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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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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * JACOBS KENNETH M   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Lazard Ltd [LAZ] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Chairman and CEO (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O LAZARD LTD, 30 ROCKEFELLER PLAZA 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 11/13/2015 (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 Restricted Class A Common Stock 11/13/2015   M   1,795 A (1) 128,676 (2) D

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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

Restricted Stock Units (3)

(4)

11/13/2015

A

1,795

(5)

(5)

Class A Common Stock

1,795

$ 0

1,795

D

Restricted Stock Units

(1)

11/13/2015

M

1,795

(1)

(1)

Restricted Class A Common Stock

1,795

(1)

0 (2)

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
JACOBS KENNETH M C/O LAZARD LTD 30 ROCKEFELLER PLAZA NEW YORK, NY 10112	X		Chairman and CEO

Signatures

/s/ Kenneth M. Jacobs by Scott D. Hoffman under a P of A		11/17/2015
**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)	Restricted Stock Units ("RSUs") granted to the reporting person pursuant to the dividend equivalent reinvestment provisions of underlying Performance-based Restricted Stock Unit ("PRSU") awards have become subject to taxation and have been settled in the form of Restricted Class A Common Stock, which remains subject to vesting until the applicable service requirements are satisfied.
(2)	Amounts exclude 1,246,139 shares of Class A Common Stock directly or indirectly beneficially owned by the reporting person.
(3)	Additional RSUs were acquired pursuant to the dividend equivalent reinvestment provisions of underlying PRSU awards.
(4)	Each RSU represents a contingent right to receive one share of Class A Common Stock.
(5)	Of these RSUs, 748 will vest on or around March 1, 2017, and 1,047 will vest on or around March 1, 2018.

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