Latham & Watkins tops US real estate rankings

Latham & Watkins has taken the top slot in the MultiHousing News annual rankings of real estate law firms.

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A highlight of its recent work was representing the Realty Income Corp on its US$3.1 billion acquisition of American Realty Capital. The firm has 105 property specialists in 31 offices, according to 2012 statistics.

Firms still have notably fewer real estate lawyers than they did in 2009, according to MultiHousing News. Numbers average 108 today, down 6.5 per cent in the last four years. DLA Piper takes second place, followed by Morrison & Foerster.

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