Joseph Cassanelli
Managing Director
Joseph R. Cassanelli is a Managing Director and the Co-Head of Lazard's U.S. Financial Institutions Group. He has over 25 years of experience advising on mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Cassanelli is a trusted advisor to a broad range of global financial institutions and leading private equity firms. In addition, he serves as a member of Lazard's Fairness Opinion Committee, Valuation Subcommittee and manages many of Lazard’s private equity relationships.
Prior to joining Lazard in 2002, Joseph was with Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein and Wasserstein Perella & Co. Joseph also spent several years with Deloitte & Touche LLP, where he specialized in Assurance and Advisory Services.
Seton Hall University, W. Paul Stillman School of Business, B.S. in Accounting, Magna cum Laude.
Our offices in the United States
The United States has been Lazard’s home since the firm was incorporated in New Orleans in July 1848.
For more than 175 years, Lazard has been an integral part of the American business landscape, providing trusted advice to public and private companies, governments, partnerships and individuals in the United States and Canada.
In addition to our global headquarters in New York, Lazard has locations in eight cities across the United States, bringing invaluable local perspective to our work with clients around the nation and all over the world.
