Aerospace and Defence

The Alerion Aerospace and Defence team, led by Frédéric Saffroy, helps our industrial clients within the full spectrum of commercial law, from product inception to full-scale series production and beyond. Our team covers:

•Research & Development and Intellectual Property (NDA, R&D agreements, coope­ration agreements, licencing)

•Project structuring (consortium and JV, private-public partnerships)

•Procurement and sourcing (raw materials and components, outsourcing, sub-contracting, subcontracted manufacturing)

•Manufacturing, supplying and services (long term supply agreements, MRO and other support services, training services, with both Prime contractors, or with French Defence Procurement Agencies (DGA, SIMMAD, etc.) and/or international Defence Agencies (OCCAR, NATO)

•IT Services and Cybersecurity, Technology transfers and off-set

•M&A, restructuration and reorganisation

Alerion advises clients in various highly regulated and competitive public or pri­vate sectors, understanding the legal requirements associated with the challen­ges they face in their daily business operations.

Our team will provide you with the help you need at every step and every level of your activity, with extensive experience and a great understanding of activities related to Aerospace and Defence.

Alerion Aerospace and Defence team works hand in hand with our Intellectual property, Digital and technology law, Data protection, Corporate, Tax, Employ­ment, Compliance & Regulatory, Competition, Insurance and Litigation depart­ments to coordinate the various aspects of complex transactions in this sector, thus providing secure advice and considering all the technical, financial and re­gulatory requirements.

Expertise

We are at ease in various areas, and we provide legal solutions for the above-mentioned fields of intervention in accordance with your specific needs:

Space 
  • Space Law (International, European and French.
  • Space industry: launchers, satellites and space vehicles.
  • Launch services.
  • Earth observation and imaging.
  • Satellites services (broadcasting, telecommunication, positioning, etc.).
Aeronautics 
  • Manufacturers (aircrafts, rotary aircrafts, UAV) and Tier 1 suppliers.
  • Regulation (airworthiness).
Naval
  • Naval systems designers and manufacturers.
Land systems 
  • Vehicles (Main Battle Tanks, armoured vehicles, assault bridges).
  • Weapons and ordnance (artillery systems, ammunitions, missiles and explosives).
Electronics and communications 
  • C4I (Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence.
  • Mapping, GeoInt, positioning and navigation hardware and software.
  • Imaging/optronic, display, cyphering and communication interception.
  • Cyberdefence and security.
Private security activities 
  • Services agreements (sites and facilities security agreements).
  • Registration process with CNAPS.
Summary of our privacy policy

This version was uploaded January 2020

As data controller, Alerion is strongly committed to protecting your personal data (hereinafter referred to as "Personal Data" or "Data"), as defined by the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and by the amended French Act No. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 on Information Technology, Data Files and Civil Liberties (hereinafter collectively referred to as "Regulations").

This Privacy Policy transparently outlines the manner in which Alerion collects, stores, uses and discloses your Personal Data when you visit the Website, accessible on https://www.alerionavocats.com/ (the "Website") and/or when you request services or information offered on the Website (in the “Services" section).

When appropriate, this Policy is supplemented by our General Terms and Conditions of Services, which are attached to Alerion's engagement letter, as well as by the required information provided in our Data Collection Forms.

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