James Jacobs
Managing Director
James Jacobs is a Managing Director and Global Head of Real Assets within the Private Capital Advisory team.
James joined Lazard in 2008 to help establish the real estate fundraising practice within PCA. He focuses on advising real estate General Partners, Fund Managers and Investment Professionals on structuring and raising capital to fund their investment activities.
Since joining Lazard, James has been involved in aggregating in excess of $35bn of equity on a primary basis for over 60 real estate funds as well as having advised on over $10bn of secondary transactions.
Prior to joining Lazard, James spent over 5 years at DTZ Corporate Finance, a real estate investment banking team, where he was a Director specialising in fund raising for private real estate vehicle. Between 1999-2002, James was an investment banker at Goldman Sachs in London.
Cambridge University, M.A. in Economics.
Our offices in the United Kingdom
Lazard's first London office opened in 1877 on Old Broad Street, near the Bank of England and London's historic stock exchange, placing the firm's U.K. home at the meeting point of British capital, international trade, and the flows of finance.
The U.K. remains one of the largest operations in Lazard's global network, working closely with the firm's teams across continental Europe and the U.S., and in 2025 the firm moved its U.K. headquarters to 20 Manchester Square.
London continues to offer a single, integrated market where sovereign capital, listed companies, and global investors can flourish. From here, Lazard advises clients on a full range of strategic matters including mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and liability management, debt and capital structure, and capital raising. More than 175 years after the firm's founding, Lazard's client relationships in the U.K. still rest on a foundation of independent advice, discretion, and long-standing trust.