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Anna Ralston-Crane

Anna Ralston-Crane

CMS, London

Position

Partner

Career

Anna is a Partner in the Real Estate Disputes team. Technical and well liked for her straight-talking commercial advice, she advises on a wide range of contentious real estate matters. Anna ensures that the legal framework is best deployed to further her clients' commercial goals.

Anna acts for a variety of clients including institutional landlords, developers, asset managers, property funds and a large hotel chain. Her practice covers the full spectrum of property disputes including complex and high-value litigation; rent reviews; independent expert determinations; business lease renewals; service charge disputes; tenant insolvency; strategic break options; tenant default and complex dilapidations settlements as well advising on the vacant possession strategy for major development sites.

She has a particular interest in the hotels and student accommodation sectors as well as a subject specialism in rent reviews.

Memberships

Honorary member of Arbrix (the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors’ forum for arbitrators).

Property Litigation Association.

Education

2008 – Legal Practice Course, BPP

2007 – University of Manchester LLB (Hons)

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