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Lazard CL’s primary fundraising practice has a track record spanning 35+ years, helping clients access new pools of private capital over multiple decades.

Our teams advise GPs across private equity, private credit, infrastructure, and real estate, from the largest, most established managers to emerging and lower-middle-market sponsors raising their first or second funds.

This practice is anchored in the firm’s market-leading distribution capabilities, comprising a dedicated team of 60+ professionals connecting to the world’s leading institutional investors across every major capital center. This scale allows us to de-risk large syndications and calibrate investor targeting with precision, drawing on real-time intelligence on allocator appetite, pacing and sector preference gathered through ongoing, direct dialogue with LPs globally.

Because our fundraising teams sit within the same platform as our secondary advisory and GP capital advisory businesses, clients benefit from perspective on a wider range of structuring and liquidity options.