Lazard Deck
Why is Lazard's business model often described as resilient across cycles?
Model answer
Three offsetting engines
- M&A advisory is cyclical — it booms with confidence, cheap financing, and rising markets
- restructuring is countercyclical — it picks up exactly when M&A slows, as…
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