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Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets - Gross Cost and Accumulated Amortization of Other Intangible Assets (Detail) (USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]    
Other intangible assets, Gross Cost $ 63,790us-gaap_OtherFiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross $ 63,803us-gaap_OtherFiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross
Other intangible assets, Accumulated Amortization 51,754us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization 45,379us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization
Other intangible assets, Net Carrying Amount 12,036us-gaap_OtherIntangibleAssetsNet 18,424us-gaap_OtherIntangibleAssetsNet
Performance Fees [Member]    
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]    
Other intangible assets, Gross Cost 30,740us-gaap_OtherFiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross
/ us-gaap_NatureOfExpenseAxis
= laz_PerformanceBasedFeesMember
30,740us-gaap_OtherFiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross
/ us-gaap_NatureOfExpenseAxis
= laz_PerformanceBasedFeesMember
Other intangible assets, Accumulated Amortization 21,116us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization
/ us-gaap_NatureOfExpenseAxis
= laz_PerformanceBasedFeesMember
17,173us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization
/ us-gaap_NatureOfExpenseAxis
= laz_PerformanceBasedFeesMember
Other intangible assets, Net Carrying Amount 9,624us-gaap_OtherIntangibleAssetsNet
/ us-gaap_NatureOfExpenseAxis
= laz_PerformanceBasedFeesMember
13,567us-gaap_OtherIntangibleAssetsNet
/ us-gaap_NatureOfExpenseAxis
= laz_PerformanceBasedFeesMember
Management Fees, Customer Relationships and Non-Compete Agreements [Member]    
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]    
Other intangible assets, Gross Cost 33,050us-gaap_OtherFiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross
/ us-gaap_NatureOfExpenseAxis
= laz_ManagementFeesCustomerRelationshipsAndNonCompeteAgreementsMember
33,063us-gaap_OtherFiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross
/ us-gaap_NatureOfExpenseAxis
= laz_ManagementFeesCustomerRelationshipsAndNonCompeteAgreementsMember
Other intangible assets, Accumulated Amortization 30,638us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization
/ us-gaap_NatureOfExpenseAxis
= laz_ManagementFeesCustomerRelationshipsAndNonCompeteAgreementsMember
28,206us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization
/ us-gaap_NatureOfExpenseAxis
= laz_ManagementFeesCustomerRelationshipsAndNonCompeteAgreementsMember
Other intangible assets, Net Carrying Amount $ 2,412us-gaap_OtherIntangibleAssetsNet
/ us-gaap_NatureOfExpenseAxis
= laz_ManagementFeesCustomerRelationshipsAndNonCompeteAgreementsMember
$ 4,857us-gaap_OtherIntangibleAssetsNet
/ us-gaap_NatureOfExpenseAxis
= laz_ManagementFeesCustomerRelationshipsAndNonCompeteAgreementsMember