WACHTELL, LIPTON, ROSEN & KATZ
MARTIN LIPTON HERBERT M. WACHTELL BERNARD W. NUSSBAUM RICHARD D. KATCHER PETER C. CANELLOS MICHAEL W. SCHWARTZ ALLAN A. MARTIN BARRY A. BRYER LAWRENCE B. PEDOWITZ ROBERT B. MAZUR PAUL VIZCARRONDO, JR. PETER C. HEIN HAROLD S. NOVIKOFF DAVID M. EINHORN KENNETH B. FORREST MEYER G. KOPLOW THEODORE N. MIRVIS EDWARD D. HERLIHY DANIEL A. NEFF ERIC M. ROTH WARREN R. STERN ANDREW R. BROWNSTEIN  MICHAEL H. BYOWITZ PAUL K. ROWE MICHAEL B. BENNER MARC WOLINSKY DAVID GRUENSTEIN PATRICIA A. VLAHAKIS STEPHEN G. GELLMAN STEVEN A. ROSENBLUM PAMELA S. SEYMON STEPHANIE J. SELIGMAN ERIC S. ROBINSON JOHN F. SAVARESE SCOTT K. CHARLES ANDREW C. HOUSTON PHILIP MINDLIN DAVID S. NEILL JODI J. SCHWARTZ	ADAM O. EMMERICH CRAIG M. WASSERMAN ADAM D. CHINN GEORGE T. CONWAY III RALPH M. LEVENE RICHARD G. MASON KAREN G. KRUEGER DOUGLAS K. MAYER DAVID M. SILK ROBIN PANOVKA DAVID A. KATZ MITCHELL S. PRESSER ILENE KNABLE GOTTS JEFFREY R. BOFFA DAVID M. MURPHY JEFFREY M. WINTNER TREVOR S. NORWITZ BEN M. GERMANA ANDREW J. NUSSBAUM MICHAEL S. KATZKE RACHELLE SILVERBERG DAVID C. BRYAN STEVEN A. COHEN GAVIN D. SOLOTAR DEBORAH L. PAUL DAVID C. KARP RICHARD K. KIM JOSHUA R. CAMMAKER MARK GORDON JOSEPH D. LARSON LAWRENCE S. MAKOW JARED M. RUSMAN JEANNEMARIE O’BRIEN WAYNE M. CARLIN JAMES COLE, JR. STEPHEN R. DiPRIMA NICHOLAS G. DEMMO IGOR KIRMAN JONATHAN M. MOSES	51 WEST 52ND STREET NEW YORK, N.Y. 10019-6150 TELEPHONE: (212) 403-1000 FACSIMILE: (212) 403-2000 _______________ GEORGE A. KATZ (1965-1989) JAMES H. FOGELSON (1967-1991) _______________ OF COUNSEL WILLIAM T. ALLEN LEONARD M. ROSEN THEODORE GEWERTZ ELLIOTT V. STEIN THEODORE A. LEVINE J. BRYAN WHITWORTH NORMAN REDLICH AMY R. WOLF JOHN M. RICHMAN _________ COUNSEL ADRIENNE ATKINSON PAMELA EHRENKRANZ ANDREW J.H. CHEUNG LAWRENCE A. PASINI	J. AUSTIN LYONS LORI S. SHERMAN PAULA N. GORDON T. EIKO STANGE DAVID A. SCHWARTZ ADAM J. SHAPIRO JED I. BERGMAN MICHAEL A. CHARISH DAMIAN G. DIDDEN MICHAEL E. GILLIGAN JOHN F. LYNCH ERIC M. ROSOF WILLIAM SAVITT MARTIN J.E. ARMS BENJAMIN D. FACKLER ISRAEL FRIEDMAN DIMITRY JOFFE ROY J. KATZOVICZ ROBERT J. LIUBICIC GREGORY E. OSTLING JONATHAN E. PICKHARDT  GREGORY N. RACZ EDWARD J.W. BLATNIK BENJAMIN S. BURMAN NELSON O. FITTS JEFFREY C. FOURMAUX MICHAEL GAT JEREMY L. GOLDSTEIN MAURA R. GROSSMAN JOSHUA M. HOLMES JOSHUA A. MUNN DAVID E. SHAPIRO ANTE VUCIC IAN BOCZKO KEVIN M. COSTANTINO MATTHEW M. GUEST WILLIAM R. HARKER DAVID KAHAN MARK A. KOENIG	DAVID K. LAM KENNETH K. LEE LAURA E. MUÑOZ GEORGE J. RHEAULT MICHAEL S. WINOGRAD FORREST G. ALOGNA JAMES R. LEVINE STEPHANIE P. LISTOKIN GORDON M. MEAD DANIELLE L. ROSE BENJAMIN M. ROTH RICHARD C. SQUIRE ROBIN M. WALL JOSHUA D. BLANK JOSHUA A. FELTMAN JORDAN A. GOLDSTEIN CHETAN GULATI ADAM HICKEY MARGARET ISA EMIL A. KLEINHAUS ANDREW S. JACOBS JASON M. LYNCH HEATHER L. MAHAR DEBORAH MARTINEZ SARAH E. McCALLUM DAVID B. SILVA STEPHANIE J. VAN DUREN KRISHNA VEERARAGHAVAN ADIR G. WALDMAN B. UMUT ERGUN KRISTELIA A. GARCIA RICHARD S. GIPSTEIN SARAH S. JOHNSON SARAH A. LEWIS SARAH FERN MEIL GARRETT B. MORITZ ALISON L. PLESSMAN CHARLES C. YI

April 11, 2005

VIA EDGAR TRANSMISSION

Mr. Mark Webb

Branch Chief

Division of Corporation Finance

Securities and Exchange Commission

450 Fifth Street

Washington, D.C. 20549

Re:	Lazard Ltd —
	Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-121407) relating to the
	initial public offering of shares of Lazard Ltd Class A common stock

Dear Mr. Webb:

On behalf of Lazard Ltd, a Bermuda corporation (the “Company”), submitted for filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, is Amendment No. 3 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (the “Registration Statement”), relating to a proposed initial public offering of shares of the Company’s Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share.

In connection with the filing of the Registration Statement, an additional filing fee of $11,290 was paid to the Commission on April 8, 2005. Please note that the balance of the $111,335 filing fee for the Registration Statement was previously paid upon the initial filing of the Registration Statement.

WACHTELL, LIPTON, ROSEN & KATZ

Securities and Exchange Commission

April 11, 2005

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If you have any questions regarding this filing, please contact the undersigned at (212) 403-1340, or Benjamin D. Fackler, Esq. at (212) 403-1395, both of this office, as counsel to the Company.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Kevin M. Costantino

Kevin M. Costantino, Esq.

cc: Scott D. Hoffman, Esq. (Lazard Ltd)