Houston’s Legge, Farrow, Kimmitt, McGrath & Brown has agreed to merge with London-based Holman Fenwick Willan, one of the U.K.’s 30 largest law firms by revenue, according to leaders at both firms.

HFW is a 450-lawyer firm with leading shipping and aviation prac­tices. It will combine with civil litigation specialist Legge Farrow, a small Texas firm with about 20 lawyers, on Jan. 3, 2017.