Edouard Panié
Managing Director


Edouard Panié is a Managing Director and Co-Head of European Financial Sponsors Coverage at Lazard, advising on transactions for leading alternative asset managers in private equity, growth equity, and infrastructure.
Prior to joining Lazard, Edouard spent close to two decades at Goldman Sachs, where he was a Managing Director, leading coverage of financial sponsors in France and Belgium. He was responsible for business origination, client relationships and executions, across M&A and financing products. Edouard began his career at General Electric, as an engineer at GE Healthcare and GE Consumer Finance.
Edouard holds an MS from Centrale Supélec and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Our offices in the United Kingdom
Lazard has been a leading player in the United Kingdom's financial centre since the firm opened its first London office in 1877. Today, the U.K. remains one of the largest operations in Lazard’s global network.
Based in the heart of one of the world’s most international and connected financial hubs, with unrivalled access to global markets, Lazard U.K. advises clients on strategic matters including mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, debt and capital structure and capital raising.
Lazard's client relationships are built on trust and discretion, drawing on more than 175 years of experience working with leading businesses globally.