Case 20-32299-KLP Doc 495 Filed 07/09/20 Entered 07/09/20 15:11:39 Desc Main Document Page 1 of 16 IN THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA RICHMOND DIVISION ) In re: ) Chapter 11 ) 1 INTELSAT S.A., et al., ) Case No. 20-32299 (KLP) ) Debtors. ) (Jointly Administered) ) DECLARATION OF DISINTERESTEDNESS OF HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP AS PROPOSED ORDINARY COURSE PROFESSIONAL I, Steven M. Kaufman, declare under penalty of perjury: 1. I am a Partner of Hogan Lovells US LLP, located at Columbia Square, 555 Thirteenth Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 2004 (“HLUS”). 2. Intelsat S.A. and its affiliates, as debtors and debtors in possession (collectively, the “Debtors”), have requested that HLUS continue to provide legal services to the Debtors as an ordinary course professional pursuant to section 327(e) of the Bankruptcy Code in the Debtors’ chapter 11 cases (collectively, the “Chapter 11 Cases”), and HLUS has agreed to provide such services. Such services may be provided by HLUS directly and/or through its affiliated businesses, including Hogan Lovells International LLP (collectively, the “Firm”), through arrangements with HLUS. 3. The Firm may have performed services in the past, may currently perform services, and may perform services in the future in matters unrelated to the Chapter 11 Cases for persons or entities that are parties in interest in the Chapter 11 Cases. See Schedule A attached 1 Due to the large number of Debtors in these Chapter 11 Cases, for which joint administration has been granted, a complete list of the Debtor entities and the last four digits of their federal tax identification numbers is not provided herein. A complete list may be obtained on the website of the Debtors’ proposed claims and noticing agent at https://cases.stretto.com/intelsat. The location of the Debtors’ service address is: 7900 Tysons One Place, McLean, VA 22102. Case 20-32299-KLP Doc 495 Filed 07/09/20 Entered 07/09/20 15:11:39 Desc Main Document Page 2 of 16 hereto. The Firm does not perform services for any such person in connection with the Chapter 11 Cases. 4. As part of its customary practice, the Firm is retained in cases, proceedings, and transactions involving many different persons and entities, some of whom may represent or be employed by the Debtors, claimants, and parties in interest in the Debtors’ Chapter 11 Cases. 5. Neither I, nor any partner or associate of the Firm, insofar as I have been able to ascertain, holds or represents any interest adverse to the Debtors or their estates with respect to the matters on which HLUS is to be employed by the Debtors as an ordinary course professional. 6. Neither I nor any partner or associate of the Firm has agreed to share or will share any portion of the compensation to be received from the Debtors with any person other than partners and associates of the Firm. 7. The Debtors do not owe the Firm any amounts on account of services rendered and expenses incurred prior to the commencement of the Chapter 11 Cases in connection with HLUS’ employment by the Debtors. 8. As of May 13, 2020, which was the date on which the Debtors commenced their Chapter 11 Cases, the Firm was not party to an agreement for indemnification with any of the Debtors. 9. If at any time during its employment as an ordinary course professional in the Debtors’ Chapter 11 Cases HLUS discovers any facts bearing on the matters described herein, HLUS will supplement the information contained in this declaration. [Remainder of page left blank] 2 Case 20-32299-KLP Doc 495 Filed 07/09/20 Entered 07/09/20 15:11:39 Desc Main Document Page 3 of 16 Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1746, I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief. Dated: July 8, 2020 Respectfully submitted, Steven M. Kaufman Partner, Hogan Lovells US LLP 3 Case 20-32299-KLP Doc 495 Filed 07/09/20 Entered 07/09/20 15:11:39 Desc Main Document Page 4 of 16 SCHEDULE A The Firm currently represents, or has in the last three (3) years represented, the following parties in interest or their affiliates in matters unrelated to the Debtors’ Chapter 11 Cases A&E Television Networks LLC ABC Inc. Aberdeen Asset Management Life And Pensions Ltd Aberdeen Standard Investments Inc. ABS Global Ltd. ABS-CBN Global Ltd. Aecom Technical Services Inc. Aegon USA Investment Management LLC Airbus Defence and Space SAS Airspace Internet Exchange Limited Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP Albright Stonebridge Group LLC Alcentra Asset Management Limited – Ultimate Parent Alcentra Ltd. Alcentra NY LLC AlixPartners LLP AllianceBernstein Holding LP AllianceBernstein LP Allianz Global Investors US LLC Allianz SE AllianzGI Global Investors Allstate Investment Management Co. Allstate Investments LLC Allstate Life Insurance Co. Altitude Sports & Entertainment LLC Alvarez & Marsal LLC American Arbitration Association American Express International Inc. American International Group Inc. Amtrust AmTrust North America, Inc. on behalf Assure Space LLC Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc. Antara Capital LP Aon Consulting Apollo Capital Management LP Apollo Credit Management LLC Apollo Global Management LLC Arent Fox LLP Ares Capital – Ultimate Parent Ares Management Corp. Ares Management LLC ARK Multicasting Inc. Arthur D. Little Inc. Case 20-32299-KLP Doc 495 Filed 07/09/20 Entered 07/09/20 15:11:39 Desc Main Document Page 5 of 16 Asco Power Services Inc. Assicurazioni Generali SpA Associated Press Inc., The Assure Space LLC Astrium SAS AT&T Corp. AT&T Inc. AT&T Sports Networks LLC Atrium Insurance Agency Ltd. Atrium Space Insurance Consortium One or more agencies/departments/ministries of the country of Australia Aviva Investors Americas LLC AXA Assurance Vie Luxembourg SA AXA Corporate Solutions Assurance SA AXA Life Insurance Singapore Pte. Ltd. AXA XL Paris Azercosmos OJSco. Bain Capital Credit LP Baker & McKenzie LLP Bank of America Corp. Bank of America NA Bank of Nova Scotia, The Barclays Bank plc Barclays Capital Inc. Barings LLC BBC Global News Ltd. Belgacom International Carrier Services SA Bell Canada – NCM Bell Products Inc. Benefit Street Partners LLC Berkeley Research Group LLC Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Co. BET Satellite Services Inc. Black & Veatch Corp. Blackrock Advisors LLC BlackRock Financial Management Inc. BlackRock Fund Advisors Blackrock Institutional Trust Co. NA Blank Rome LLP Bluebay Asset Management LLP BMO Asset Management US BMO Capital Markets Corp. BNP Paribas SA BNP Paribas Securities Corp. Boeing Co., The Boeing Satellite Systems Inc. BOK Financial Corporation BOK Financial NA Brazil, Government of, Ministerio da Previdencia Social 2 Case 20-32299-KLP Doc 495 Filed 07/09/20 Entered 07/09/20 15:11:39 Desc Main Document Page 6 of 16 Brigham Young University British Telecommunications plc Brown Rudnick LLP BT LatAm Argentina SA BT LatAm Colombia SA BT LatAm Inc. BVK Personalvorsorge des Kantons Zürich Cable & Wireless (Panama) SA Cable & Wireless (Seychelles) Ltd. Cable News & Business Channel Cable News Network LP California Department of Tax and Fee Administration California, State of, Government Operations Agency, Franchise Tax Board Canal + International Capital Research & Management Co. CapRock UK Ltd. Careerbuilder LLC CBS Broadcasting Inc. (USA) CBS Inc. CBS Sports Network Centre National D'Etudes Spatiales CenturyLink Argentina SA Centurylink Chile SA CenturyLink Colombia SAS Chaucer Insurance Inc. China Satellite Communications Co. Ltd. China Telecom Satellite Communications Co. Ltd. Chubb Ltd. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, The CI Investments Inc. Cigna Health and Life Insurance Co. Cigna Healthcare Benefits Inc. Citadel Advisors LLC Citibank NA Citigroup Global Markets Inc. Colombia Telecomunicaciones SA ESP Columbia Management Investment Advisers LLC Comcast Cable Communications Management LLC Comcast Media (Massachusetts) Comcast Network (Philadelphia) LLC, The Comcast Sports Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic Comcast SportsNet New York Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia Communications & Power Industries Europe Ltd. Convergint Technologies LLC Corporacion de Radio y Television del Norte Corporation Service Company Inc Credit Suisse AG 3 Case 20-32299-KLP Doc 495 Filed 07/09/20 Entered 07/09/20 15:11:39 Desc Main Document Page 7 of 16 Credit Suisse Alternative Capital LLC Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC Crescent Capital Group LP CSC Cummins Inc. Davidson Kempner Capital Management LP DBS Trustee Ltd., as Trustee of Mapletree Commercial Trust DE Shaw & Co. LP Dejero Labs Inc. Delaware Trust Company Deloitte Consulting LLP Deloitte Tohmatsu Tax Co Deloitte Transactions and Business Analytics LLP Dentons US LLP Depository Trust & Clearing Corp., The Deutsche Bank AG - New York Branch Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch Deutsche Investment Management Americas Inc. Deutsche Telekom AG Dialog Semiconductor Digi Slovakia SRO Digicel Fiji Ltd. Digicel Png Ltd. Directv Latin America LLC Directv LLC Directv Peru SRL DIRECTV Puerto Rico Ltd. Discovery Capital Management LLC Discovery Communications Europe Ltd. Discovery Communications LLC Discovery Latin America LLC Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific Pte. Ltd. Disney Channel, The Disney Productions/Maingate Entertainment Disney Worldwide Disneyland Dubai World Trade Centre LLC Duff & Phelps Corp. DW Partners LP Dynalectric Co. E! Entertainment Television Inc. Eaton Vance Management Inc. Echostar Communications Corp. Ecuador, Government of, Ecuador, Government of, Agencia de Regulacion y Control de las Telecomunicaciones Emcor Services Combustioneer Corp. Emerging Markets Communications Inc. Emerging Markets Communications LLC Employees Retirement System of Texas 4 Case 20-32299-KLP Doc 495 Filed 07/09/20 Entered 07/09/20 15:11:39 Desc Main Document Page 8 of 16 Empresa Argentina de Soluciones Satelitales SA Empyrean Capital Partners LP EMS Technologies Inc. Enlaces Guayana CA ePlus Technology Inc. Equinix Inc. Ericsson AB Ghana Ericsson AB Succursale Benin Ernst & Young - Senegal Ernst & Young LLP ESPN Deportes ESPN Inc.