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Lazard CL is the most comprehensive global private capital advisory business, differentiated by breadth of capabilities, scale, and integration.
Private capital is more global, more sophisticated, and more interconnected than ever, and clients increasingly need advisers that can connect capital formation, liquidity solutions, and strategic advice across the full ecosystem.
Lazard CL was built to meet this need, combining global reach, specialized expertise, market-leading connectivity, differentiated insights, and independent advice to help clients navigate complexity and achieve their strategic objectives.
Our Service Offerings
Lazard CL offers fundraising, secondary advisory and GP capital advisory in one platform — supporting clients across the private capital lifecycle.
Our Asset Class Expertise
Specialist advisory across private equity, private credit, infrastructure and real estate — built for managers raising across multiple strategies.
Our Geographic Expertise
Lazard CL offers private capital advisory across North America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia-Pacific, on one global platform.
Lazard CL combines scale, resilience, specialisation and top talent in every major private asset class, underpinned by proprietary market data and a track record built of more than a thousand mandates. This reduces execution risk and helps clients accelerate successful outcomes.
Our seamless integration with Lazard's leading financial advisory practices means we offer clients relationship and service continuity across capital formation, liquidity, and strategic alternatives. For our clients, the result is integrated advice based on the deepest market data and unparalleled experience.
Lazard CL by the Numbers
Our People
300+
advisory professionals
Our Experience
20+
average years of senior team expertise
Our Reach
19
offices across North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific
Our Network
~4000
network of institutional investors
Our Breadth
60+
LP distribution professionals
Our Momentum
$1T+
primary capital raised & secondary transaction volume