Rory Trust Senior Associate

Rory is a senior associate in the projects team and has a wide range of experience advising public and private sector clients. He has worked with clients both in the UK and internationally on all aspects of major projects, including:

• procurement 
• outsourcing 
• and general contractual issues

with a particular focus on central government, healthcare and defence sectors.

• Advising HMG’s Vaccine Taskforce on contracts to manufacture vaccines as part of UK’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Advising the Foreign Office on its flagship dynamic purchasing system for facilities management services across its global estate, including the first call off for services in the Asia Pacific region.
• Advising the Ministry of Defence on naval nuclear propulsion contracts with Rolls Royce as part of the Dreadnought submarine programme.
• Advising the Ministry of Defence on the research and collaboration agreement with multiple industry parties in relation to the UK's Future Combat Air Strategy.
• Advising Northern Ireland Railways on the purchase of new rolling stock and related maintenance arrangements.
• Advising Amazon Web Services on contracts to provide cloud based services to public sector clients, including in relation to regulated financial products.
• Advising Ascent on the multi-billion pound UK Military Training Flying System PFI project. 
• Advising Babcock on the outsourcing of a local authority's education services under the restricted procedure.