Company details

New York, NY

HEADCOUNT

3000-9999

ORG TYPE

Corporate

SECTOR

Finance

WEBSITE

https://www.lazard.com/

About the company

Lazard is an independent financial services firm focused on Financial Advisory and Asset Management. Lazard advises companies, governments, and institutions on major transactions and strategic decisions, and Lazard manages investment strategies for institutional and individual clients. Lazard operates through a global network of offices and runs both advisory and investment teams across multiple regions. The company also employs corporate functions that support the core businesses.

Locations and presence

Lazard lists principal locations including London, New York, and Paris, and the company shows offices across 22 countries. Lazard leadership has publicly described a hybrid setup in New York that expects three days in-office and two days remote, with office expectations still varying by team and role.

Palpable Score

77.0

/ 100

Lazard offers multiple credible entry points for students and new graduates, especially through structured internships that can convert into Analyst roles and through a clearly described UK assessment process. Lazard also invests heavily in training, including multi-week analyst training and buddy-style support, and Lazard publishes pay information for some U.S. early-career roles. The score is capped by uneven transparency across regions and limited published early-career outcomes data such as conversion rates, retention, and promotion timing.

Pillar 1: Early-career access

Score

17.0

/ 20

The company runs several UK early-career routes alongside internships, including a Spring Insight Programme, a Summer Internship Programme, an Industrial Placement Programme, and a Full Time Analyst programme with published open and close dates.

Lazard’s student job board shows a steady pipeline of student roles across multiple cities and business units, including U.S. “Summer Analyst Program” postings and European internships by function and office.

The company positions internships across Asset Management, Financial Advisory, and Corporate as hands-on roles on small teams, rather than informal shadowing.

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Pillar 2: Hiring fairness and transparency

Score

15.2

/ 20

The company publishes a stage-by-stage UK process with four steps (application, online assessments, virtual assessment centre, final round interviews) and explains what each assessment covers.

Lazard provides candidate-facing details that reduce guesswork, including typical timing between the assessment centre and final interviews, the number and length of final interviews, and guidance on competing “exploding offers.”

The company’s most detailed process transparency is concentrated in the UK materials, and equivalent stage-and-timeline clarity is harder to find for many other regions and teams.

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Pillar 3: Learning and support

Score

16.5

/ 20

The company’s UK internship write-up includes structured support such as an Analyst “buddy,” an intern captain, and a week of technical training plus follow-up technical and presentation skills sessions.

Lazard describes an extensive six-week European Analyst training programme that includes technical training, masterclasses, power-skills training, and networking activities.

The company adds “Step into Summer,” a pre-internship development and mentoring programme intended to prepare interns and build relationships before day one.

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Pillar 4: Pay fairness and stability

Score

15.0

/ 20

The company publishes pay figures for some U.S. early-career roles, including Summer Analyst postings that state an expected base salary around $120,000 for New York.

Lazard includes pay-range transparency in at least some full-time Analyst postings in New York, with public ranges such as $120,000 to $125,000 base pay.

The company rarely publishes salary ranges consistently across geographies and programs, so early-career candidates outside transparent-pay jurisdictions often have to rely on third-party estimates.

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Pillar 5: Early-career outcomes

Score

13.3

/ 20

The company explicitly links the UK Summer Internship to potential conversion, including a defined end-of-internship presentation to senior bankers that feeds the full-time Analyst offer decision.

Lazard has solid aggregated employee sentiment for progression on major review platforms, including a high-level “career opportunities” rating and a majority recommend-to-a-friend figure.

The company does not publish cohort outcomes such as internship-to-offer rates by region, Analyst promotion timing bands, or early-career retention, which limits confidence about typical outcomes beyond program design and reviews.

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Useful links & resources

Lazard Students and Internships Lazard UK Early Career Programmes in the U.K. (Analyst and Intern programme details)Lazard London Recruitment Process FAQs (key dates and eligibility)