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 is a global leader in raising capital, executing secondary transactions, and providing capital solutions for private investment funds. The team is comprised of over 100 professionals across two core markets: primary fundraising and secondary advisory. Private Capital Advisory (“PCA”) clients include a broad of range of leading private equity, private credit, real asset, and infrastructure investors who pursue investment opportunities within these alternative investment spaces. Lazard PCA is a recognized leader in these markets and one of the longest tenured firms operating in the space.
Members of our PCA team have been involved in over 500 private capital-raising assignments since 2003. Our group has built one of the broadest institutional investor coverage networks in the industry and has cultivated relationships with over 1,500 investing institutions globally, in addition to advising on many of the largest and most innovative transactions in the secondary markets.
1) Secondary Advisory, 2) Private Equity and Credit Fund Placement, or 3) Real Asset Fund Placement.
As part of the Secondary Advisory business line, Summer Analysts will work in tandem with Analysts and Associates during the preparation of a transaction (i.e., drafting marketing materials such as a Confidential Information Memorandum, building a(n) Portfolio / Asset Projection Model(s), preparing the Virtual Data Room, etc.) and during the marketing and due diligence phases of the transaction (i.e., tracking investor outreach, facilitating and answering due diligence questions from potential buyers, participating in update calls with the client, etc.). Summer Analysts will also be required to prepare a pitch presentation during the internship, leveraging projection models, asset-level materials, and GP information from a prior PCA deal.
Across the Private Equity and Credit Fund Placement and Real Asset business lines, Summer Analysts will work with Analysts and Associates during the preparation of a fundraise (i.e., refreshing / drafting fund documentation and marketing materials, preparing the Virtual Data Room, aggregating prospective investor targets, etc.) and during the live fundraise (i.e., tracking investor outreach, facilitating investors’ due diligence processes, participating in update calls with the client and prospective investors, etc.). Summer Analysts will also be required to prepare a presentation during the internship, assessing a potential fund investment opportunity.
Summer Analysts are expected to spend 9 weeks at the Firm.
