The Shire-Group, the world's biggest biotechnology company with more than 24,000 employees working in more than 100 countries, which is predominantly active in the area of rare and complex deseases, acquired on 6 September 2018 the Swiss based Sanaplasma Ltd. Sanaplasma Ltd. is a privately-owned company focused on source plasma-collection through its operation of 14 European plasmapheresis centres; 11 in the Czech Republic and three in Hungary.Bratschi Ltd. assisted the sellers in this transaction. The transaction team included the partners > Reto Arpagaus and > Franz Szolansky as well as > Silvia Renninger (senior associate) and > Niklaus Glatthard (associate). Tax advice was provided by our tax expert and partner > Michael Barrot.> Shire press-release (html)