Lazard Completes Its Acquisition of Campbell Lutyens and Launches Lazard CL, the Global Leader for the Next Era of Private Capital
Key Highlights
- ➤Lazard completes Campbell Lutyens acquisition and launches Lazard CL.
- ➤Lazard CL combines more than 300 professionals across 19 worldwide offices.
- ➤Lazard CL has advised on over $1 trillion across approximately 1,300 mandates.
- ➤Lazard expects approximately $500 million combined revenue and earnings accretion in 2027.
- ➤Campbell Lutyens is performing ahead of acquisition assumptions, Lazard says.
Expert Statements
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.”
Lazard Completes Its Acquisition of Campbell Lutyens and Launches Lazard CL, the Global Leader for the Next Era of Private Capital PR Newswire
NEW YORK and LONDON, Nov. 2, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Lazard, Inc. (NYSE: LAZ) today announced the completion of the firm's acquisition of Campbell Lutyens and the launch of Lazard CL, the global leader in private capital advisory. The transaction, first announced on April 30, 2026, brings together top-tier bankers and worldwide operations across Lazard's private capital advisory and the Campbell Lutyens businesses. The establishment of Lazard CL marks a milestone in the Lazard 2030 strategy to deliver long-term, profitable growth, expanding the solutions provided to clients and further diversifying the firm's revenue.
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