Holland & Hart LLP

Holland & Hart is ideally situated to serve the space and aerospace industry. Its significant industry experience combined with its geographic location make the firm one of a kind among U.S. law firms. With offices in Colorado Springs, Denver, Boulder, Salt Lake City, and Washington D.C., Holland & Hart has connections where you need them.

Export/Import
U.S. law governing the export and import of aerospace or space-related technologies is complicated and can impose heavy penalties for violations. Holland & Hart's attorneys have been at the forefront of several high-profile defense efforts involving the export of aerospace technologies. We have represented prominent space industry companies in U.S. grand jury and congressional investigations into alleged export violations. In addition to defense work for companies and individuals targeted by enforcement actions, the firm conducts internal investigations and develops compliance programs for a number of the industry's major corporations. We routinely counsel companies on licensing issues and the development of appropriate contractual relationships with suppliers and other related parties with the aim of avoiding regulatory problems.

• Basic information on how the Departments of State and Commerce export controls apply to your company's business.
• Export compliance procedures for day-to-day operations.
• Conducting business with foreign nationals in the United States and abroad.
• Conducting business abroad while complying with U.S. export laws.
• Export of technical data.
• Provision of technical services.
• Compliance with the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act in contracts and proposals.
• Importing controlled technologies.

Export / Import Compliance Training Program
Holland & Hart, in collaboration with "elearning" software provider, MLA Inc., is leading the way to meet your demands in export compliance training.

We have concentrated our efforts in the development of a web-based export compliance training program to help companies such as yours prevent violations of U.S. export controls. Web-based training and compliance will help reduce your costs, increase compliance and provide a valuable record of employee training.

Contracting
Space-related projects often involve contracts with domestic and foreign entities as well as various government agencies. Holland & Hart's expertise in domestic and international business transactions, government contracts, and space-oriented procurement brings a wealth of legal experience to bear on your legal needs. In particular, our attorneys have worked within U. S. Space Command and other Department of Defense agencies and are familiar with federal contracting needs and requirements related to space. Whether you're involved in negotiating a cost-plus-incentive-fee contract for a system design and demonstration or protesting a contract award decision, Holland & Hart can deliver.

Intellectual Property
The regulatory and defense practice of Holland & Hart is complemented by its specialized intellectual property and licensing practice. Whether you intend to protect your assets through patents, trademarks, or other forms of intellectual property, Holland & Hart attorneys are skilled in meeting these needs. We routinely advise our space industry clients on their intellectual property rights and can develop licensing agreements that allow you to make full commercial use of your assets, without losing intellectual property protections.

Holland & Hart has grown to meet the challenges of the national and international marketplace. This has been especially true of the aerospace industry, which has become a major economic force right in our own backyard. Holland & Hart has created its innovative space law practice to meet the ever-expanding legal needs of the industry.

Our space law attorneys are involved in the aerospace community development in various ways including:

• General Counsel for the U.S. Space Foundation;
• Expert with U.S. delegation to the United Nations' project on Long-Term Sustainability of Outer Space Activities;
• Member of FAA's Commercial Space Transportation Advisory Committee;
• Prominent speakers at the National Space Symposium in Colorado Springs and the Aerospace, Export and Homeland Security Conference in Denver, Colorado;
• Guest speakers at both the U.S. Air Force Academy and DefensExec Technology and Homeland Security Summit on matters regarding space law and government contracting.
   

Holland & Hart's Statement of Commitment to Diversity
We are proud of our tradition of fostering and maintaining a work environment in which the diversity of each individual is valued and celebrated. We believe that the contributions of each individual are essential to our continued growth and to our ultimate goal of providing excellent quality legal services to our clients, with greater creativity and innovation. We are committed to taking full advantage of the rich backgrounds and abilities of our people and to promoting a greater diversity whenever and wherever possible.

Diversity Pledge
Holland & Hart is committed to promoting diversity by:

• Making every possible effort to recruit, hire, retain, and promote diverse persons at all levels of employment.
• Promoting greater sensitivity to the value of racial, ethnic and other forms of diversity, through diversity and sensitivity coaching or training for law firm members.
• Inviting to partnership diverse attorneys who meet the requisite criteria.

Diversity Initiatives
The following are additional examples of our commitment and efforts toward supporting and achieving diversity:

• We make a conscious effort to ensure that women and diverse attorneys are included as voting members of our committees of importance within the firm.
• We work closely with law school deans and placement directors in an effort to identify women and diverse law students who are interested in working at Holland & Hart.
• Holland & Hart offers medical and other benefits to partners of gay and lesbian employees on the same terms as it does to spouses of employees.
• We created an Indian Law Practice Group and actively recruited Native American law students and lateral hires.
• Each year we contribute to such scholarship funds as the Colorado Native American Indian Scholarship Fund, the Sam Cary Scholarship Endowment Fund, the Colorado Asian American Bar Scholarship Fund, the Colorado Hispanic Bar Scholarship Fund, and the Colorado Women's Bar Association Scholarship Fund.
• In partnership with the University of Idaho School of Law, we sponsor a "Law by Day, Jazz by Night" each year for undergraduate minority students who have an interest in law.
• We took a leadership role in organizing and supporting the Colorado Pledge Group's Minority First Year Law Student Summer Clerk Program. Through this program, law firms agreed to add at least one diverse first year law student to their summer clerk program.
• We were involved in the creation of the Cross-Professional Business Networking Group, where diverse attorneys in our community can meet and network with non-attorney professionals of color. We view this as a way to help diverse attorneys increase their business development possibilities.

For more information regarding Holland & Hart's commitment to diversity, please contact Peter Houtsma at (303) 295-8259.