Rapleys has acquired West End specialist agency Mellersh & Harding.
The 122-year-old partnership is known for its focus on Central London offices and its expertise in the West End and St James’s sub-markets.
The company also provides property management, investment and lease advisory services and advice to clients throughout London and the UK.
Mellersh & Harding will retain its name and be known as a Rapleys business. Its investment team will sit with Rapleys’ head of investment Rebecca Harper and her team, and all other disciplines will merge into the company’s existing framework and will operate together going forwards.
David Mundy (pictured), partner at Mellersh & Harding, said: “We welcome this exciting opportunity to bring our well-respected firm and our Central London expertise into the Rapleys business. Our two firms share similar values to provide best in class advice to clients and I know that our collaboration and the expansion of service lines will continue to achieve that. We look forward to being part of Rapleys’ continued strategic growth plan, their presence across the UK and their commitment to invest in their people.”
Robert Clarke, senior partner at Rapleys, added: “We have been clear in our ambitions to expand the Rapleys business across all core divisions and this is a key move for our commercial disciplines which we are able to leverage immediately. As well as sharing similar values to Rapleys, Mellersh & Harding have a huge track record in Central London office agency and investment amongst other services and will plug into our organisation perfectly.
“Both sets of clients stand to benefit hugely from this expansion of people and services. The acquisition is the next step towards our ambitions of being best in class in every core discipline and sector we choose to offer and, despite becoming a market leader in alternative assets in recent years, this is a strong signal that we are continuing to grow in the traditional industry sectors too.
“We look forward to welcoming the team into Rapleys and integrating our brilliant people and, of course, growing still further together both in London and nationally.”
