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January 2026 - M&A internship - Middle East and Africa (MEA) Team - Paris

January 2026 - M&A internship - Middle East and Africa (MEA) Team - Paris

Hybrid

Paris, France

Internship

28-09-2025

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Skills

Research Organizational Skills

Job Specifications

Paris

Financial Advisory

Off-cycle Internship

Background:

LAZARD, independent world leader in Mergers & Acquisitions Advisory (M&A), works on every kind of transactions for prestigious clients in France and all over the world.

The Financial Advisory group offers a complete range of services including among others:

Mergers and Acquisitions;
Asset disposals;
Restructuring;
Strategic partnerships;
General financial advisory.

About Lazard's Middle East and Africa (MEA) Team:

Through its two offices in Paris and in Riyadh, Lazard's MEA team offers tailor-made advice to top-tier strategic and/or financial investors active in the Middle East and Africa regions.

Thanks to a sector and product agnostic approach, we assist our client in their landmark strategic transactions including, M&A, IPO, Bond issuance, funding strategy etc...

As an intern, you will be based in Paris into a growing team of +15 people and the broader Lazard Financial Advisory platform.

You will be working in an international environment, delivering high end financial and strategic advice to Lazard's clients.

Responsibilities will include:

Perform detailed sector and company research
Prepare presentation and business cases on specific situation
Conduct strategic and finance analysis
Assist the team in company valuations and financial modeling

Profile:

Prior experience in investment banking is a must
Top tier business or engineering school
Ability to produce / present technically written materials / client pitches
Excellent organizational skills, ability to multitask across multiple projects
Curious and proactive with attention to details
Hard skills: excellent technical skills on Office Suite and professional investment banking tools (Bloomberg, FactSet)
Proficiency in French and English (Arabic is a plus)

This position is available for January 2026, for a period of 6 months and is based in Paris.

About the Company

Founded in 1848, Lazard is one of the world's preeminent financial advisory and asset management firms, with operations in North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Australia. Lazard provides advice on mergers and acquisitions, capital markets and capital solutions, restructuring and liability management, geopolitics, and other strategic matters, as well as asset management and investment solutions to institutions, corporations, governments, partnerships, family offices, and high net worth individuals. For ... Know more