Lazard Freres

Application by China Construction Bank (Asia) Corporation Limited to take discovery from The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., The Raine Group LLC, Oaktree Capital Management, L.P., Bain Capital, L.P., Lazard Frères & Co. LLC, Citibank, N.A., BNY Mellon, N.A., Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Bank of America, N.A., Deutsche Bank AG, and The Clearing House Payments Company LLC regarding, inter alia, "the corporate financing and executive compensation structures of F.C. Internazionale Milano S.p.A", a.k.a. Inter Milan FC, an Italian soccer club, for use in legal proceedings in Hong Kong and Italy involving an allegation that Inter Milan's president, Zhang Kangyang, a.k.a. Steven Zhang, owes "more than US $300 million to China Construction Bank (Asia) Corporation Limited", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by Financiere d'Authuit to take discovery of Lazard, Ltd. for use in proceedings before the Commercial Court of Paris, France, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

A legal dispute in the United States between Lazard Freres and the former portfolio managers of a now-defunct offshore mutual fund has spilled over to Bermuda.Lazard Debt Recovery Fund Ltd., which is registered in Bermuda, filed a lawsuit against Michael A. Weinstock, of New Jersey, at Bermuda Supreme Court on August 21, 2002.