Dentons’ Space Business Group encompasses all facets of satellite and space industry legal concerns, both domestic and international. Our lawyers bring global experience and capabilities to a focused, interactive team of specialists able to respond quickly and efficiently to client needs.

We represent satellite manufacturers, satellite service providers and users, financial institutions, space insurance underwriters, export credit agencies and leasing companies in complex purchases, satellite financings, restructurings, equipment leases and asset-based financings. Our clients include new entrants as well as incumbents with interests that span the entire satellite space. Through such varied experience, we have developed a highly detailed understanding of all levels of the commercial and defense-based satellite business, from manufacturing and launch to the leasing and use of satellites and transponder capacity.

With a presence in North and South America, Europe, Asia and Africa, we cover key geographic markets. Our experience crosses all satellite communications sectors—access technologies, direct-to-home, defense, fiber optics, public switching, telephony and wireless/wireline. We provide the full complement of legal advisory services to clients throughout the international satellite industry.

On behalf of clients, we closely monitor developing legislation and regulation, advocate before the appropriate authorities and provide strategic advice regarding the impact of new laws. We frequently appear before the regulators and other governmental bodies with which satellite industry participants must interact.

We regularly draft, structure and negotiate a wide variety of complex leases and agreements, including strategic joint ventures, licensing and distributorship arrangements, launch vehicle service agreements, integration agreements and capacity leases. We also provide legal advice with respect to export control, earth remote sensing, commercial uses of Global Positioning System (GPS) technology, satellite broadcasting, launch services and space and satellite insurance.

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SADC Memorandum of Understanding on Inter-Agency Cooperation in Competition Policy, Law and Enforcement

July 29, 2016

African countries are moving towards greater cooperation on the enforcement of competition law in cross-border transactions. Member states of the Southern African Development Community have signed a memorandum of understanding which will impact competition policy and implementation thereof in the jurisdictions of each member state.

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Dentons to host UK's first accelerator programme for spacetech start-ups

March 29, 2018

Dentons announced today that it will be hosting Space Camp, the UK's first dedicated accelerator programme for start-ups in the spacetech industry. Launched by Seraphim Capital, the world’s only venture capital fund specialising exclusively in spacetech investment, Space Camp is backed by both the UK and European space agencies as well as by corporate partners including Airbus, SES and Surrey Satellite Technology