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Lazard Names Grégoire Heuzé Managing Director - Altamoda Joins Lazard

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Lazard Names Grégoire Heuzé Managing Director - Altamoda Joins Lazard

September 07, 2026

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Paris, September 7, 2026 - Lazard announces the arrival of Grégoire Heuzé and his team through the acquisition of Altamoda, the financial advisory firm founded in 2021 by Grégoire Heuzé. Grégoire Heuzé has been appointed Managing Director at Lazard in Paris, and all Altamoda's team will join Lazard.

The arrival of Grégoire Heuzé demonstrates Lazard's ability to attract top talent and strengthens its position with major business leaders, supporting its ambitions in France and Europe.

Before founding Altamoda, Grégoire Heuzé was a Partner at Centerview in 2021, and Managing Director and then Partner at Rothschild between 2007 and 2020. From 2005 to 2007, he served as an advisor in the office of the Prime Minister. Grégoire Heuzé began his investment banking career at Lazard. Grégoire Heuzé is a graduate of Sciences Po and ESSEC, and holds a Master's degree in Medieval History from the University of Panthéon-Sorbonne.

"I am extremely pleased to welcome Grégoire and his team to Lazard, the firm where he began his career. Grégoire has a track record as a top-tier investment banker and has demonstrated with Altamoda his entrepreneurial spirit and his ability to earn and keep the trust of major business leaders, entrepreneurs, and investors. These qualities are exactly what Lazard looks for. Together with Grégoire and all Lazard Managing Directors, we are pursuing the same ambition: to bring the excellence of our advisory work to support our clients' most strategic challenges," said Jean-Louis Girodolle, Chief Executive Officer of Lazard in France and Co-Head of Investment Banking in Europe.

"These past five years have been a unique entrepreneurial and personal journey that allowed us to deepen the trusted relationships we built with our clients. I am joining Lazard with great enthusiasm and look forward to contributing, alongside Lazard Partners and colleagues, to an ambitious venture. The strength of a great firm like Lazard rests on its reputation, the depth of its expertise, and its international footprint. This makes Lazard uniquely positioned to help clients address the challenges they face today," added Grégoire Heuzé.

About Lazard

Founded in 1848, Lazard is the preeminent financial advisory and asset management firm, with operations in North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Australia. Lazard provides advice on mergers and acquisitions, capital markets and capital solutions, restructuring and liability management, geopolitics, and other strategic matters, as well as asset management and investment solutions to institutions, corporations, governments, partnerships, family offices, and high net worth individuals. Lazard is listed on the New York Stock Exchange as Lazard, Inc. under the ticker LAZ. For more information, please visit Lazard.com and follow Lazard on LinkedIn.

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