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Lazard acquisitions, on the record

The businesses Lazard bought and sold, as its annual reports describe them, with the cash it reported paying for acquisitions each year and every deal filing since 2016.

Deals its annual reports describe

BusinessDealWhenValue
wealth management business
Word for word“Inflows include approximately $3.9 billion related to a wealth management acquisition.” 10-K for 2023
acquisition——
Edgewater management vehicles
Word for word“In 2009, we established a private equity business with The Edgewater Funds (“Edgewater”), a Chicago-based private equity firm, through the acquisition of Edgewater’s management vehicles.” 10-K for 2023
acquisitionIn 2009—
business acquisition
Word for word“Acquisition of business, net of cash acquired ( 10,516 ) – – Other investing activities – ( 7,500 ) – Net cash used in investing activities ( 38,323 ) ( 56,438 ) ( 39,056 )” 10-K for 2023
acquisition—10,516
The Edgewater Funds
Word for word“In 2009, we established a private equity business with The Edgewater Funds (“Edgewater”), a Chicago-based private equity firm, through the acquisition of Edgewater’s management vehicles.” 10-K for 2024
acquisition2009—
wealth management acquisition (unnamed)
Word for word“Inflows include approximately $3.9 billion related to a wealth management acquisition.” 10-K for 2024
acquisition——
As filedReported in the company's financial data (XBRL), each linked to its filing
Fiscal year endedCash paid for acquisitions (net of cash acquired)Goodwill from acquisitions
2021-12-31$0$0
2022-12-31$0$0
2023-12-31$10.5 million$16.7 million
2024-12-31$0$0
2025-12-31$0$0

Deal filings since 2016

Read from Lazard’s annual reports (10-K for 2025, 10-K for 2024, 10-K for 2023) and the financial data it files with the SEC, as of 2026-02-23. Every quotation is word for word from the filing linked beside it; how these pages are built and checked. The full record is in its company data sheet.