Lazard Ltd. announced that Jason Hutchinson has joined Lazard's Middle Market Telecommunications, Media & Technology group as a Managing Director. He is based in San Francisco. Mr. Hutchinson has advised clients on M&A and other financial transactions for more than two decades in the technology industry across a number of subsectors, including data networking, internet and social media, semiconductors and software infrastructure. Prior to joining Lazard, Mr. Hutchinson was a Managing Director and Head of Global Technology M&A at Oppenheimer & Co., and was Head of Technology M&A at Houlihan Lokey.