Spiro Youakim
Managing Director
Spiro Youakim is Global Head of Natural Resources and co-head of European Energy and Renewables. He joined Lazard in 2008 as Head of European Metals & Mining.
Spiro provides strategic financial advice to the large cap global energy, paper / packaging, cement and mining groups, as well as private equity and other large financial investors focused on those sectors, across M&A, shareholder engagement / corporate governance and capital raising / restructuring.
He also co-chairs the London Diversity & Inclusion committee and co-chairs the European IDEA committee.
Spiro has graduated from Institut Superieur de Gestion in Paris, France. Spiro is also a multiple IronMan triathlon races finisher.
Our offices in the United Kingdom
Lazard's first London office opened in 1877 on Old Broad Street, near the Bank of England and London's historic stock exchange, placing the firm's U.K. home at the meeting point of British capital, international trade, and the flows of finance.
The U.K. remains one of the largest operations in Lazard's global network, working closely with the firm's teams across continental Europe and the U.S., and in 2025 the firm moved its U.K. headquarters to 20 Manchester Square.
London continues to offer a single, integrated market where sovereign capital, listed companies, and global investors can flourish. From here, Lazard advises clients on a full range of strategic matters including mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and liability management, debt and capital structure, and capital raising. More than 175 years after the firm's founding, Lazard's client relationships in the U.K. still rest on a foundation of independent advice, discretion, and long-standing trust.