The end of each quarter can be a confusing time for stressed deal lawyers. The plethora of adviser league tables, preliminary M&A rankings and law firms rushing out their selective spin all tends to mean the underlying picture gets lost.

In response, Legal Week has made some changes in the way we report data on corporate activity, as can be seen from the article today (11 October) regarding the Q3 stats. This sees us deepen our relationship with our data partner, Mergermarket.