Practice areas

Advice, operations and training

• Unique knowledge of current Space: legal, operations, business engineering, commercial sector, financing, etc.
• Space law and regulations (data, technologies, equipment, instruments, components, payloads, platforms, ground segments, etc.)
• Help with optimising/organising or setting up an Export Control department or outsourcing the EC Space Officer function
• Support for sales teams interfacing with potential customers
• Determination of standard contractual clauses, contract reviews, specific legal assistance for negotiations with customers or institutional agencies
• Educational approach to customers to introduce Export Control and other applicable requirements (DCS, CNR, Conditions, etc.)
• Support for implementation of compliance with the French Space Operations Act (LOS) and applicable specificities of the LPM.
• Operational expertise on the Law on Space Operations “Images” and the monitoring of requirements applicable to primary data operators
• Operational interface with the Office of Space Affairs (BAS) of the SGDSN
• Support for “technical” classifications in relation to AMA regulations specific to Space, as well as other regulations (Military, Dual-Usage, ANSSI, etc.), in interface with the DGA-DICE
• Preparation of files justifying classifications or requests for classification.
• Support in drafting applications for authorisations or licenses 
• Assistance in authorisation applications (Sigale, Egide, ANSSI, etc.)
• Support for industrial and licensing strategy (impact of regulations on technological or supplier choices)
• Assistance in obtaining and monitoring license conditions:
  • Practical interpretation of requirements 
  • Transposition of requirements into security needs or operations
  • Monitoring of implementation and realisation (including technical) of conditions
  • Definition of Launching Campaign Security Plans, 
  • Information Security Assurance Plans (PASI),
  • Condition Compliance Plans
  • etc.

• Training in regulations as they apply to the space sector – Expertise in relation to customs aspects, taxes, etc. in the sector
• Support for launching campaigns, qualification campaigns or tests outside national territory.
• Dedicated support for activities in the United States (regulations, authorisations, security, etc.):
  • Design, manufacture, production, assembly
  • Launching campaign, launch, etc.
  • Interface with DoD/BIS and DoC
  • Regulations: US ITAR/EAR, IA-PRE (SatCOM Security), etc.
  • Permanent representatives in the USA (Washington DC.)