British property agents Cluttons and Hamptons began operating under a single banner this week in Hong Kong.
The pair will operate as Cluttons-Hamptons in the territory, after Cluttons bought out its larger British rival for GBP3.8 million (HK$44.46 million) in March.
David Coreth, who had run the Hamptons office in Hong Kong for the past four years, has quit and will head a new office being set up in the territory by British developer Taylor Woodrow, which hopes to market its projects more aggressively.
Gill Barclay will manage the new combined Cluttons-Hamptons office in Hong Kong.
She said the decision to retain the Hamptons name was because it was well established in Hong Kong, being particularly well known for marketing London and Surrey real estate.
The new combined agency employs 450 people in 47 branches across Britain and three offices overseas in Hong Kong, Singapore and Jersey.