Sam Whittaker Re-joins Lazard Financial Advisory as a Managing Director
November 02 2020 - 2:00AM
Business Wire
Strengthens Lazard’s Global Restructuring
Group
Lazard Ltd (NYSE: LAZ) announced today that Sam Whittaker will
re-join Lazard Financial Advisory as a Managing Director, effective
immediately. Sam joins from PJT Partners where he worked for the
last five years, most recently as a Managing Director in its EMEA
Restructuring group. Sam has more than 15 years of restructuring
experience, advising debtors and creditors in the UK and globally.
He initially joined Lazard in 2005 having previously worked on
London’s successful Olympic Games bid and in the Prime Minister’s
strategy unit in the UK Cabinet Office.
Based in London, Sam will provide additional leadership to
Lazard UK’s Restructuring business working alongside David
Burlison, Managing Director and Co-Head of Lazard’s EMEA
Restructuring practice.
David Burlison said, “We’re delighted that Sam has re-joined
Lazard. His experience and connectivity, particularly on the
creditor side, will bolster our bench of senior advisers and
strengthen our market leading global restructuring practice for the
benefit of our clients.’’
Sam Whittaker said, “Lazard has a first-rate restructuring
franchise. I look forward to working with David and the team in
London, as well as colleagues and clients around the world, to
further enhance Lazard’s Global Restructuring group.”
Today’s announcement follows several senior appointments for
Lazard’s Global Restructuring group, including the appointment of
Christopher Mallon as a Senior Adviser and James Simpson as a
Director, both based in London.
Lazard’s Restructuring Group is one of the leading restructuring
practices globally, with a long track record of successfully
advising businesses and governments. Its group of experts were
recently recognised by The Banker as ‘Investment Bank of the Year
for Restructuring.’ Its practitioners, based in many jurisdictions
across the world, combine an extensive knowledge of restructuring
strategies with M&A expertise, credit analysis skills, capital
markets knowledge, industry expertise and negotiation experience in
distressed situations. Lazard has advised on many of the largest
and most complex restructuring assignments. Recent examples include
Abengoa, Global Cloud Xchange, Interserve, Neiman Marcus, NMC
Health, Oi, PG&E, Premier Oil, Seadrill, Valaris and
Weatherford International. Lazard was the global leader in
completed restructurings for the first nine months of 2020 (Source:
Refinitiv).
About Lazard
Lazard, one of the world’s preeminent financial advisory and
asset management firms, operates from 40 cities across 25 countries
in North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, Central and South
America. With origins dating to 1848, the firm provides advice on
mergers and acquisitions, strategic matters, restructuring and
capital structure, capital raising and corporate finance, as well
as asset management services to corporations, partnerships,
institutions, governments and individuals. For more information,
please visit www.lazard.com. Follow @Lazard
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