PJT Partners, Inc. is a holding company, which engages in the provision of advisory-investment solutions. The company is headquartered in New York City, New York and currently employs 1,143 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2015-09-18. The firm provides independent advice coupled with client service. The firm advises clients on transactions, including mergers and acquisitions (M&A), spin-offs, activism defense, contested M&A, joint ventures, minority investments and divestitures. Additionally, it advises private and public company boards and management teams on strategies for building investor relationships with a focus on shareholder engagement; complex investor matters; environmental, social and governance (ESG) transition solutions; and other critical strategic, governance and shareholder matters. Its restructuring and special situations business provides advisory in financial restructuring and reorganization, liability management, distressed M&A and Chapter 11 matters. The Company’s global alternative asset advisory and fundraising business provides private fund advisory and fundraising services for a diverse range of investment strategies.