Back to Lot 1 contents BURGES SALMON LLP Pensions Public Procurement Our experienced team of pensions lawyers advise a national client base comprising trustees, administering authorities of public sector schemes and employer clients across the private and public sectors. Our specialist pension lawyers advise on defined benefit, defined contribution and hybrid schemes. Our pension lawyers regularly provide tailored training for clients, and pensions seminars are run in Bristol, London and Edinburgh. Our team is one of the largest pensions teams in the UK – with eight pensions partners and 40 pensions lawyers overall. Our expertise includes: • Automatic enrolment • Northern Irish pensions • Pensions disputes and litigation • Pensions legal advice • Pensions regulatory • Pensions tax • ESG legal requirements • Public sector pensions. Case studies Department for Transport Advising on the pension aspects of the incorporation of Highways England and the TUPE transfer of around 3,000 civil servants. Negotiating the admission agreement to allow Highways England to participate in the PCSPS. Northern Ireland Local Government Officers’ Superannuation Committee Advising on the restructuring of pension liabilities within the c£6 billion pension fund as part of reorganisation of the local council and education structures across Northern Ireland. Department for Education Advising on pension matters relating to children services interventions, including on service provider participation to the LGPS and the Teachers’ Pension Scheme, and negotiations and documenting pension risk sharing arrangements and guarantee provisions. Local Government Pension Scheme Advising on the deferral of payments during the pandemic and considering how LGPS funds can mitigate the impact of employers suffering from financial duress. Advising on the establishment and operation of several Local Government Pension Scheme pools including advice regarding ESG and challenges to investment strategy. 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 on 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”. UKRI Advising on various procurement and subsidy control queries as well as the establishment of Innovation Loans. Ministry of Defence Advising on a range of projects, including day-to-day support on commercial/projects team on the outsourcing of search and rescue helicopter services in the Falkland Islands and the delivery partner for the Skynet satellite project. Back to Lot 1 contents Back to main contents Back to main contents 14
Back to Lot 1 contents BURGES SALMON LLP Property, Real Estate and Construction Energy, Natural Resources and Climate Change Our multi-disciplinary team specialises in the core traditional retail, office and industrial markets, both regionally and nationally. Our expertise include all main real estate work streams and associated practice areas, such as planning and construction. We also advise UK and international corporates, funds, institutional investors, trusts, sovereign wealth entities and ultrahigh net worth individuals on all aspects of their UK real estate investment. Our expertise includes: • Asset and portfolio management • Investment and strategic land acquisition and disposal • Real estate development, regeneration, (private sector) finance and (public sector) funding, tax • Environmental, Planning and compulsory purchase • Real estate and commercial contract dispute resolution • Procurement and funding of construction works and services. Case studies Greater London Authority Advising on the procurement of a development partner for the £1bn Royal Albert Dock regen project. Stevenage Borough Council Advising on a £350m town centre regeneration project. Defence Infrastructure Organisation Advising on the procurement of the Future Defence Infrastructure Services (FDIS) programme. Welsh Minsters and TfW Advising on the £738m transformation of the Core Valley Lines, part of the South Wales Metro. Greater London Authority Advising on the regeneration project at Beam Park, Dagenham. A 10-year £1bn scheme, providing 3,000 homes, new schools and leisure facilities and a new railway station. Competition and Markets Authority Advising on its HQ move to a 113,000 sq ft site at The Cabot, Canary Wharf. UKAEA Advising on a new partnership with General Fusion Inc. to build and operate their Fusion Demonstration Plant (FDP) at UKAEA’s site in Oxfordshire. HMRC We are immersed in the UK energy sector with particular strength in renewables and nuclear and the associated regulatory issues. Our work involves all new technologies and our expertise has developed as those technologies emerged, becoming mainstream. We were the first firm working on tidal and marine technologies and now can say the same for nuclear fusion and SMRs. Our work is cutting edge, with a reputation built upon first-of-a-kind projects and deals, providing expert advice throughout the project/plant lifecycle. We have expertise in all key technologies and activities in the sector: nuclear, renewables, oil and gas, energy regulation, energy storage, hydrogen, waste and water. We are heavily involved in the emerging low carbon transport sector on electric vehicles and CAVs. We work on on-site generation, heat networks and energy services (efficiency) contracting. Our expertise includes: • Consents and planning applications for energy projects • Build out • Power purchase and grid connection • Fuel supply and offtakes • Project finance • Energy regulation • Operational advice • M&A • Energy disputes • Community Energy. Case studies UKAEA Advising on the development of Nuclear Fusion regulation in the UK and the establishment of the STEP programme and advice on the procurement of various associated contracts. Various local authorities including Kent County Council Advising on power purchasing arrangements, solar and wind developments and acquisitions, net zero policies, EV infrastructure and district heat networks. Bristol City Council Advising on the ‘City Leap’ plan to raise around £1bn of investment to transform Bristol into the UK’s first smart-energy, carbon neutral city by 2030. The procurement for energy companies, delivery partners, technology providers and others was launched in 2019 and is now underway. Burges Salmon has assisted with every aspect of this enormous project, including the extensive energy-related regulatory and commercial advice. Kent County Council Advised Kent County Council, via its wholly owned subsidiary Commercial Services Group (CSG), on the acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Bowerhouse II Solar Limited from Hive Ethical Solar Portfolio 1 Limited. Back to Lot 1 contents Providing real estate legal services in relation to HMRC’s 117-site property estate, comprising assets in England, Scotland, Wales & Northern Ireland. Back to main contents Back to main contents 15
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