Satellites

Our space, transportation, technology, regulatory, financing, corporate, cybersecurity and dispute resolution teams provide a seamless and integrated legal service to help you navigate the dynamic and rapidly evolving space and satellite sector, from the traditional Geo-stationary satellite model to medium earth orbit (MEO) opportunities through to cutting edge low earth orbit (LEO) constellations and high-altitude aeronautical platform stations.

We guide you through each step from seed capital investment, procurement, regulatory, financing and insurances phases to get your space or satellite project off the ground and into orbit. 

Specifically, we advise on: 

• Full breath of space and satellite financings – including corporate financings and capital markets debt for existing space and satellite companies to highly structured export credit agency, multi-lateral development agency, junior, mezzanine and equity financings for all space projects;   

• Satellite construction and launch service contracts – including the structuring, procurement and negotiation of these commercial contracts for the manufacture, launch and service of satellites, ground stations, transponder leases and other space equipment;

• Restructuring – including work outs, consensual deferrals and restructurings to amend structures and sculpt debt profile as well as multi-jurisdictional restructuring and insolvency proceedings;

• Regulatory – guiding you through the international regulation of spectrum rights, satellites and the space industry, including the US FCC, Outer Space Treaties, International Telecommunication Union (ITU) regulatory framework, export controls and sanctions;

• Corporate and M&A - reorganisations, IPOs, acquisitions and disposals in the space and satellite industry;

• Dispute resolution – multi-jurisdictional disputes, litigation, arbitration and mediation involving the space industry, satellite launch and insurance and space debris;

• Intellectual Property – copyright, trademark, patents, trade secrets, foreign investment controls and ITC section 337 investigations; and

• Insurance – advice on launch and in-orbit insurance for space assets.