Slava Brin Joins Lazard as a Managing Director in Telecommunications, Media & Entertainment Group, Financial Advisory

NEW YORK, June 29, 2022 – Lazard Ltd (NYSE: LAZ) announced today that Slava Brin has joined the firm as a Managing Director in the Telecommunications, Media & Entertainment Group (TME) within Financial Advisory, effective immediately.

Based in New York, Mr. Brin specializes in communications and internet infrastructure, advising clients on M&A, debt, and principal investing.

“Slava brings decades of experience in both large-cap and cross-cap transactions across the communications and internet infrastructure sector,” said Garrett Baker, Global Co-Head of TME at Lazard. “In particular, his expertise with managed services and data center clients will be immediately additive to Lazard’s growing TME practice and focus on digital infrastructure.”

Mr. Brin joins Lazard from Truist Securities, where he was Managing Director and Head of Communications and Internet Infrastructure, a practice that he developed and grew, advising on a number of notable M&A transactions and capital raises.

Prior to this, Mr. Brin served as a Managing Director in the Communications and Internet Infrastructure practice at Evercore. Earlier in his career, Mr. Brin held a variety of M&A, restructuring and financing roles at American Capital, Rothschild and J.P. Morgan Securities.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics and Business Administration from Hanover College and a master’s degree in International Economics and Finance from Brandeis University.