Satellite and Space Projects

Why choose our Satellite and Space Projects lawyers?

Thanks to our deep understanding of the sector, clients benefit from receiving best-in-class support from lawyers they can trust. This extends to truly ground-breaking projects – Fieldfisher played a key advisory role in the successful launch of the world's first satellite mobile broadband network for the Arctic.

As a firm, we stand out due to our wide geographical reach and localised knowledge. Working with clients round the globe, our team delivers a seamless international service, co-ordinating the advice required across all relevant jurisdictions and reflecting the cultural dimensions of each situation.

Whether you are a new entrant, fast growing business, established operator, manufacturer, space agency, regulator, entrepreneur, financier, investor or satellite user, we have a proven track record of navigating the transactional and practical issues to a successful conclusion.

Our unique range of expertise allows clients to benefit from our hands-on, proactive approach in transactions critical to the future growth of their business. With the benefit of experience of working in satellite and space businesses, we have become the go-to advisers for transactions in space. We support the full range of applications, from communications, broadcast and sensing, through AI and positioning, navigation and timing to solar power, IoT, direct to device and multi-orbit solutions, as well as spaceports, launch services and lunar operations.

Our team's expertise includes satellite construction, launch services, satellite capacity agreements, financing, joint ventures and orbital slot licensing. In addition, we advise on regulatory  and market access issues, cybersecurity, AI, export controls, insurance, spaceport/launch licensing, satellite broadcasting technology, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and disputes.

Recent awards and accolades include:

• Global Elite Thought Leader in Space/Satellite law 2025, Lexology Index
• Client Choice adviser in Transport (inc Space/Satellite law) 2025, Lexology Index
• Recommended for Space/Satellite law 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 Who's Who Legal/Lexology Index global review
• "A first rate satellite practice." - Who's Who Legal global review
• "The best in the business." - Space CEO
• "Excellent, responsive service" Space client