After months of working with it on the investigation into Penn State’s handling of the Jerry Sandusky scandal, Pepper Hamilton is acquiring former FBI director Louis Freeh’s law firm, Freeh, Sporkin & Sullivan, and his consulting firm, Freeh Group International Solutions LLC, the firms announced Tuesday.

The combination, effective September 1, broadens Pepper Hamilton’s corporate investigations, white-collar defense and enforcement practice in New York and Washington, D.C., the firm said.