PJT Partners Inc.

PJT Partners Inc. is an international investment banking firm providing strategic and capital markets advisory, restructuring, special situations, and shareholder advisory services to corporations, financial sponsors, institutional investors, and governments all over the world. It specializes in mergers and acquisitions, spin-offs, activism defense, contested mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, minority investments, divestitures, debt and acquisition financings, structured product offerings, public equity raises, private capital raises, restructurings and recapitalizations, liability management, private fund advisory and fundraising services, and general advisory services.

PJT Partners Inc. was founded in 2014 under the previous name Blackstone Advisory Inc. and adopted the current name in March 2015. The firm exists as a partnership between Blackstone and its most senior advisors. It is headquartered in New York, New York and has offices in London, Hong Kong, San Francisco, Houston and Tokyo. Moreover, there are 8 subsidiaries in 6 countries, located in Australia, China, U.K, Japan, Hong Kong and India.

PJT Partners works with a diverse client base, ranging from Fortune 500 companies to private investors and portfolio companies, representing a wide range of industries including technology, media, and telecommunications, financial services, healthcare, retail, and consumer products. Its team of investment banking professionals brings a unique blend of industry, structural, and strategic capabilities to bear on its clients’ most important engagements. Working closely with boards, management teams and shareholders, PJT Partners delivers customized solutions and advice to create meaningful, long lasting value.

PJT Partners Inc. is teaming up with other prominent financial companies, such as Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs, to advise on various large deals and ventures. In August 2019, PJT Partners was hired to advise Rite Aid on its pending merger with Albertsons. The merger, in which PJT Partners acted as the financial advisor to Rite Aid, was valued at about $24 billion and marked the biggest U.S. drugstore merger in years.

PJT Partners is also actively involved with ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) initiatives. The firm has an increasing focus on ESG investing, evaluating potential investments according to their ESG performance and advising companies on their overall ESG performance and practices. PJT Partners also actively helps its clients to manage their capital structures, providing guidance and advice on how to leverage their capital to maximize returns.