2028 Summer Analyst

About the Role

Lazard is a global financial advisory and asset management firm. The Corporate Finance Advisory Summer Analyst role is part of the Strategic Capital Solutions team, focusing on corporate finance, capital structure, and financing advisory.

Key Responsibilities

• Advise Lazard’s corporate and sponsor clients on capital structure optimization and capital raising.
• Support projects related to mergers and acquisitions, corporate separations and optimizations, refinancing, and other advisory assignments intersecting with capital markets.
• Create market-agnostic solutions for clients, optimizing for their situations and executing on their behalf.
• Work across the full spectrum of corporate capital structures, exposing to both public and private capital markets.
• Collaborate with sector banking teams and clients across all sectors to connect capital markets to Lazard’s clients.
• Provide tailor-made solutions including acquisition finance strategy, ratings analysis, spin/split advisory, and capital structure optimization.
• Work with corporates, governments, developers, and financial institutions on complex, large-scale infrastructure projects and other industrial initiatives.
• Advise on optimal capital structure, evaluate financial flexibility across debt and equity, perform cost of capital analyses, and capital allocation analyses including balance sheet and return of capital strategy.
• Provide ratings advisory services in the context of M&A and strategic transactions.
• Advise on optimal separation mechanics, including pro-forma NewCo and RemainCo value creation, capital structures, ratings, tax efficiency, and shareholder bases.
• Provide debt financing advice, including arranging financing commitments, term loans, and revolving credit facilities.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Current enrollment at a US university, pursuing a Bachelor’s degree.
• Expected graduation date in December 2028 or May/June 2029.
• Outstanding quantitative, analytical, and qualitative skills, including database analytics.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Demonstrated ability to multitask.
• A desire to work in an intellectually demanding, fast-paced, and creative environment.
• Excellent technical skills including Excel, PowerPoint, and AI tools.
• Ability to quickly learn new databases and applications.
• A strong academic record.
• Evidence of exemplary work ethic.
• Interest in broadening skillset beyond a single product in financial services.

Qualifications

• Current enrollment at a US university.
• Bachelor’s degree expected graduation date in December 2028 or May/June 2029.