Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
Stern Alexander F.
  2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Lazard Ltd [LAZ]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
Chief Operating Officer
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
C/O LAZARD LTD, 30 ROCKEFELLER PLAZA
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
02/19/2015
(Street)

NEW YORK, NY 10112
4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)
5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)
6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)
6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)
7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)
8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)
9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)
10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Performance-based Restricted Stock Units (1) (2) 02/19/2015   A   111,392     (3)   (3) Class A common stock 111,392 (2) 138,794 D  
Restricted Stock Units (4) (2) 02/19/2015   A   9,345     (5)   (5) Class A common stock 9,345 $ 0 105,258 (6) D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
Stern Alexander F.
C/O LAZARD LTD
30 ROCKEFELLER PLAZA
NEW YORK, NY 10112
      Chief Operating Officer  

Signatures

 /s/ Alexander F. Stern by Scott D. Hoffman under a P of A   02/23/2015
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Represents prior grants of Performance-based Restricted Stock Units ("PRSUs") awarded with respect to compensation for 2012 and 2013 for which performance conditions have been satisfied. These grants were previously reflected in Lazard Ltd's proxy statements for the relevant years.
(2) Each PRSU (the performance conditions of which have been satisfied) and each Restricted Stock Unit ("RSU") represents a contingent right to receive one share of Class A common stock of Lazard Ltd.
(3) Of these PRSUs, 31,076 will vest on March 2, 2015, 62,150 will vest on or around March 1, 2016 and 18,166 will vest on or around March 1, 2017.
(4) Additional RSUs were acquired pursuant to the dividend equivalent reinvestment provisions of underlying PRSU and RSU awards.
(5) Of these RSUs, 3,097 will vest on March 2, 2015, 2,392 will vest on or around March 1, 2016, 1,886 will vest on or around March 1, 2017 and 1,970 will vest on or around March 1, 2018.
(6) Amounts exclude 602 shares of Class A common stock of Lazard Ltd beneficially owned by the reporting person.

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