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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.

Through its three offices in Paris, Riyadh and Abu Dhabi, Lazard's MEA team offers tailor-made advice to top-tier strategic and/or financial investors active in the Middle East and Africa regions.

Thanks to a sector and product agnostic approach, we assist our client in their landmark strategic transactions including, M&A, IPO, Bond issuance and funding strategy.

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 business or engineering school
• Ability to produce / present technically written materials / client pitches
• Excellent organizational skills, ability to multitask across multiple projects
• Curious and proactive with attention to details
• Hard skills: excellent technical skills on Office Suite and professional investment banking tools (Bloomberg, FactSet)
• Proficiency in French and English (Arabic is a plus)

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