Hogan Lovells and Burges Salmon Secure Lead Roles in Largest Ever UK Defence Ministry Contract
• Hogan Lovells and Burges Salmon have secured lead roles in a £9 billion contract between the UK Ministry of Defence and Rolls-Royce to manufacture nuclear submarine reactors for the UK Royal Navy.
• The “Unity” deal is one of the largest ever signed by either Rolls Royce or the UK Ministry of Defence.
• The £9bn eight-year deal covers the design of the nuclear submarines for the Royal Navy.
• The UK-based law firm Hogan Lovells has turned to Luke D. Wolf of Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani to fend off a pending breach-of-contract.
