Condensed Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 878,167	$ 1,465,022
Deposits with banks and short-term investments	1,638,519	1,347,544
Restricted cash	615,225	617,448
Receivables (net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $33,813 and $33,957 at March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively):
Fees	659,768	669,464
Customers and other	156,872	136,345
Total receivables, net	816,640	805,809
Investments	869,844	1,007,339
Property (net of accumulated amortization and depreciation of $373,366 and $367,507 at March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively)	249,406	250,005
Operating lease right-of-use assets	452,192	466,054
Goodwill and other intangible assets (net of accumulated amortization of $70,277 and $70,221 at March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively)	379,615	379,571
Deferred tax assets	429,227	435,308
Other assets	519,511	373,081
Total Assets	6,848,346	7,147,181
Liabilities:
Deposits and other customer payables	1,748,858	1,442,701
Accrued compensation and benefits	501,325	972,303
Operating lease liabilities	536,910	552,522
Senior debt	1,685,849	1,685,227
Deferred tax liabilities	15,884	1,827
Other liabilities	622,403	626,203
Total Liabilities	5,303,718	5,494,217
Commitments and contingencies
Redeemable noncontrolling interests	575,000	575,000
Common stock:
Class A, par value $.01 per share (500,000,000 shares authorized; 112,766,091 shares issued at March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, including shares held by subsidiaries as indicated below)	1,128	1,128
Additional paid-in-capital		144,729
Retained earnings	1,583,005	1,560,636
Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax	(237,626)	(223,847)
Stockholders' equity subtotal before common stock held by subsidiaries and Noncontrolling interests, total	1,346,507	1,482,646
Class A common stock held by subsidiaries, at cost (12,371,148 and 12,046,140 shares at March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively)	(496,681)	(507,426)
Total Lazard Ltd Stockholders’ Equity	849,826	975,220
Noncontrolling interests	119,802	102,744
Total Stockholders’ Equity	969,628	1,077,964
Total Liabilities, Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests and Stockholders’ Equity	6,848,346	7,147,181
LTBP Trust [Member]
Liabilities:
Tax receivable agreement obligation	192,489	213,434
Series A Preferred Stock [Member]
Preferred stock:
Preferred stock
Series B Preferred Stock [Member]
Preferred stock:
Preferred stock