A Brief Guide into Australian Space Law with Donna Lawler
In this episode we talk to Donna Lawler from Azimuth Advisory.
Donna is a Co-Founder and Principal at Azimuth Advisory and is a member of the International Institute of Space Lawyers. She is an experienced commercial lawyer specializing in complex transactions involving space activities. Over almost twenty years in the space industry she has been an advisor to a range of commercial space organizations, including operators of geo-stationary and low earth orbit satellite constellations, spaceport operators and launch services providers. In particular, she has had key involvement in the build, launch and insurance programmes for six geostationary satellites on behalf of Optus and its parent company SingTel. These include the Optus C1 satellite, which is a hybrid civilian and military spacecraft, jointly owned by Optus and the Australian Defense Forces.
Her involvement in space-related programmes has also included the sale and purchase of satellite capacity, securing the use of orbital slots, advising on risk, liability and insurance issues and negotiating other civilian and military satellite and launch related contracts. Prior to co-founding Azimuth Advisory, Donna served as Assistant General Counsel for Optus Satellite, an Australian satellite operator. She has also practiced technology and telecommunications law at Baker & McKenzie in Hong Kong and Minter Ellison in Sydney.
Donna has published joint papers on Space Law topics internationally and has been a presenter on commercial Space Law topics in Australia (including the International Space University’s Southern Hemisphere Space Program), Austria, Canada, Denmark, Finland, South Africa, Taiwan and the United States.
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