Partner Mark Leverkus Shares Insights on Career in Space Law with Financial News
In the Media | August 20, 2026
Financial News
How to become a space lawyer: London partner Mark Leverkus shares his insights on a career in space law with Financial News, explaining how “You don’t need to go and get a degree in engineering to be a space lawyer.… You could be a finance lawyer, you could be an export controls lawyer, you could be a corporate M&A lawyer. All these different areas of law come together to assist operators and investors participating in the space economy.”
Mark, who runs introductory sessions on space law for new Gibson Dunn trainees and associates joining the practice, told Financial News that his advice to young lawyers is not to feel they need to have their careers mapped out from the start, as there will be plenty of opportunities to specialize and pivot later on.
He also shared his views on the future direction of travel for the space economy.