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Prof. Lesley Jane Smith, graduate of Edinburgh University<\/a> and solicitor, is partner and legal advisor in Weber-Steinhaus & Smith, Bremen and Professor of Law at Leuphana University<\/a>, L\u00fcneburg, Lower Saxony. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lesley Jane is an expert in the field of national regional and international space law and policy, collaborating with its stakeholders at industrial and agency level. With long-standing experience as legal advisor within the European space programmes, largely relating to industrial contracts and procurement, she contributes to the regulatory dialogue on commercial aspects of space operations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also contributes to research studies relating to issues such as debris-related risk and space traffic management. Currently, Alternate Ombudsman to EUMETSAT<\/a> and former Alternate Ombudsman to the European Space Agency<\/a>, ESA and Honorary General Counsel of the International Astronautical Federation<\/a> (IAF), Paris, Lesley Jane is Vice President of the International Institute of Space Law <\/a>(IISL), a full member of the International Academy of Astronautics<\/a> (IAA), an international Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh <\/a>(RSE int<\/em>), and has dual British German nationality.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research stay: 19 – 28 May 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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