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Lazard announced that Spiro Youakim has joined the firm as a managing director and a senior member of the firm’s global metals & mining financial advisory team. Based in London, Mr. Youakim joined Lazard from Citigroup, where he was a managing director and head of European metals & mining investment banking. Mr Youakim, 40, recently advised on a number of major transactions, including Mittal Steel’s acquisition of Arcelor; Severstal’s acquisitions of Rouge Steel and Lucchini and its equity offering in November 2006; Gerdau’s acquisition of Quanex; and the sale by Anglo American of Highveld Steel & Vanadium to Evraz.-Business Wire