Last week Deal Watch checked in with the league tables for big-ticket M&A the first half of 2019, highlighting law firm rankings as the U.S. proved a bright spot in a relatively gloomy stretch for global dealmaking.

This time we’ll take a look at the midmarket subsegment, courtesy of data provided by Refinitiv. In sum, it didn’t fair any better, the Americas weren’t there to save the day and the names of the top firms are a little different.