Hogan Lovells advising Savills on acquisition of Eastdil Secured for US$1.1 billion

Press releases | 13 March 2026

Washington, D.C. -- Global law firm Hogan Lovells is advising Savills Plc, one of the world’s leading real estate advisory firms, as it signs a definitive agreement to acquire all of the equity of Eastdil Secured LLC, a preeminent global real estate investment bank, for an enterprise value of US$1.1125 billion.

This transaction significantly enhances Savills’s capital markets advisory business through the acquisition of a preeminent global real estate investment bank. The acquisition of Eastdil Secured is one of the largest deals in the history of Savills. The transaction is scheduled to complete in due course following satisfaction of customary regulatory and closing conditions.

More information on the transaction can be found here.

The Hogan Lovells deal team is being led by partners Todd Schwartz (Silicon Valley), Jeff Keitelman (Washington, D.C.), Meg McIntyre (Washington, D.C.), Nicola Lemay (Boston), and Tao Leung (Los Angeles).