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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's team advises corporates, private equity and hedge funds across Europe on all debt-related products and situations. The teams works on several type of situations: LBO, M&A, Refinancing, Distress, Restructuring on lender or company side etc.

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

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We’ll trust you to:

• Perform detailed sector and company research
• Prepare presentation and business cases on specific situation
• Conduct strategic and finance analysis
• Assist the team in company valuations and financial modeling

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You’ll need to have:

• Prior experience in investment banking is a must
• Top tier academic background in Management, Finance or Engineering
• Ability to produce technically written materials / client pitches
• Excellent organizational skills, ability to multi-task across multiple projects
• Ability to present in a measured, clear way
• Capacity to properly work in a team
• Ability to work fairly autonomously with great common sense
• Hard skills: excellent technical skills on Office Suite and professional investment banking tools (Bloomberg, Factset, Dealogic, Capital IQ or equivalent)
• Fluent in French and English
• Intellectual curiosity, dynamism and liveliness is a plus
• Understand the values and culture of Lazard in the workplace