Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders and Locke Lord have officially agreed to move forward with their merger, effective Jan. 1, 2025, according to the results of a firmwide partnership vote held Thursday, a spokesman for the firms confirmed to The American Lawyer.

The two Am Law 100 firms, which combined will now be known as Troutman Pepper Locke, announced their intent to merge back in April, looking to enter into the echelons of the Am Law 50 through the merger. Summing up both firms’ 2023 performance, the firms netted a combined revenue of more than $1.5 billion, with head count of more than 1,600 attorneys spread across 35 offices in the United States and Europe.