in 1997 savills merged with "first pacific davies" () in asia. in 1998 it bought majority stakes in the german, french and spanish arms of "weatherall, green &amp; smith". in june 2015 it completed the acquisition of smiths gore, provider of rural and residential property services in the uk. in june 2016, savills plc announced its proprietary investment subsidiary, grosvenor hill ventures, had acquired a minority stake in yopa property ltd, a uk-based online hybrid estate agent.