Lazard Ltd (NYSE:LAZ) announced today that Eric Medow will join the firm
as a Managing Director and Co-Head of Global Technology, Media and
Telecommunications (TMT), Financial Advisory, effective mid-October.
Based in New York, Mr. Medow will co-head Global TMT with Paul Haigney
in San Francisco, and will work closely with Vincent le Stradic in Paris
regarding TMT in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
“Eric has counseled senior management and boards on many of the most
significant telecommunications transactions of the past two decades,”
said Alexander F. Stern, Chief Executive Officer of Lazard Financial
Advisory. “His relationships, industry knowledge and experience make him
a strong addition to our global TMT franchise.”
Mr. Medow has advised telecommunications companies on mergers and
acquisitions and strategic matters for the last 25 years. He will join
Lazard from Citigroup, where he served as Head of the Global
Telecommunications Group since 2011 and as Co-Head of the North American
Communications Group since 2005. Between 1999 and 2001 he was at the
Carlyle Group where he was a Managing Director, specializing in
Telecommunications private equity investments. He began his investment
banking career in the Telecommunications and M&A Groups at Salomon
Brothers Inc in 1990.
About Lazard
Lazard, one of the world’s preeminent financial advisory and asset
management firms, operates from 43 cities across 27 countries in North
America, Europe, Asia, Australia, Central and South America. With
origins dating to 1848, the firm provides advice on mergers and
acquisitions, strategic matters, restructuring and capital structure,
capital raising and corporate finance, as well as asset management
services to corporations, partnerships, institutions, governments and
individuals.
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