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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0508</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2026-02-05</periodOfReport>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001626115</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>PJT Partners Inc.</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>PJT</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001837427</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Travin David Adam</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>280 PARK AVENUE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>NEW YORK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>10017</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>false</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>true</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>false</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>false</isOther>
            <officerTitle>General Counsel</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <aff10b5One>false</aff10b5One>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Partnership Units of PJT Partners Holdings LP</value>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2026-02-05</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>M</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>false</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>8264</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F3"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>159.92</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Class A Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>8264</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>13420</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F4"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeTransaction>
    </derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">On November 11, 2025, the Reporting Person submitted an Election to Exchange 8,264 Partnership Units of PJT Partners Holdings LP (&quot;Partnership Units&quot;) with such exchange to be settled for either cash or Class A Common Stock, as determined by the Issuer's Board of Directors.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Subject to the terms of the Issuer's Exchange Agreement, on a quarterly basis, Partnership Units may be exchanged for cash or, at the election of the Issuer, shares of Class A Common Stock of the Issuer on a one-for-one basis.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Effective February 5, 2026, the Reporting Person's Partnership Units were exchanged for cash.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Includes Partnership Units that were acquired upon the occurrence of specified vesting events or grants and previously reported as Performance LTIP Units or Partnership LTIP Units of PJT Partners Holdings LP.  Of the 13,420 Partnership Units reported, all remain subject to previously disclosed time-based vesting conditions.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ David K.F. Gillis, Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2026-02-06</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
