Lazard, Inc. (NYSE:LAZ) Q4 2024 Earnings Conference Call January 30, 2025 8:00 AM ET

Company Participants

Alexandra Deignan – Head-Investor Relations and Treasury
Peter Orszag – Chief Executive Officer and Chairman
Mary Ann Betsch – Chief Financial Officer
Evan Russo – Chief Executive Officer-Asset Management

Conference Call Participants

Devin Ryan – Citizens JMP
Brennan Hawken – UBS
Brendan O’Brien – Wolfe Research
Jim Mitchell – Seaport Global Securities
James Yaro – Goldman Sachs
Aidan Hall – KBW
Ryan Kenny – Morgan Stanley
Mike Brown – Wells Fargo

Operator

Good morning, everyone. Welcome to Lazard’s Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2024 Earnings Conference Call. This call is being recorded. Currently, all participants are in a listen-only mode. Following the remarks, we will conduct a question-and-answer session. Instructions will be provided at that time. [Operator Instructions]

Now at this time, I’ll turn things over to Alexandra Deignan, Lazard’s Head of Investor Relations and Treasury. Please go ahead, ma’am.

Alexandra Deignan

Thank you, Bo. Good morning, everyone, and welcome to Lazard’s earnings call for the fourth quarter and full year of 2024. I’m Alexandra Deignan, Head of Investor Relations and Treasury. In addition to today’s audio comments, we have posted our earnings release on our website. A replay of this call will also be available on our website later today.

Before we begin, let me remind you that we may make forward-looking statements about our business and performance. There are important factors that could cause our actual results, level of activity, performance, achievements or other events to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, those factors discussed in the company’s SEC filings, which you can access on our website. Lazard assumes no responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of these forward-looking statements and assumes no duty to update them.