Lazard Ltd (formerly known as Lazard Frères & Co.) is a
financial advisory
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and
asset management firm that engages in
investment banking
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,
asset management
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and other
financial services
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, primarily with institutional clients. It is the world's largest independent investment bank, with principal executive offices in New York City, Paris and London.
Lazard was founded in 1848 and operates from more than 41 cities across 26 countries in North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, and Central and South America. The firm provides advice on
mergers and acquisitions
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, strategic matters,
restructuring
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and capital structure, capital raising and
corporate finance
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, as well as
asset management
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services to corporations, partnerships, institutions, governments and individuals.
In 2023, Lazard celebrates its 175th year in business.
History
Early Years
On July 12, 1848, three brothers, Alexandre Lazard, Lazare Lazard, and
Simon Lazard
Simon Lazard (April 8, 1828 – February 24, 1898) was a Franco-American banker who co-founded Lazard Frères & Co., reorganized in 2000 as Lazard.
A native of Lorraine, France, a young merchant of antebellum New Orleans, pioneer of the Californi ...
, founded Lazard Frères & Co. as a
dry goods
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merchant store in
,
Louisiana
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. By 1851, Simon and two more brothers, Maurice and Elie, had all moved to
San Francisco
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, California, while Alexandre moved to New York. Lazard Frères began to serve miners engaged in the
California Gold Rush
The California Gold Rush (1848–1855) was a gold rush that began on January 24, 1848, when gold was found by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California. The news of gold brought approximately 300,000 people to California fro ...
, and soon expanded into banking and
foreign exchange
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.
[Guy de Rougemont, Lazard Frères, Banquiers des Deux Mondes (1840-1939), Librairie Arthème Fayard, 2010]
In 1854, Alexandre Lazard moved to
Paris
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, France, where he opened an office to complement the U.S. business. The firm began advising the French government on gold buying. In 1870, the firm continued to expand its international operations, opening an office in London as well.
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The name "Lazard Freres" means "Lazard Brothers" or "the Brothers Lazard" in French. It refers to associations of the Lazard brothers to form various financial services institutions with world-wide offices and investments.
]
The Three Houses of Lazard
In the late 1800s and early 1900s, the firm evolved into three “Houses of Lazard” in the United States, France, and the United Kingdom, separately managed but allied. The Lazard partners advised clients on financial matters and built a cross-border network of high-level relationships in business and government. Noted financial advisor George Blumenthal rose to prominence as the head of the U.S. branch of Lazard Frères and was a partner of Lazard Frères in France.[
In the economic boom following ]World War II
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, the American operations of Lazard expanded significantly under the leadership of the financier André Meyer
André Benoît Mathieu Meyer (September 3, 1898 – September 9, 1979) was a French-American investment banker.
Biography
Meyer was born to a low-income Jewish family in Paris. As a boy, he began following the workings of the stock market and ...
. Meyer and Lazard partner Felix Rohatyn
Felix George Rohatyn ( ; May 29, 1928 – December 14, 2019) was an American investment banker and diplomat. He spent most of his career with Lazard, where he brokered numerous large corporate mergers and acquisitions from the 1960s through ...
have been credited with virtually inventing the modern mergers and acquisitions
Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are business transactions in which the ownership of companies, other business organizations, or their operating units are transferred to or consolidated with another company or business organization. As an aspect ...
(M&A) market.
In 1953, Lazard Investors Ltd began an asset management business in London, which is the origin of today's Lazard Asset Management.
A Unified Firm
In 1977, as the health of Meyer began to deteriorate, the firm came to be controlled by Michel David-Weill
Michel David-Weill (November 23, 1932 – June 16, 2022) was an investment banker and Chairman of Lazard and Eurazeo.
Early life
Michel David-Weill was born into a Jewish family on November 23, 1932. His father, Pierre David-Weill (1900–1975), ...
. Under his leadership, the three houses of Lazard were formally united in 2000 as Lazard LLC.[William Cohan, ''Last Tycoons: The Secret History of Lazard Frères & Co'', Doubleday, 2007]
In 2002, David-Weill hired Bruce Wasserstein
Bruce Jay Wasserstein (December 25, 1947 – October 14, 2009) was an American investment banker, businessman, and writer. He was a graduate of the McBurney School, University of Michigan, Harvard Business School, and Harvard Law School, and spe ...
to be CEO. Lazard became a public company in 2005, with nearly two-thirds of its shares owned by current and former employees. Wasserstein became its first Chairman and CEO. In connection with the initial public offering
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(IPO), Lazard spun off its broker-dealer business, Lazard Capital Markets.
Following Wasserstein's death in 2009, Lazard's Board of Directors elected Kenneth M. Jacobs as Chairman and CEO.
Independence Point Advisors
Lazard invested in a startup investment bank, Independence Point Advisors, in late 2021. Independence Point Advisors was founded by Anne Clarke Wolff, previously a Bank of America executive and banker, and aspires to remain owned by women and minorities. The bank was nicknamed "Salomon Sisters" prior to its launch, in a reference to the defunct investment bank Salomon Brothers
Salomon Brothers, Inc., was an American multinational bulge bracket investment bank headquartered in New York. It was one of the five largest investment banking enterprises in the United States and the most profitable firm on Wall Street duri ...
.
Business Overview
Financial Advisory
Lazard advises clients on a wide range of strategic and financial issues. These may include advising on the potential acquisition of another company, business or certain assets, or on the sale of certain businesses, assets or an entire company. The firm also advises on alternatives to a sale such as recapitalizations, spin-offs, carve-outs and split-offs. For companies in financial distress or their creditors, Lazard advises on all aspects of restructuring. The firm has advised on many of the largest restructuring assignments in the wake of the global financial crisis that began in mid-2007. Lazard also advises on capital structure and capital raising. Capital structure advice includes reviewing and analyzing structural alternatives and assisting in long-term planning. Capital raising advice includes private and public market financing. Lazard's Sovereign Advisory group advises governments and sovereign entities on policy and financial issues.
Asset Management
Lazard's asset management business provides investment management
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and financial advisory services to institutional clients, financial intermediaries, private clients, and investment vehicles around the world. The firm manages assets on behalf of institutional clients (corporations
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, labor unions
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, public pension fund
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Pension funds typically have large amounts of money to invest and are the major investors in listed and priva ...
s, endowments, foundations
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* Foundation (nonprofit), a type of charitable organization
** Foundation (United States law), a type of charitable organization in the U.S.
** Private foundation, a charitable organization that, while serving a good cause ...
, insurance companies
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, and banks; and through sub-advisory relationships, mutual fund
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sponsors, broker-dealer
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s and registered advisors) and individual clients (principally family office
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s and high-net-worth individual
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s).
Office Locations
The bank operates from more than 41 cities across 26 countries.
* Amsterdam
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* Beijing
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* Brussels
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* Bogota
* Bordeaux
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* Boston
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* Buenos Aires
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* Charlotte
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* Chicago
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* Dubai
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* Dublin
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* Frankfurt
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* Hamburg
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* Hong Kong
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* Houston
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* London
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* Los Angeles
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* Luxembourg
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* Lyon
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* Manama
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* Madrid
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* Melbourne
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* México City
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* Milan
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* Minneapolis
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* Montreal
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* Nantes
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* New York City
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* Panama City
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* Paris
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* Riyadh
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* San Francisco
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* São Paulo
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* Santiago
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* Seoul
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* Singapore
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* Stockholm
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* Sydney
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* Tokyo
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* Toronto
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* Zürich
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In Paris
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, the Lazard offices were located successively at 17, boulevard Poissonnière (1885-1907);[ 5-7, rue Pillet-Will (1907-1979);][ 141, boulevard Haussmann (1979-2020); and 175, boulevard Haussmann (since September 2020).
Lazard's New York City headquarters spans the top floors of ]30 Rockefeller Plaza
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, including what used to be Room 5600
30 Rockefeller Plaza (officially the Comcast Building; formerly RCA Building and GE Building) is a skyscraper that forms the centerpiece of Rockefeller Center in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. Completed in 1933, the 66-s ...
, the former offices of the Rockefeller family
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dynasty.
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Management
Past Chairmen
*Alexandre Lazard, Lazare Lazard and Simon Lazard
Simon Lazard (April 8, 1828 – February 24, 1898) was a Franco-American banker who co-founded Lazard Frères & Co., reorganized in 2000 as Lazard.
A native of Lorraine, France, a young merchant of antebellum New Orleans, pioneer of the Californi ...
(founders)
*Alexandre Weill
*David David-Weill
David David-Weill (1871–1952) was a French-American banker, chairman of Lazard Frères in Paris, who built an important collection of art. His collection was plundered by the Nazis during the Second World War and over 2000 items seized. He was ...
*Pierre David-Weill
Pierre David-Weill (8 March 1900 – 14 January 1975) was a French investment banker.
Early life
Pierre Sylvain Désiré Gérard David-Weill was born on 8 March 1900 in Paris, France, into a Jewish family. His father, David David-Weill (1871-195 ...
*André Meyer
André Benoît Mathieu Meyer (September 3, 1898 – September 9, 1979) was a French-American investment banker.
Biography
Meyer was born to a low-income Jewish family in Paris. As a boy, he began following the workings of the stock market and ...
*Michel David-Weill
Michel David-Weill (November 23, 1932 – June 16, 2022) was an investment banker and Chairman of Lazard and Eurazeo.
Early life
Michel David-Weill was born into a Jewish family on November 23, 1932. His father, Pierre David-Weill (1900–1975), ...
* Ken Costa
*Bruce Wasserstein
Bruce Jay Wasserstein (December 25, 1947 – October 14, 2009) was an American investment banker, businessman, and writer. He was a graduate of the McBurney School, University of Michigan, Harvard Business School, and Harvard Law School, and spe ...
Board of Directors
Lazard's board of directors as of November 2022.
* Kenneth M. Jacobs
* Andrew Alper
* Ann-Kristin Achleitner
* Richard N. Haass
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* Michelle Jarrard
* Iris Knobloch
* Philip Laskawy
* William M. Lewis, Jr
* Jane Mendillo
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* Richard Parsons Richard Parsons may refer to:
* Richard Parsons (diplomat) (1928–2016), British ambassador to Hungary, Spain and Sweden
* Richard Parsons (businessman) (born 1948), former chairman of Citigroup and the former Chairman and CEO of Time Warner
* Ri ...
Notable Current and Former Employees
Business
Politics and Public Service
Other
*George J. Ames
George J. Ames (1917 – February 2, 2001) was an American philanthropist and investment banker at Lazard Freres.
Biography
Ames was born in 1917 in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan. Growing up, Ames attended violin lessons at Hartley House (New York C ...
– philanthropist, former general partner of Lazard
*Paul Baerwald
Paul Baerwald (September 27, 1871 – July 2, 1961) was a German-born Jewish-American banker and philanthropist.
Early life and family
Baerwald was born on September 27, 1871 in Frankfurt-on-Main, Germany, the son of Dr. Herman Baerwald and Selma ...
- banker and philanthropist, Chairman of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
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*William D. Cohan
William David Cohan is an American business writer.
Early life and education
Cohan was born in Worcester, Massachusetts on February 20, 1960. His father was an accountant and his mother worked in administration.
Cohan is a graduate of Duke Univ ...
- Contributing editor at Fortune
Fortune may refer to:
General
* Fortuna or Fortune, the Roman goddess of luck
* Luck
* Wealth
* Fortune, a prediction made in fortune-telling
* Fortune, in a fortune cookie
Arts and entertainment Film and television
* ''The Fortune'' (1931 film) ...
, Award-winning author
Books
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See also
* List of investment banks
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* Boutique investment bank
A boutique investment bank is a investment bank that specializes in at least one aspect of investment banking, generally corporate finance, although some banks strengths are retail in nature, such as Charles Schwab. Of those involved in corporate ...
* Lazard Station in Montreal was built in 1918 and believed to be named in their honor as the firm was responsible for financing the Mont Royal Tunnel
The Mount Royal Tunnel (french: tunnel sous le mont Royal, tunnel du mont Royal) is a railway tunnel in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The tunnel is the third longest in Canada, after the Mount Macdonald Tunnel and the Connaught Tunnel, and connects t ...
. Renamed in 1926 as Val-Royal and demolished in 1995.
References
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