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CCS Prospectus RM6179 - June 2023

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BURGES SALMON LLP Public Procurement Law How we can help you We have extensive experience of working with authorities and utilities to design and implement regulated procurement processes. Our team is dedicated to ensuring not only that procurements are robust and legally compliant, but also commercial and manageable, with the ultimate focus at all times being on delivering a successful outcome for our clients. We also commonly work with bidders giving us a detailed understanding of bidders’ commercial objectives and strategies when participating in regulated processes. We provide expert assistance should disputes arise, either during the procurement process or post-award, and our team has been involved in many of the highest-profile bid challenges brought before the Courts. Our expertise includes: • Procurement strategy • Business case development • Tender document preparation and development • Negotiation, dialogue and interactions with bidders • Stakeholder engagement and governance • Evaluation, standstill and award • Managing procurement challenges and disputes • Subsidy control and funding arrangements (including risk assessments following government guidance) • European Commission complaints and proceedings. Case studies Department of Health & Social Care Advising on the procurement of a Framework Agreement and subsequent Dynamic Purchasing System for the purchase of lateral flow testing devices for the detection of COVID-19, including drafting and negotiating contracts, advising on regulatory aspects and tender documentation. Ministry of Justice Advising in relation to procurement proceedings issued by a private sector contractor in relation to contracts for HMCTS. Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Advising on the flagship procurement of a dynamic purchasing system for global facilities management across its estate (including embassies, Official Residences and other properties) and the call off of an FM supplier for the Asia Pacific region. Department for Education Advising on a range of local government restructuring projects involving procurement law compliant “spin-outs”. UK Research and Innovation Advising on various procurement and subsidy control queries as well as the establishment of Innovation Loans. UK Atomic Energy Authority Advising on the development of Nuclear Fusion regulation in the UK and the establishment of the STEP programme including procurement of a delivery partner as well as associated subsidy control issues. Ministry of Defence Advising on a range of projects, including the procurement of the Dreadnought class nuclear submarines (valued at £30bn+: the largest, most strategically significant programme in the UK defence sector), the c.£23bn programme to develop the UK’s first sustainable and enduring submarine disposal capability, the procurement of a delivery partner for the Skynet satellite project and the Collective Training Transformation Programme (an innovative and complex programme which aims to transform the management and delivery of training to the Army). Back to contents Back to contents 26

BURGES SALMON LLP Real Estate and Real Estate Finance How we can help you Our responsive and commercial real estate group provides a comprehensive, fully integrated service with real estate lawyers working alongside planning, construction, finance, environment and dispute resolution colleagues. Our work includes real estate development, regeneration, investment, portfolio management and strategic land promotion. We advise across the UK in all asset classes with notable expertise in the office, industrial, logistics, housing, leisure and rural land property markets and advising on real estate industry policy. Our expertise includes: Investment: • Complex and high value real estate freehold and leasehold acquisitions and disposals • Fund structures and structured investment transactions • Sale & leaseback and income strip arrangements Asset Management: • UK wide asset and portfolio management • Landlord and tenant occupational office transactional and advisory services • Occupational facilities management Development / regeneration: • Housing and urban regeneration schemes including public/private JV partnering • Land promotion for residential development Real Estate Finance: • Lending for acquisition, commercial and residential projects • Restructuring existing finance arrangements Real Estate Litigation: • Mediations, arbitrations and contested litigation • Contested rent reviews, dilapidations and lease covenant enforcement Specialist areas: • Real estate policy • Heritage and listed property • Rural land disposal, promotion and management • Telecoms including leasing land for telecoms apparatus. Case studies Greater London Authority Advising on the regeneration project at Beam Park, Dagenham. The 10-year £1bn scheme, providing 3,000 homes, new schools and leisure facilities and a new railway station, is supported by our expertise in planning (complex s106 obligations), transactional real estate joint ventures (a tri-partite development agreement), rail real estate and energy (two new energy centres). Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) Advising CMA on its HQ move to a 113,000 sq ft site at The Cabot in Canary Wharf. We advised on a number of issues connected with the move and subsequent fitout, including on the vacant possession and lease termination strategy of the old HQ, negotiation of the new lease, DD of the Landlord’s refurbishment works, and procurement of CMA’s own Cat A and Cat B fit out. UKAEA Advising on a landmark new partnership with General Fusion Inc. which will see the Canadian fusion energy pioneer build and operate their Fusion Demonstration Plant (FDP) at UKAEA’s Culham Campus in Oxfordshire. Historic England Advising on the renovation and regeneration of the Flaxmill Maltings site in Shrewsbury. Comprising eight listed buildings including the world’s first ironframed building, the completed scheme will comprise a visitor centre, commercial and office accommodation and new housing. This is a complex project involving compulsory purchase, grant funding, construction, infrastructure upgrades and real estate transactional services in a highly sensitive real estate environment. HMRC Providing real estate legal services in relation to HMRC’s 117-site property estate, comprising assets in England, Scotland, Wales & Northern Ireland. Back to contents Back to contents 27