Matt Clark is Counsel in Hogan Lovells transportation practice group where he works with clients throughout the aviation community to navigate federal regulatory issues. The majority of his work is with the firm’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems Group, where he advises UAS operators, manufacturers and third-party service providers on FAA regulatory and other legal issues that arise when innovation and regulation collide. Matt works with UAS clients in various industries developing new and innovative commercial UAS applications, including utility and infrastructure monitoring and inspections that require UAS to operate BVLOS, over people and in other novel ways never imagined by current regulatory and policy frameworks. Matt also works with clients in a variety of other emerging aviation technology sectors, including counter-UAS, Advanced Air Mobility and commercial space sectors.