2025 Financial Advisory Summer Analyst Program – Geopolitical Advisory

Austin

Financial Advisory

Summer Internship

2025 Lazard Investment Banking Summer Analyst – Austin, TX Geopolitical Advisory

Lazard is one of the world’s leading financial advisory and asset management firms. Our people make the difference. With just over 3,000 employees, our tight-knit community allows for professionals eager to learn and willing to teach to connect and grow together. We believe that diversity, equity, inclusion, and allyship are not just business imperatives — they are central pillars of our employee experience. Our entrepreneurial culture and flat structure allow creative ideas and original concepts to drive our business forward — and for careers to take flight.

Through our financial advisory business, Lazard advises clients around the world on strategic and financial matters including mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, capital structure and capital raising. Our client relationships are built on trust and discretion. As the world’s largest advisory-focused firm, we have exceptional depth of expertise across industry sectors and geographies. We value the rich diversity that comes from blending local perspective with our global network.

Lazard Geopolitical Advisory (LGA) delivers sector specific, market-relevant geopolitical insights to help Lazard’s corporate clients identify opportunities and risks in a rapidly changing global environment. It provides bespoke advice on how geopolitical trends and developments translate into impact on a client’s business, and how they may affect its operations, earnings, and strategy. LGA represents a unique fusion of world-class geopolitical knowledge and expertise with business and financial intelligence.

The Geopolitical Advisory group is based in the Austin, Texas office and leads coverage for LGA clients across the U.S and globally. Lazard is differentiated among the leading investment banks in our history of investing in Summer Analysts and developing their skillsets. The firm provides Summer Analysts hands-on opportunities to learn more about the geopolitical advisory sector and other parts of Lazard’s business over the course of their career.

The Geopolitical Advisory Summer Analyst position offers an unparalleled opportunity to work as part of small team on developing geopolitical insights for Lazard and its clients, working hand-in-hand with investment banking coverage teams and Lazard’s data science and analytics group. It will provide exposure to the breadth of the Lazard organization, platform, and clients. It will also provide access to and mentorship from leading geopolitical experts, including Admiral William McRaven, General John Abizaid, Jami Miscik, Sir Stephen Lovegrove, and other senior leaders.

A Geopolitical Advisory Summer Analyst works on a variety of client projects and across international economic and political issues. Deep geopolitical expertise with a generalist orientation is a must, as is the ability to autonomously put together differentiated research and presentations and integrate financial and economic insights into geopolitical analysis. An inclination to engage in a wide range of topics within current affairs, finance, and economics, as well as the ability to collaborate closely with colleagues are key traits of a successful Geopolitical Advisory Summer Analyst.

You’ll need to have:

• Current enrollment at a postgraduate program (i.e., Master’s and / or PhD program) with a graduation date of Spring 2026
• Undergraduates enrolled in a joint undergraduate and master’s program (i.e., a 4+1 program) with a graduate date of Spring 2026 are welcome to apply
• Top academic performance with demonstrated writing and research skills
• Motivation, creativity, maturity, poise, and ability to work as a team player
• Comfort operating in an unstructured environment
• Strong analytical skills
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Strong attention to detail
• Ability to multi-task
• Quantitative analysis skills are a plus
• Foreign language capabilities are a plus
• Experience working in government, academia, think tanks, professional services, or financial services on issues of geopolitics and international policy is a strong plus

What we offer

You will begin your internship by participating in a week-long comprehensive training program in New York. Throughout the program, you will receive formal mentorship, exposure to our Leadership Team, and participate in various social and networking events with bankers across the Firm.

We strive to enhance the total health and well-being of our employees through comprehensive, competitive benefits. Our goal is to offer a highly individualized employee experience that enables you to balance your commitments to career, family, and community. When you work for Lazard, you are working for an organization that cares about your unique talents and passions, and will continue to invest in the development of your career.

We expect the base salary for this role to be approximately $120,000 USD. Various factors contribute to determining the actual base compensation offered, including but not limited to the applicant’s years of relevant experience, career tenure, qualifications, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, relevant skills for the role, and if applicable, the location in which the applicant lives and/or from which they will be performing the job.

Does this sound like you?

Apply! We’ll get in touch on the next steps.

Inclusion at Lazard

Lazard is an intellectual capital business focused on delivering the best advice and solutions to clients. Achieving these objectives requires us to identify, develop and retain the best talent. A workforce comprised of people with varied backgrounds and experiences creates a rich diversity of thought that empowers us to challenge conventional wisdom, as diverse perspectives lead to better decisions.

Our appreciation of diversity’s strength is ingrained in our multi-cultural heritage. As a global firm that has grown organically from local roots in different countries, we have a deep tradition of respect for individual differences, which has been core to our success for 175 years.

The ongoing cultivation of an inclusive culture are essential to our continued growth. We are committed to sustaining an environment in which all employees – regardless of socioeconomic status, race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, physical abilities, veteran or military status – can maximize their individual potential, as well as our collective success.