Come October, the sun will never set on the Blank Rome empire now that the Philadelphia firm has a presence in Hong Kong and Brussels. And like the British Empire, Blank Rome wants to be known as the firm that rules the seas.

Blank Rome’s latest acquisition is New York-based Healy & Baillie, a 28-lawyer firm with one of the leading maritime practices in the United States, a significant international practice and offices in Connecticut and Hong Kong.