Lazard Completes Campbell Lutyens Acquisition and Launches Global Private Capital Advisory Business

Lazard, Inc. has completed its acquisition of Campbell Lutyens and launched a new business called Lazard CL. The new business aims to become a global leader in private capital advisory services. The deal was first announced on April 30, 2026.

The acquisition brings together experienced bankers and global operations from both companies. The launch of Lazard CL is an important part of Lazard’s 2030 growth strategy. It will help the company expand its services, build stronger client relationships and diversify its revenue sources.

Peter Orszag, CEO and Chairman of Lazard: "We are thrilled to launch our third global business, Lazard CL. By pairing leading global positions in primary fundraising and secondary advisory with our world-class M&A, capital markets, and restructuring expertise, we are deepening the connectivity between our advisory businesses and strengthening our reach across both the largest strategic transactions and private capital activity. Campbell Lutyens is an exceptional firm with outstanding talent and a culture much like ours—commercial, collegial, and committed to clients—and I am delighted to welcome the team to Lazard."

Gordon Bajnai, Co-CEO of Lazard CL: "Today, Lazard CL opens its doors as the largest integrated platform in private capital advisory anywhere in the world. Campbell Lutyens spent 38 years building an independent, entrepreneurial franchise rooted in a client-first mentality, and that same spirit now carries forward into our new business. Along with Lazard's strength across Financial Advisory, Lazard CL gives our clients a global scale and reach that few in the industry can match."

Holcombe Green, Co-CEO of Lazard CL: "Lazard CL represents the next stage of everything we've built in private capital advisory at Lazard over the past five years—a period in which our business has more than doubled its revenue and expanded its footprint globally. This transaction augments our standout capabilities in private equity and real estate with category leadership in infrastructure and private credit, bringing the expertise of our teams together to create the most comprehensive business in the private capital advisory space."

Founded in 1848, Lazard is a global financial advisory and asset management firm. It operates across North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Australia.

The company advises businesses, investors and governments on mergers and acquisitions, fundraising, capital solutions, business restructuring and other important financial decisions. It also helps private market investors raise funds, manage investments and complete financial transactions.

Lazard provides investment and asset management services to companies, institutions, governments, family offices and wealthy individuals. The company is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol LAZ.

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