Jack Helms Named Middle-Market Banker of the
Year
Investment Dealers' Digest
Magazine (IDD) named Jack Helms, Chairman of Lazard Middle Market
(formerly Goldsmith Agio Helms), the 2007 Middle-Market Banker of the
Year.
Mr. Helms commented, “I was especially honored to win this
award in the year we merged Goldsmith Agio Helms into Lazard. We
pursued the Lazard transaction to enhance the resources we bring to our
clients. Our middle-market bankers now have access to Lazard’s
unparalleled industry expertise and relationships, integrated global
presence, a full spectrum of financial services, and a best-practice
partnership with one of the most focused and accomplished financial
advisory firms in the world. Yet with all of Lazard’s resources, we have
retained our autonomy and the middle-market focus, passion, and tenacity
that have served us so well over all of these years.”
ABOUT LAZARD MIDDLE
MARKET
Lazard Middle Market, a subsidiary of
Lazard (NYSE:LAZ), provides advice on mergers and acquisitions,
restructuring and financings to the middle market. Formed in 2007
with the acquisition of Goldsmith Agio Helms, Lazard Middle Market has
approximately 90 investment bankers in Minneapolis, New York, Chicago, Los
Angeles, and Shanghai. For more information on Lazard Middle Market,
please visit www.lazardmm.com.
ABOUT LAZARD
Lazard, one of the world's preeminent financial
advisory and asset management firms, operates from 29 cities across 16
countries in North America, Europe, Asia, Australia and South America.
With origins dating back to 1848, the firm provides advice on mergers and
acquisitions, restructuring and capital raising, as well as asset
management services to corporations, partnerships, institutions,
governments, and individuals. For more information on Lazard, please visit
www.lazard.com.
