Anna has practised as a private client Solicitor for 30 years. Anna has been recognised in the 2022 eprivateclient 50 Most Influential – the definitive rankings of the key players in the UK and global offshore private client practitioner sector.
Prior to establishing The Burnside Partnership, Anna’s career was spent at top-ranked law firms in London, Oxford and Newbury, during which time she built a reputation for combining technically excellent legal advice with exceptional client care. Anna believes that at The Burnside Partnership superb client service should be at the core of everything we do.
Anna works in both London and from our office in the Cotswolds.
Anna was a divisional editor of Butterworth’s Wills, Probate and Administration Service for many years and Deputy Coroner for Berkshire. She is a full member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP), and the Private Client Section of The Law Society.
Anna is technically excellent and always delivers to clients a very clear understanding of sometimes very complicated issues. This is achieved in an approachable and empathetic way
Leading Individual, Chambers High Net Worth, 2024
Anna is very experienced and talented and above all, cares a great deal when working for her clientsAnna is personable, profession
Leading Individual, Legal 500, 2024
Anna possesses cutting edge technical skills and knowledge to provide dynamic and evolving advice. She is exemplary in taking the time to understand client needs. I cannot speak highly enough of her
Chambers High Net Worth, 2023
Anna Burnside is by some way the most trusted private client lawyer I know. I have referred many clients to her and all are uniform in their praise for Anna’s dedication, expertise and, very importantly, her humanity and sensitivity
Legal 500, 2022
Her advice is excellent and she always delivers it in an easily understood manner, regardless of the high complexities often involved.
Anna has a great commercial outlook and delivers fantastic outcomes for clients in a professional and proactive manner
Chambers, High Net Worth, 2022
Anna and Della Burnside are the very successful driving force behind the business
Anna and Della Burnside are the very successful driving force behind the business
Legal 500, 2021
Anna Burnside – honest and practical advice, high technical ability and an ability to connect on a different level with each client
Legal 500, 2021
She has always delivered an exemplary service and is able to deliver complex solutions in a clear and concise manner
Chambers, High Net Worth, 2021
She is very astute. She is very commercial
Chambers, High Net Worth, 2021
…the ability to explain the most complex concepts in simply, comprehensible language; she is a creative thinker and gets things done
Chambers, High Net Worth, 2018
Most recent Accolades for Anna’s work
The Burnside Partnership is proud to be an award-winning firm
We’ve plenty of awards and accreditations to our name, as do many of our specialists. These include The Legal 500 Leading Firm 2025, Chambers High Net Worth 2024, The Legal 500 Next Generation Lawyers, Leading Private Client Lawyer, eprivateclient Excellence Awards 2024, Chambers High Net Worth Solicitor Firm of the Year 2020, eprivateclient Top Law Firms, Apprenticeship Employer of the Year Award.
