop with flexibility with sensitivity. She has been central to the focus on the day-to-day work regarding the structure of Eutelsat Americas and the governing bodies to lead an adequate corporate governance, compliance and client orientation. Along with the legal team, Páez has been closely involved in the process of acquiring three new satellites within the continent, carrying out the arrangements for their launch and supervising the legal requirements before and after they started operating commercially. These multimillion operations have been successfully concluded, and as a result Eutelsat successfully launched: Eutelsat 115 West B, which covers the Americas from Alaska to Patagonia. As well as Eutelsat 65 West A, designed to target fast-growing video and broadband markets across Latin America and Eutelsat 117 West B, a new-generation electric satellite in the Eutelsat Americas fleet.