Signatura Lazard
In December 2004, Lazard and Signatura Advisory, a São Paulo-based investment bank, formed Signatura Lazard, a 50-50 joint venture to provide local and cross-border financial advisory services in Brazil. 

MBA Lazard (50-50 Joint Venture)
In January 2008, Lazard acquired a 50% interest in Merchant Bankers Asociados (“MBA”), an Argentina-based financial advisory services firm with offices across Central and South America and the parent company of MBA Banco de Inversiones. Click here to read the press release.

Lazard-Ixis
In March 2004, Lazard and IXIS, the capital markets subsidiary of the Paris-based bank, Caisse d'Epargne, entered into a cooperation arrangement to place and underwrite securities on the French equity primary capital markets under a common brand, "Lazard-Ixis." 

Raiffeisen-Lazard
In January 2007, Lazard and Raiffeisen announced a joint cooperation agreement for merger and acquisition (M&A) advisory in Russia and the Central and Eastern European (CEE) region. 

ADR Alliance
In February 2009, Lazard entered into an exclusive strategic alliance with Alfaro Dávila & Ríos (AD&R) in Mexico. As a result of the alliance, we will jointly provide global M&A and restructuring advisory services for clients in the region as well as for those businesses outside of Mexico who are seeking to acquire or sell Mexican assets, or have interests in other financial transactions with Mexican companies.