HSF’s chief executive Justin D’Agostino and senior partner Rebecca Maslen-Stannage hailed a landmark merger deal

Partners at Herbert Smith Freehills and Kramer Levin have voted to approve a merger between the pair which will create a $2bn revenue law firm.

Anglo-Australian firm HSF and US firm Kramer Levin struck a tie-up deal in November to forge a law firm with more than 2,700 lawyers.