Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On November 16, 2009, Kenneth M. Jacobs was appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of Lazard Ltd and Lazard Group LLC. Mr. Jacobs, age 51, has served as a Managing Director of Lazard since 1991 and has been a deputy chairman of Lazard since January 2002. Mr. Jacobs has also served as Chief Executive Officer of Lazard North America since 2002. Mr. Jacobs initially joined Lazard in 1988.

Lazard also announced that Ashish Bhutani and Gary W. Parr will be named to the Lazard Board of Directors and as Vice Chairmen of Lazard, effective January 4, 2010.

Steven J. Golub, who recently served as Interim Chief Executive Officer, will relinquish this role effective as of November 16, 2009 and will continue as Vice Chairman of Lazard and Chairman of its Financial Advisory group.

There have been no new contracts or arrangements or amendments to prior contracts or arrangements entered into as a result of the forgoing appointments.

A copy of the press release announcing this information is being furnished as Exhibits 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

The following exhibits are filed as part of this Report on Form 8-K:

99.1 Press Release issued on November 17, 2009.

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