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Lazard is one of the world’s preeminent financial advisory and asset management firms. Our people and culture make the difference. While global in presence and reach, ours is a close, collaborative community of just over 3,000 professionals. Lazard is a place of continuous knowledge sharing, skill development and relationship building, where professionals grow and succeed together. Our entrepreneurial culture, flat structure and embrace of individual differences, allow creative ideas, original concepts, and unique perspectives to drive our business forward — and for careers to take flight.

Through our financial advisory business, Lazard advises clients around the world on strategic and financial matters including mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, capital structure and capital raising. Our client relationships are built on trust and discretion. As the world’s largest advisory-focused firm, we have exceptional depth of expertise across industry sectors and geographies. We value the rich diversity that comes from blending local perspective with our global network.

Lazard CEE Team is located in Paris, it specializes in mandates in Central and Eastern Europe, CIS, Greece and Turkey. The Team focuses on cross-product (Merger & Acquisitions, Debt Advisory and Restructuring) and cross-sector (TMT, Retail, Healthcare, Transportation, Energy, etc.) engagements.

The CEE Team benefits from a recognized track-record of M&A deals across the whole CEE, CIS, Turkey and Greece geographies, while being based in Paris.

We are seeking an intern from July 2026, for a period of 6 months. This position is based in Paris.

The team is ONLY interested in candidates that are closely connected to the region of Central and Eastern and speak fluently a regional language (Polish, Czech, Romanian, Serbian, Croatian, Russian etc.).

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We’ll trust you to be involved in:

• Preparation of presentation materials in relation to M&A, ECM, DCM, and sovereign advisory for clients in all major industries
• Performance of company valuations using techniques such as discounted cash flow, leveraged buyout, comparable listed companies, or transactions
• Ongoing transactions execution
• Interaction with Lazard bankers’ network worldwide to support our clients.

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You’ll need to have:

• Strong previous experience in Finance or Consulting (internships)
• Excellent academic credentials
• International background coupled with knowledge of the CEE region and local language(s) – Candidates with no fluency in a CEE regional language will not be considered

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Non-EU students are expected to manage independently all related administrative and work-permit topics.

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