DLA Piper has advised Doctena S.A. on the strategic acquisition of all shares of Doxter GmbH, a booking platform for medical treatment for an undisclosed amount. In addition to the founders of Doxter GmbH, the sellers were the former shareholders EuroServe Media GmbH (venture capital arm of the Müller Medien Group) and Chrysos GmbH.

Founded in 2012, Doctena S.A. is a next generation medical booking platform dedicated to helping patients find practitioners and organize an appointment with them. Doctena is currently available in Luxembourg, Belgium, The Netherlands, Switzerland, and now Germany.

DLA Piper regularly advises Doctena on transactions, most recently on its merger with Docbook in June 2016.

Patrick Kersten, founder and CEO of Doctena, said: "We continue to be impressed by DLA Piper's professionalism and know-how. It is important for Doctena, whose ambition it is to build a European Champion through organic growth as well as through M&A in different EU countries, to work with a legal advisor such as DLA Piper, who can support our efforts in every market where we are or want to be active."

The international DLA Piper team was led by partner Florian Hirschmann and senior associate Silvio McMiken and included associate Tobias Schulz (all Corporate, Munich), counsel Robert Hofbauer (Finance & Projects, Frankfurt), partner Dr Thilo von Bodungen and counsel Dr Susanne Weckbach (both IPT, Munich), partner Pascal Kremp and associate Till Basfeld (both Employment, Munich), partner Dr Konrad Rohde and counsel Dr Raimund Behnes (both Tax, Frankfurt) as well as partner Catherine Pogorzelski and counsel Xavier Guzman (both Corporate, Luxembourg).