Job Specifications
New York
Financial Advisory
Summer Internship
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.
Strategic Capital Solutions
The individual groups that make up a global Strategic Capital Solutions effort advise companies, financial sponsors, and asset managers on complex capital-raising, debt, and structured equity needs, acting as a key bridge between traditional public company work and the private capital markets by leveraging Lazard's deep industry expertise and global network both to advise on and execute tailored financing solutions. Lazard’s objective is to create market-agnostic solutions for our clients: one “team” across over a half dozen different groups advising all of Lazard’s clients on the best market and optimal product for their situation and, when appropriate, executing on the company’s behalf.
Corporate Finance Advisory
The Corporate Finance Advisory team supports and advises Lazard’s corporate and sponsor clients in capital structure optimization and capital raising efforts in across a broad range of topics, including M&A, corporate separations and optimizations, refinancing, and other advisory projects and assignments that intersect with the capital markets. The Corporate Finance Advisory team advises across the full spectrum of corporate capital structures maintaining exposure to both public and private capital markets, while collaborating with all sector banking teams and clients across sectors to connect the capital markets to Lazard’s clients.
Capital Solutions
The Capital Solutions team supports Lazard’s corporate and sponsor clients in executing capital raising efforts including private market debt syndication and public market debt financing execution in the context of M&A, refinancings, liability management, and new capital raises. Capital Solutions works with both public and private companies to evaluate capital alternatives, run targeted or broad private financing processes, and execute transactions that align with strategic, balance‑sheet, and / or liquidity objectives.
As a Summer Analyst on the Strategic Capital Solutions team, you will have the opportunity to work across both Corporate Finance Advisory and Capital Solutions throughout your internship. As a full‑time Analyst, you will be aligned with either Corporate Finance Advisory or Capital Solutions as your primary focus, while still benefitting from cross‑staffing opportunities across both areas.
Beyond specific Corporate Finance Advisory and Capital Solutions assignments, summer analysts will have the opportunity to work closely with groups across the firm, gaining exposure to a wide range of industries and transaction types, including: high profile and cross-border M&A and divestiture transactions, activism and takeover defense, special committee assignments, restructuring assignments, financing and refinancing transactions and advice on capital structures.
Lazard offers an unparalleled opportunity for all bankers to work as part of small deal teams on important strategic assignments, providing meaningful exposure to senior bankers and client representatives.
You’ll need to have:
Current enrollment at a US university and obtaining a Bachelor’s degree with an expected graduation date in December 2026 or May/June 2027
Top academic performance
Strong quantitative background
Strong analytical skills
Excellent oral and written communication skills
Strong attention to detail
Ability to multi-task
What We Offer
You will begin your internship by participating in a week-long comprehensive training program in New York. Throughout the program, you will receive formal mentorship, exposure to our Leadership Team, and participate in various social and networking events with bankers across the Firm.
We strive to enhance the total health and well-being of our employees through comprehensive, competitive benefits. Our goal is to offer a highly individualized employee experience that enables you to bal
About the Company
Founded in 1848, Lazard is one of the world's preeminent financial advisory and asset management firms, with operations in North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Australia. Lazard provides advice on mergers and acquisitions, capital markets and capital solutions, restructuring and liability management, geopolitics, and other strategic matters, as well as asset management and investment solutions to institutions, corporations, governments, partnerships, family offices, and high net worth individuals. For ...
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