Partners from SNR Denton, Salans and Canada’s Fraser Milner Casgrain (FMC) have voted through a three-way tie-up between the firms, creating a top 10 global law firm by headcount.

The new firm, which will be known as Dentons, as first revealed by Legal Week, is set to fully combine in the first quarter of 2013, and will be structured as a Swiss Verein.