Clifford Chance has taken the top spot for the total value of U.K. M&A deals in the first half of 2019, in a slower year for big deals.

According to Mergermarket data on deal values and volumes for the first half of 2019 (H1), CC worked on 28 deals worth a total of $26.9 billion, rising six places up the table to topple last year’s leader Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, which dropped to fourth place.