Christian Stammschulte
Managing Director
Dr. Christian Stammschulte joined the Financial Advisory business of Lazard in 2022.
Christian started his professional career at Morgan Stanley’s Financial Institutions Group / Investment Banking based in London. Subsequently, he spent most of his career at Goldman Sachs’ M&A Group / Investment Banking in Frankfurt and London where he also served as Business Unit Manager for the German Investment Banking Division. Prior to joining Lazard, he worked as an Investment Director for a growth private equity fund in Munich followed by the role of a Managing Director with Perella Weinberg Partners to build out the firm’s Munich operations.
During his career Christian worked on numerous transactions as an Advisor and as a Principal. He gathered experience in M&A as well as Equity and Debt advisory. He has special sector knowledge in Private Equity, Industrial / Industrial Technology, Healthcare, Business Services, Utilities and Banking industries.
Christian studied Business Administration / Finance at the European Business School, Oestrich-Winkel (Diplom-Kaufmann), Katz Graduate School of Business at the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University (MBA) as well as House of Finance at University of Frankfurt (Dr. rer. pol).
Our offices in Germany
In Germany, Lazard maintains offices for both Financial Advisory and Asset Management.
Lazard & Co. GmbH, the Financial Advisory business, was founded with local joint venture partners in the 1980s, with offices in Frankfurt and Munich. Our team continues to provide independent advice, expertise and solutions for our clients on their most important strategic decisions, in close collaboration with our global sector specialists.
Lazard Asset Management (Deutschland) GmbH was founded in 1999 with offices in Frankfurt and Hamburg. The well-known team, which originally came from another local asset manager and investment firm, has a strong client-centric approach.
Since its launch, the German Asset Management business has been the heart and driver of further successful Continental European office launches, which today run under the brand Lazard Fund Managers.