Lazard Ltd. announced that Amanda Dupuy Ugarte has joined Lazard?s Financial Advisory business as a Managing Director in the Private Capital Advisory Group, effective immediately. She is based in New York. Prior to joining Lazard, Ms. Ugarte was a Managing Director at PJT Partners in the Park Hill secondary advisory group, which she joined in 2015, initially in the M&A business. Previously, she worked in investment banking at Morgan Stanley since 2004. She received a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Psychology from Wellesley College and a Master of Business Administration from the Harvard Business School.