A new space race is heating up across the pond — not to be the first to reach the moon, but to provide a credible and flexible legal framework capable of turbocharging the space sectors in the United Kingdom and Europe. 

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Simon Maynard is a partner at King & Spalding in London. He specializes in international dispute resolution, including in the aerospace and defence sectors, as well as advising companies on the international and domestic regulatory framework for outer...