Sam Whittaker
Managing Director
Sam Whittaker is a Managing Director and Co-head of Europe Restructuring and Liability Management, based in London.
Sam re-joined Lazard in November 2020 from PJT Partners, where he worked as a Managing Director since 2015. He initially joined Lazard in 2005.
Sam has almost 20 years of complex corporate finance and debt restructuring experience. He has advised on matters across multiple sectors and geographies acting for both debtors and creditors.
Prior to joining Lazard in 2005, Sam ran the Office of the CEO of London’s 2012 Olympic Bid, having previously worked as a policy adviser in the Prime Minister’s Strategy Unit in the UK Cabinet Office.
He holds an MBA with distinction from INSEAD, France; and an MA/BA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Oxford University.
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.