Linklaters’ former UK real estate chief Anne Byrne is set to take up a new role as FTSE 250-listed Capital & Counties Properties’ (Capco’s) first in-house lawyer.

Byrne, a partner at Linklaters since 2001, is expected to leave the firm in September and will join Capco in February 2013, when she will serve as the principal legal adviser to the board and the company’s senior management.