Business Description

Overview PJT Partners is a premier, global, advisory-focused investment bank that was built from the ground up to be different. Our highly experienced, collaborative teams provide independent advice coupled with old-world, high-touch client service. This ethos has allowed us to attract some of the very best talent in the markets in which we operate. We deliver leading advice to many of the world's most consequential companies, effect some of the most transformative transactions and restructurings and raise billions of dollars of capital around the globe to support startups and more established companies. PJT Partners began trading on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) under the symbol “PJT” on October 1, 2015. We have highly integrated world-class franchises in each of the areas in which we compete: Strategic Advisory Our team of leading professionals delivers strategic advice and innovative solutions to our clients in often highly complex and challenging situations. We advise corporate clients and financial sponsors on transactions including mergers and acquisitions (“M&A”), spin-offs, activism defense, contested M&A, joint ventures, minority investments and divestitures. Additionally, we advise private and public company boards and management teams on strategies for building productive investor relationships with a focus on shareholder engagement; complex investor matters; and other critical strategic, governance and shareholder matters. Our capital markets advisory team advises and executes public and private capital raises in the debt and equity capital markets, including debt financings, acquisition financings, structured product offerings, public equity raises including initial public offerings, private capital raises for early and later stage companies, general partner advisory and other capital structure related matters. Our geopolitical and policy advisory practice assists corporate boards and management teams with navigating changing geopolitical relationships against the backdrop of evolving political landscapes. Restructuring and Special Situations Our Restructuring and Special Situations business is one of the world’s leading global advisors in liability management, restructurings and special situations, including bespoke financings, tort liability resolutions, distressed M&A and Chapter 11 matters. We were ranked #1 in both global and United States announced restructurings in three out of the last four years by LSEG Refinitiv and were named International Financing Review Restructuring Advisor of the Year for each of the years 2020 through 2023. With expertise in highly complex capital structure challenges, we advise corporate clients, financial sponsors and creditors in situations where a company is experiencing financial distress. PJT Park Hill PJT Park Hill, our leading global alternative asset advisory and fundraising business, provides private fund advisory and fundraising services for a diverse range of investment strategies. Moreover, PJT Park Hill is the only group among its peers with top-tier, dedicated private equity, alternative credit/hedge funds, real estate, directs and private capital solutions groups. PJT Park Hill’s private capital solutions business is a leading advisor to general partners and limited partners on liquidity and other structured solutions. 4 Our Key Competitive Strengths We deliver on our Company strategy by leveraging a set of strengths that differentiate our organization within the global advisory landscape: • Young, Entrepreneurial Firm. We combine deep advisory experience with the agility and creativity of a young, entrepreneurial firm. Our teams advise a diverse global client base on complex strategic matters, delivering thoughtful, high-impact solutions. Our advice is grounded in integrity, insight and disciplined execution — core elements of our long-term growth. • Global Market Leadership. Our premier Strategic Advisory business is comprised of industry-leading practitioners who have advised on some of the most high-profile and complex transactions worldwide. Our shareholder advisory business is a trusted advisor to public companies on critical strategic, governance and investor matters. Our Restructuring and Special Situations Group is a market leader with a global platform.…