General Investing >> Analyst Interviews >> October 4, 2004

PRIVATE EQUITY INVESTING: ALEX FRIEDMAN – LAZARD FRERES

ALEX FRIEDMAN is an M&A investment banker at Lazard Freres and US Coordinator of the Financial Sponsor Group. Prior to Lazard, he ran corporate development at Medarex Inc., a leading public biotechnology company. Mr. Friedman served as a White House Fellow in the Clinton Administration and also as Assistant to the US Secretary of Defense. He holds a JD from Columbia Law School, an MBA from Columbia Business School and a BA from Princeton. Profile
TWST: What are the prime trends that you see taking place at this point

in M&A?

Mr. Friedman: There's a lot of uncertainty in the M&A world right now.

The year started off strongly