JLL purchased The Staubach Company in 2008.[1] Roger Staubach served as executive chairman of JLL from 2008 until he retired in 2018.[2] JLL merged with UK-based King Sturge in a £197 million deal in 2011.[24] The combined business, with 2,700 employees and 43 offices, created the largest property agent in the UK, as reported by The Telegraph in 2011.[24] The company acquired UK-based Guardian Property Asset Management in 2015.[25] LaSalle Investment Management, a subsidiary of JLL, managed $58 billion in real estate investments for institutional and retail clients, as of 2016.[5] JLL had acquired 80 companies and established 100 offices worldwide by 2016.[12]