William Murdoch
Head of Strategy and Investor Relations
Replay available
Lazard LTD. (NYSE: LAZ) Q2 2026 earnings conference call, held 2026-07-23. Replay captured from the company's public earnings webcast.

Head of Strategy and Investor Relations
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman
Chief Financial Officer
Chief Executive Officer of Asset Management
Bank of America Analyst
BMO Analyst
EUBS Analyst
Goldman Sachs Analyst
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WEBVTT 00:00:07.253 -- 00:00:13.415 Good morning and welcome to Lazard's second quarter 2026 earnings conference call. 00:00:13.415 -- 00:00:16.256 This call is being recorded. 00:00:16.256 -- 00:00:19.938 Currently, all participants are in a listen-only mode. 00:00:19.938 -- 00:00:24.339 Following the remarks, we will conduct a question and answer session. 00:00:24.339 -- 00:00:27.500 Instructions will be provided at that time. 00:00:27.500 -- 00:00:32.307 If anyone should require assistance during the call, Please press the star key followed 00:00:32.307 -- 00:00:35.529 by zero on your telephone keypad. 00:00:35.529 -- 00:00:39.893 At this time, I will turn the call over to William Murdoch, Lazard's head strategy and 00:00:39.893 -- 00:00:42.195 investor relations. Please go ahead. 00:00:42.195 -- 00:00:43.636 William 00:00:43.636 -- 00:00:48.780 Murdoch Thanks, Chelsea. Good morning and welcome to Lazard's earning call for the 00:00:48.780 -- 00:00:53.224 second quarter and first half of 2026. I'm William Murdoch, head of strategy and investor 00:00:53.224 -- 00:00:57.547 relations. In addition to today's audio comments, we have posted our earnings release 00:00:57.547 -- 00:01:02.564 on our website. The replay of this call will also be available on our website later today. 00:01:02.564 -- 00:01:07.848 Before we begin, let me remind you that we may make forward-looking statements 00:01:07.848 -- 00:01:10.810 about our business and performance. There are important factors that could cause our 00:01:10.810 -- 00:01:14.953 actual results, level of activity, performance, achievements, or other events to differ 00:01:14.953 -- 00:01:19.416 materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements, including, 00:01:19.416 -- 00:01:23.579 if not limite...