Lazard Investor Relations Material

Lazard Ltds financial Advisory segment offers various financial advisory services regarding mergers and acquisitions, capital advisory, restructurings, shareholder advisory, sovereign advisory, capital raising, and other strategic advisory matters. This segment provides advice on strategic transactions and financing alternatives to corporations, partnerships, institutions, governments, and municipalities. The segment also offers financial valuations; fairness opinions relating to capital-raising transactions; debt restructuring advice in connection with out-of-court restructurings and Chapter 11 proceedings; shareholder advisory relating to activist shareholders or hostile takeovers of public companies; advice on capital structuring and intercreditor issues for financing of acquisition of companies through leveraged buyouts or other transactions for private equity funds; advice on the reduction of corporate expenses; analysis on the tax implications of strategic transactions; and certain litigation consulting services.