Lazard Ltd announced Garrett Baker has joined its subsidiary, Lazard Middle Market LLC, as a Managing Director and Head of Middle Market Telecommunications, Media and Technology. He is based in New York.

“Garrett has established a national reputation as one of the top advisors in middle-market telecom, with a dominant position in the broadband sub-segment,” said David Solomon, head of Lazard’s middle-market advisory business. “This move reflects our broader strategy of establishing national leadership in distinct and important industry niches.”

Prior to joining Lazard, Baker was President of Waller Capital Partners, where he led mergers and acquisitions for cable, telecom and media clients and oversaw day-to-day operations of the firm. He joined Waller Capital Partners in 1998 and was named President in 2009. Prior to that, he was a mergers and acquisitions banker at Bear Stearns & Co.

Baker was named as a “Top 50 Dealmaker in North America” by Global M&A Network and one of the cable industry’s top “40 Under 40” executives by MultiChannel News.

Lazard's middle-market advisory business provides substantive financial and strategic advice on mergers and acquisitions, financing of debt and equity, and restructuring to mid-sized companies. Our senior professionals bring deep sector expertise and relationships with CEOs and board members, while leveraging the global resources of Lazard.