As leader of Milbank’s Transportation and Space Group in Washington, DC and head of the firm’s Space Business practice globally, Dara Panahy’s practice involves the representation of clients in the satellite and space infrastructure, aerospace, defense, communications and data services industries. He has advised on a wide variety of financing and corporate transactions, including public offerings, high yield debt, investment grade bonds, project and vendor financings, equity investments, mergers and acquisitions, factoring, securitizations, financial restructurings and in negotiating project contracts, including numerous transactions that have won “Deal of the Year” awards. Dara is also Chair of Milbank’s Global Risk & National Security practice, advising on domestic and international regulatory and cross-border investment matters, including licensing of space and terrestrial communications systems, economic sanctions, regulation of foreign direct investment, anti-bribery and corrupt practices, national security and export control laws and regulations and risk management. Dara is recognized as a leading lawyer in Legal 500 USA for Media, Technology and Telecoms: Telecoms and Broadcast: Transactions and he is ranked in Band 1 for Space in the Chambers USA nationwide rankings. Dara is a regular speaker and moderator at space, communications, defense and finance conferences, a visiting lecturer at the International Space University and he has published articles and delivered numerous presentations on finance, commercial and regulatory aspects of the aerospace and communications industries. He also authors Milbank’s monthly Space Business Review newsletter.

Dara Panahy
Partner, Milbank LLP
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Sessions
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Tue, Oct 27 12:15 – 13:00
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Wed, Oct 28 14:45 – 15:15
