Will Lazard Make It? Wasserstein Choice Stirs Big Questions
When the French grand bourgeois and senior Lazard-Frères partner and chairman Michel David-Weill anointed Bruce Wasserstein on Nov. 15 as his successor to lead Wall Street’s last major partnership, the appointment resonated in two ways. First, it marked the end of Mr. Wasserstein’s 24-year run as an establishment-flouting deal maker. Second, for Mr. David-Weill, it Read More
