Alston & Bird and King & Spalding were the only Atlanta-based Am Law 100 firms to appear in a M&A deal adviser rankings for the first half of 2022.

Refinitiv's global law firm league tables, released this week, highlight the longtime trend of most big-ticket M&A work heading to New York and Chicago-founded firms as well as large international firms, while other firms handle mid-market deals. Few Southeast firms have cracked into the rankings. For instance, Atlanta-based Am Law 100 firms Troutman Pepper and Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton did not appear in Refinitiv rankings.