Hammonds and Squire Sanders & Dempsey will go ahead with their transatlantic merger on 1 January 2011, after securing the support of more than 95% of their combined partnership.

All bar 17 of the firms’ partners took part in the vote, with all voting in favour of the tie-up in a process that closed yesterday (7 November). The vote paves the way for the January launch of a top 50 global firm with combined revenues of around $625m (£386m).