Madrid’s Lawyers Are Moonlighting as Space Debris Brokers

A boutique law firm in Madrid created a marketplace where satellite insurers buy cleanup guarantees from startups. Think Zillow, but for orbital junk. Lawyers vet the tech, structure escrow, and collect finder's fees paid in both euros and mission credits.

Space law used to be academic; now it's hustle. Clients don't want policy memos—they want introductions to debris harpoon vendors. Madrid captured that niche by treating orbits like neighborhoods.

If you told me ten years ago that my favorite legal newsletter would discuss "geostationary vacancy rates," I'd laugh. Today I'm building dashboards for them. The future is weird and legally binding.