Gogo Inc. acquires Satcom Direct, Inc.

On December 3, 2024, Gogo Inc. ("Gogo") completed its acquisition of Satcom Direct, Inc. ("Satcom"). This acquisition will create the only in-flight connectivity provider able to satisfy the performance and cost needs of every segment of the global business aviation and military/government mobility markets, and will accelerate Gogo’s growth strategies and offering of integrated GEO-LEO satellite solutions and world-class customer support. 

Gogo is a leading provider of in-flight broadband Internet service and other connectivity services headquartered in Broomfield, Colorado.

Satcom provides global satellite communications & connectivity solutions to a myriad of service environments, and is headquartered in Melbourne, Florida, with manufacturing and R&D operations in Kanata, Ontario.

McCarthy Tétrault advised Gogo with a team led by Jennifer Longhurst (M&A/Corporate) and Raj Juneja (Tax) that included Mitchell Lui, Vivian Sy, Adil Akbar and Rachel Cristofoli (M&A/Corporate), Jason Gudofsky and Alykhan Rahim (Competition/Antitrust), John Boscariol and Gajan Sathananthan (International Trade/WTO), Kerri Lui (Defence/Procurement), Vincent Yip (Intellectual Property), Michael Scherman, Marissa Caldwell and Francois Langlois (Data/Privacy), Keith Rose (IT/Telecommunications), Daniel Glover and Gabriel Boulianne Gobeil (Cyber/Data), Tim Lawson, Andrew Weizman and Ziad Shanab (Labour & Employment), Susan Nickerson and Julia Miller (Pensions & Benefits), Laura Weingarden (Environmental), Isabel Henkelman and Nicholas Scuik (Real Estate), Brian Lipson (Transportation/Logistics), Yassine Khadir and Camille Belanger (Tax), and Christopher Langdon and Victoria Everett (Banking & Finance).