NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Lazard Ltd (NYSE:LAZ) announced today that Navtej Bhullar has joined its subsidiary, Lazard Middle Market LLC, as a Managing Director in its Healthcare Group, focused on healthcare providers and other healthcare services. He is based in New York.

“Nav has over a decade of experience in covering middle market healthcare providers,” said David Solomon, head of Lazard’s middle market advisory business. “His practice has covered a wide spectrum of healthcare businesses, including hospitals, post-acute care providers, outpatient surgery centers, senior care services and behavioral health.”

Prior to joining Lazard, Mr. Bhullar was a Managing Director in the Healthcare Investment Banking Group at Goldman Sachs & Co., where he helped lead Healthcare Services coverage across the U.S. and Canada. Prior to joining Goldman in 2005, he served in a Corporate Finance role at Citigroup since 2001. He began his career in Corporate Strategy with the Tata Group in India. Mr. Bhullar received a Master of Business Administration from Stern School of Business at New York University, a Post Graduate Diploma from Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, and a Bachelor of Engineering from Delhi University.

Lazard's middle market advisory business provides substantive financial and strategic advice on mergers and acquisitions, financing of debt and equity, and restructuring to mid-sized companies. Our senior professionals bring deep sector expertise and relationships with CEOs and board members, while leveraging the global resources of Lazard. For more information, please visit www.lazardmm.com.

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