If notching international law firm mergers were a competition, Dentons would be the undisputed champion for at least two years running.

Fourteen days are left in 2018, and the 102 mergers competed thus far this year already match the record-setting figure from 2017, according to data compiled by law firm consultancy Altman Weil. In both years, cross-border mergers comprised less than 15 percent of the total number of deals, with the figure dropping slightly in 2018.  But the percentage would have been far lower without Dentons.