Profile
Dr. Michael C. Mineiro advises launch providers, satellite operators, space-based service providers, software, communications, and other technology companies and investors on legal and policy issues tied to outer space activities. He works across regulatory counseling, disputes, and compliance, with a focus on satellite remote sensing, satellite communications, and commercial space operations. With more than 15 years in both government and industry, he brings perspective from service on Capitol Hill and in the Executive Branch, as well as experience leading legal and policy functions inside a space and defense company.
Mike counsels companies on U.S. regulatory frameworks and licensing, including matters before agencies such as the FCC, FAA, and Department of Commerce. He helps clients navigate compliance obligations, address investigations and oversight inquiries, and align business objectives with evolving legislative and regulatory developments affecting commercial space activities and satellite technology.
Mike’s government background includes serving as staff director and senior counsel to the Space Subcommittee of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee, where he assisted in oversight, prepared for congressional investigations, and drafted and negotiated legislation, including the Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act of 2015 and the NASA Transition Authorization Act of 2017. He also served as a senior policy analyst and liaison to the National Space Council in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, advising senior leadership and leading interagency policy development. Earlier, he served in the Office of the General Counsel and in the National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service at NOAA, and was a member of the U.S. Delegation to the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space.
Before returning to private practice, Mike led the in-house team responsible for policy strategy, government contracts, intellectual property, space regulatory licensing, and compliance at a space and defense company.
Concentrations
- Commercial space activities and satellite technology
- Space and satellite legal, regulatory and policy issues
- Lunar Mining & Space Resources
- Novel Space Operational Licensing
- Remote Sensing Satellite Licensing (Department of Commerce)
- Launch and Experimental Vehicle Licensing (Department of Transportation & FAA)
- Space Payload Determinations (Department of Transportation & FAA)
- Spacecraft FCC Licensing (Part 25 and Part 5)
- Congressional Lobbying Space and Defense
- White House Lobbying Space and Defense
- Novel Space Commercial Contracts
- Space Government Contracts (Title 10, Title 50, NASA, DOC, NRO, NGA, ODNI, DoD)
- 85-804, Indemnification
- Classified Government Contracting
الاختصاص
الاختصاص
- Advised on novel closed $350M credit agreement involving collateralized space infrastructure.°
- Advised on legal and regulatory issues and licensing for novel space resource mining and lunar operations.°
- Advised and secured several unique and novel Tier-3 NOAA/CRSRA licenses.°
- Advised on novel space-technology export control jurisdiction and classification determinations, helping clients navigate unprecedented questions of export control law.°
- Advised on space-technology export control compliance and voluntary disclosures.°
- Advised on FAA experimental permits re-entry licensing.°
- Advised on Part 5 and Part 25 FCC space station licensing.°
- Advised on novel space industry commercial procurement contracts, including on-orbit services and novel shared-infrastructure agreements.°
- Advised on U.S. government contracting compliance specific to the space industry.°
- Advised on 85-804 indemnification eligibility and compliance.°
- Advised on commercial space-industry contract disputes.°
- Advocated as a registered Federal lobbyist on space-specific legislation and policies.°
°The above representations were handled by Mr. Mineiro prior to his joining Greenberg Traurig, LLP.
- HawkEye 360, 2018-2023
- Senior Vice President – Legal, Regulatory, and Government Affairs, 2023
- Vice President – Legal, Regulatory, and Government Affairs, 2018-2023
- U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Space, Science, and Technology – Space Subcommittee, 2015-2017, 2018
- Staff Director & Senior Counsel, 2018
- Counsel, Committee, 2015-2017
- Senior Policy Analyst, National Space Council Liaison, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, 2017-2018
- Research Staff Member, Institute for Defense Analyses, Science and Technology Policy Institute, 2013-2015
- NOAA, 2011-2013
- International & Interagency Affairs Specialist, 2011-2013
- Office of General Counsel, 2012
التكريمات والأدوار القيادية
- Listed, Chambers USA Guide, Space, 2025
- Listed, The Legal 500 United States
- Media, Technology and Telecoms: Telecoms and Broadcast: Regulatory: 2024-2025
- International Trade: Customs, Export Controls and Economic Sanctions, 2025
- Co-Chair, Satellite Industry Association, Earth Observation Forum, 2019-2023
- Chairman, Commercial SmallSat Spectrum Management Association, 2019-2020
- U.S. Delegation to the United Nations Committee on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, 2011-2014
المؤهلات المهنية
- LL.D., magna cum laude, McGill University School of Law
- LL.M., McGill University School of Law
- J.D., cum laude, University of North Carolina School of Law
- Law Certificate, University of Hong Kong, 2004
- B.A., North Carolina State University
- District of Columbia
- North Carolina
- English, Native
- Chinese (Mandarin), Basic