secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Lazard, Inc. (LAZ)
CIK:        0001311370
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-04-30T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001628280-26-028551
Event type: m_and_a
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Lazard to acquire Campbell Lutyens for ~$575M, creating private capital advisory leader
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- Total consideration of ~$575M payable at closing and two years later; earn-out up to $85M.
- Estimated combined 2027 revenue ~$500M; over 280 advisory professionals across 18 offices.
- Holcombe Green (Lazard) and Gordon Bajnai (Campbell Lutyens) appointed Co-CEOs of new unit Lazard CL.
- Transaction expected to close in 2026 subject to regulatory approvals; accretive to 2027 earnings.
- Andrew Sealey to serve as non-executive Chairman of Lazard CL; senior leadership teams remain.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1311370/000162828026028551/0001628280-26-028551-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1311370/000162828026028551/laz-20260430.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-028551

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