Edward Earlam
Managing Director
Edward is a Managing Director in the Industrials team in Lazard's London office, with particular responsibility for the Paper & Packaging and Capital Goods / Diversified Industrials sectors.
He joined Lazard in 2017 from Greenhill, where he spent 4 years, primarily focused on the Industrials sector. Prior to joining Greenhill, Edward was an Assistant Director at PwC, where he spent nearly 8 years in Strategy Consulting, Restructuring and Assurance. He has a decade of investment banking experience and nearly 18 years’ experience providing strategic and financial advice to clients.
Edward has advised a wide range of UK, European and US companies on mergers, acquisitions, disposals, defence, restructurings and capital raisings. His experience spans public and private M&A, both domestic and cross-border.
Edward graduated from Christ Church, Oxford in 2005 with a double first class honours degree in Economics and Management and has been a Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland since 2008.
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