Lazard Healthcare Trigger: Porges Hire

🚀 Battle Card: Lazard

• Geoffrey Porges, Managing Director, Healthcare Advisory Group · 🔗 LinkedIn

• Deepens biopharma strategic advisory bench just as healthcare deal activity heats up. → Source

• Navigating complex biopharmaceutical M&A and capital strategies

• Translating scientific innovation into resilient growth plans in volatile markets

• Primary: Strategic M&A Advisory → Maximize deal value & strengthen competitive positioning

• Expansion: Capital Markets Solutions → Optimize funding and risk management for healthcare clients

• HQ: New York, NY

• Employees: ≈ 3,000

• Rev: ≈ $3.5 B

• Website: lazard.com

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✅ Do-Now Checklist

Next Step

🧠 Copy My Prompt for Personalized Cold Outreach

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✏️ YOUR COMPANY
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OUR_COMPANY   = ❑❑
OFFER_BRIEF   = ❑AI-driven M&A strategy platform❑
PROOF_METRIC  = ❑reduced deal cycles by 30%❑
CTA_STYLE     = ❑quick_call❑
TONE          = ❑punchy❑

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📌 TARGET COMPANY
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NAME        = Geoffrey
COMPANY     = Lazard
DEPT        = Healthcare Advisory Group
SIZE        = ≈ 30
BOTTLENECK  = lack of specialized biopharma advisory capacity
EVENT       = Hires Geoffrey Porges to Healthcare Advisory Group
DETAIL      = Dr. Geoffrey Porges joining as MD
PAIN        = Navigating complex biopharmaceutical M&A and capital strategies
SRC         = http://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=ftfLlWd9aZbF2NXfwppam3Bd664=&newsLang=en&newsId=20250918506743&div=41152219
SIM_CO      = Evercore
WIN_METRIC  = ≈ 25% faster deal closings
NEXT_SIZE   = ≈ 50
EMP_EST     = ≈ 3,000
REV_EST     = ≈ $3.5 B

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TASK FOR CHATGPT
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Role: “NewsletterForLeads SDR-Assist”.

Validate any ≈ guesses via SRC.

EMAIL  (keep breaks):
Subject: ≈ 30-person Healthcare Advisory Group

Geoffrey—noticed your Healthcare Advisory Group team is ≈ 30.

That’s when lack of specialized biopharma advisory capacity slows growth.

We helped Evercore fix this with AI-driven M&A strategy platform.

Result: ≈ 25% faster deal closings.  
Quick call?

PS—next bottleneck hits ≈ 50.

DM ≤45 words, TONE:
Saw your post about Dr. Geoffrey Porges joining as MD — Navigating complex biopharmaceutical M&A and capital strategies.  
AI-driven M&A strategy platform. reduced deal cycles by 30%.  
Quick chat?