On February 17, 2017, the co-founders of LUZ, Inc. (LUZ), a leading language service provider for the life sciences industry, completed the sale of 100% of LUZ to RWS Holdings Plc. The transaction value was USD 82.5 m. Based in San Francisco, CA, LUZ utilizes its cloud-based AURORA platform to manage the process of translating critical documents for Pharma and MedTech companies.

Homburger acted as lead counsel to the co-founders of LUZ. The Homburger team was led by partner Frank Gerhard (Corporate | M&A) and included partner Reto Heuberger (Tax) and associate Margrit Marti (Corporate | M&A).