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BURGES SALMON LLP Health

BURGES SALMON LLP Health and Healthcare Our healthcare lawyers are experienced in working on critical, complex and politically sensitive matters for GLD and other public sector clients, having worked extensively with DHSC and with BEIS and the Vaccine Task Force. Senior and junior members of our team have been seconded into GLD and BEIS, giving us first-hand knowledge of the intricacies of working for a government client. We understand the need for clear, succinct advice delivered at speed that provides the foundation for effective Ministerial decision making. We also draw upon our extensive private sector healthcare expertise to help provide pragmatic advice for our public sector clients. Our expertise includes: • Commercial contract negotiation • Procurement strategy • Drafting procurement documents (including SQs, ITTs, notices and standstill letters) • Procurement challenges and judicial review • Technology and intellectual property • Subsidy control and grant funding • Real estate matters • Employment and pensions services • Mergers and acquisitions. CASE STUDIES Department of Health & Social Care Advising on a variety of workstreams relating to Test & Trace throughout the pandemic, including on a series of procurement procedures for the purchase of lateral flow kits. Vaccine Task Force Advising on a series of projects for the manufacture and supply of vaccines including negotiating the arrangements with Wockhardt, for the reservation of manufacturing capacity by HMG. We supported BEIS to draft and negotiate contract, and advise on life sciences regulatory issues and subsidy control. Major independent care provider Advising a major independent care provider of over 230 free NHS and social care services across the UK, on a number of critical contracts including advising on procurement issues, including a £100m+ procurement claim and on the procurement law implications of a proposed corporate restructuring exercise. University of Oxford Advising on the establishment of the ground-breaking Vaccine Manufacturing and Innovation Centre and then VMIC on its subsequent additional government funding to deal with COVID-19 issues. Back to contents 18

BURGES SALMON LLP Health and Safety Our health and safety lawyers understand that our clients need a focused and effective response to health and safety law issues and regulatory and manslaughter investigations, often in urgent circumstances. We combine key sector insight and legal expertise, working closely with our energy, construction, transport, real estate and environment teams to deliver the right solutions to our clients. Our health and safety lawyers have proven expertise in UK and EU safety frameworks, advising on investigations; improvement and prohibition notices; prosecutions including corporate manslaughter and gross negligence manslaughter; inquests and related civil claims. Our clients include leading listed and international companies operating in the UK, land and property owners, energy providers and high-hazard and COMAH industries. Our expertise includes: • Regulatory action and investigations by the police, safety regulators, Office of Road and Rail, Office for Nuclear Regulation and Maritime and Coastal Agency, local authorities and fire and rescue service authorities • Incident and emergency response • Inquests and inquiries • Compliance, policy and governance. Utilities company CASE STUDIES Advising on a high profile multi-fatality incident at its operational site and were instructed within hours of the incident to advise on its immediate response and on the investigations by the Police and HSE. Tram operating company Advising on the multi-fatality Sandilands incident including the third party investigations and at the 10 week inquest. The issues raised in those investigations include our client’s approach to identifying low frequency high consequence events. Grenfell Tower Acting for one of the core Participants to the Inquiry in relation to the collation, review, and analysis of evidence for submission to the Inquiry. MOD Drafting and developing suite of H&S clauses and reporting templates for a project relating to one of the UK’s largest defence programmes and nationally important non-contentious matter, drawing on expertise from our Defence, Nuclear, and H&S teams. Train operating company Advising following the death of an employee from COVID-19 and subsequent internal and Office of Road and Rail investigations and on participation in an inquest. Back to contents 19