Macfarlanes has announced that Anthony Burnett-Scott will join the firm as a partner in its Commercial Real Estate practice. Anthony joins from Ashurst where he has been partner since 1999 and has experience across a wide range of commercial property work, with particular focus on property development, acquisitions and disposals and real estate partnerships.

The announcement follows the addition of partners Claire Breeze and Ann Minogue to Macfarlanes' Commercial Real Estate Practice in recent months.

Ian Nisse, head of Commercial Real Estate at Macfarlanes, comments: "Anthony is a highly experienced real estate partner with an excellent reputation and has advised on some of the most complex, high value real estate transactions in the UK.  We are very pleased Anthony is joining us as part of the development of our Commercial Real Estate practice."

Charles Martin, Macfarlanes senior partner adds: "Anthony represents an important step in the rebuilding of our commercial property team.  The tremendous platform that Ian has built with our full support combines lateral and home-grown talent of the highest calibre.  Our ambition is now to lay claim to, and firmly establish, a place at the top table for the most complex real estate projects in the UK, serving the leading players in the market.

We have the people, clients and breadth of technical expertise to do just that."