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Rory Trust

Director

About

Rory is a director in the Projects team with a wide range of experience advising public and private sector clients on all aspects of major projects, including contractual, regulatory, procurement and outsourcing issues.

Clients recognise his ability to find and negotiate commercial solutions to complex issues in regulated sectors, with a focus in the Healthcare, Life Sciences and Defence sectors.

His Healthcare and Life Sciences expertise relies on his in-depth knowledge of NHS market access, medicines and medical device regulation, contract and procurement law. He advises pharmaceutical companies, medical device manufacturers and digital health providers on product development, manufacture, supply chain and commercialisation issues.

Rory also works with NHS bodies and central Government on healthcare procurement, contracting and adoption of innovative technologies.

He has successfully led the legal advice on several high-profile Government projects, including COVID vaccine manufacturing contracts, the Foreign Office’s flagship global facilities management programme and multi-billion pound projects for the Ministry of Defence.

Rory joined Burges Salmon as a trainee in 2012, qualifying into the firm’s Projects department in 2014. Rory spent 2016-2018 working in South America for international law firms before returning to the firm. He had a previous career as a national newspaper journalist.

Experience

Leading NHS Foundation Trust: Advising on a range of clinical and non-clinical services contracts in the UK and internationally, adoption of innovative technology, drug supply and procurement issues.
Global pharmaceutical company: Advising on range of issues relating to drug manufacture and supply, including distribution, licence, commercialisation, regulatory and manufacture agreements covering UK, EU and non-EU markets.
UK Government Vaccine Taskforce: Advising on contracts to manufacture vaccines as part of UK’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Foreign Office: Advising on estates management, including the flagship dynamic purchasing system for facilities management across its global estate, the first two call offs for the Asia Pacific region and Europe, and the UK FM procurement.
Ministry of Defence: advising on multiple high-value projects across Maritime, Air and Land, including in relation to Nuclear Submarine Programme, National Tempest fighter jet programme & International Global Combat Air Programme, and the Collective Training Transformation Programme.
Medical device manufacturers: Advising multiple global manufacturers on their UK businesses, including manufacture, supply and procurement issues.