Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom supplanted Latham & Watkins atop the ranking of REIT debt issuer’s counsel by deal value, with transactions such as HCP, Inc.’s $2.4 billion offering of senior unsecured notes. In the ranking of issuer’s counsel for REIT equities by deal values, K&L Gates moves from second to first place, supplanting Venable.
— Drew Combs