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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Registration <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT>
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<P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:8pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:8pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>UNDER </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </I></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:8pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:8pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PJT Partners Inc. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:8pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Delaware</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">36-4797143</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>incorporation or organization)</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(I.R.S. Employer</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Identification No.)</B></P></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:8pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>280 Park Avenue </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>New York, NY 10017 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Telephone: (212) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">364-7800</FONT> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address of Principal Executive Offices) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:8pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Second Amended and Restated PJT Partners Inc. 2015 Omnibus Incentive Plan </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Full title of the plan) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:8pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>David Travin </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>General
Counsel </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PJT Partners Inc. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>280 Park Avenue </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>New
York, NY 10017 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Telephone: (212) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">364-7800</FONT> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name and address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:8pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>Copies to: </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Charlie Mathes </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Simpson
Thacher&nbsp;&amp; Bartlett LLP </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>425 Lexington Avenue </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>New York, New York 10017-3954 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Telephone: (212) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">455-2000</FONT> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Facsimile: (212) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">455-2502</FONT> </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:8pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-accelerated</FONT>
filer, a smaller reporting company, or emerging growth company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;smaller reporting company,&#148; and &#147;emerging growth company&#148; in Rule <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">12b-2</FONT> of the Exchange Act. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:8pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Large&nbsp;accelerated&nbsp;filer</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&#9746;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Accelerated filer</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&#9744;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Smaller&nbsp;reporting&nbsp;company</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&#9744;</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:8pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or
revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section&nbsp;7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744; </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> (&#147;Registration Statement&#148;) is being filed for the purpose of
registering an additional 16,000,000 shares of Class&nbsp;A common stock, par value $0.01 per share (&#147;Common Stock&#148;), of PJT Partners Inc. (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) reserved for issuance under the Second Amended and Restated PJT
Partners Inc. 2015 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;), which was approved by stockholders on May&nbsp;24, 2023 at the Registrant&#146;s 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the &#147;2023 Annual Meeting&#148;). These additional shares of
Common Stock are additional securities of the same class as other securities for which an original registration statement (File No.&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1626115/000119312515333989/d43238ds8.htm"><FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">333-207207</FONT></A>) on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> was filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) on September&nbsp;30, 2015 and an additional registration
statement (File No.&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1626115/000119312519122461/d733836ds8.htm"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">333-231075</FONT></A>) was filed on April&nbsp;26, 2019. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8,</FONT> the contents of such earlier registration statements are incorporated
by reference into this Registration Statement, except that the provisions contained in Part II of such earlier registration statements are modified as set forth below. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PART II </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following documents filed with the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;),
are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(a)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The Registrant&#146;s <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1626115/000156459023002439/pjt-10k_20221231.htm">Annual
 Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT></A> for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2022, filed on February&nbsp;24, 2023; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(b)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The Registrant&#146;s <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1626115/000095017023017242/pjt-20230331.htm">Quarterly
 Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-Q</FONT></A> for the quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2023, filed on May&nbsp;3, 2023; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(c)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K,</FONT> filed on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1626115/000095017023024293/pjt-20230524.htm">May
<U></U>&nbsp;25, 2023</A>; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(d)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The description of the Registrant&#146;s Class A common stock contained <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1626115/000156459020007455/pjt-ex41_1201.htm">Exhibit
 4.1</A> to the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2019, filed on February&nbsp;27, 2020, and any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating
such description. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All documents that the Registrant subsequently files pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange
Act after the date of this Registration Statement (except for any portions of the Registrant&#146;s Current Reports on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 thereof and any corresponding
exhibits thereto not filed with the Commission or other information &#147;furnished&#148; to the Commission) and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement indicating that all securities offered have been sold
or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes
of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so
modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the &#147;DGCL&#148;) allows a corporation
to provide in its certificate of incorporation that a director or officer of the corporation will not be personally liable to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director or officer, except that
such provision shall not eliminate or limit the liability of (1)&nbsp;a director or officer for any breach of the director&#146;s or officer&#146;s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (2)&nbsp;a director or officer for acts or
omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (3)&nbsp;a director under section 174 of the DGCL for unlawful payment of dividends or stock purchases or redemptions, (4)&nbsp;a director or officer
for any transaction from which the director or officer derived an improper personal benefit or (5)&nbsp;an officer in any action by or in the right of the corporation. The Registrant&#146;s amended and restated certificate of incorporation, as
amended by stockholders at the 2023 Annual Meeting, provides for this limitation of liability for directors and officers.</P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;145 of the DGCL (&#147;Section&nbsp;145&#148;), provides that a Delaware corporation may
indemnify any person who was, is or is threatened to be made, party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of such
corporation), by reason of the fact that such person is or was an officer, director, employee or agent of such corporation or is or was serving at the request of such corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or
enterprise. The indemnity may include expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, provided such person
acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the corporation&#146;s best interests and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was
illegal. A Delaware corporation may indemnify any persons who were or are a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation by reasons of the fact that such person is or was a director, officer,
employee or agent of another corporation or enterprise. The indemnity may include expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit, provided
such person acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the corporation&#146;s best interests, provided that no indemnification is permitted without judicial approval if the officer, director,
employee or agent is adjudged to be liable to the corporation. Where an officer or director is successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense of any action referred to above, the corporation must indemnify him or her against the expenses which
such officer or director has actually and reasonably incurred. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;145 further authorizes a corporation to purchase and maintain insurance on
behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or enterprise, against any liability
asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not the corporation would otherwise have the power to indemnify him or her under Section&nbsp;145. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Registrant&#146;s amended and restated bylaws provide that the Registrant must indemnify its directors and officers to the fullest extent authorized by
the DGCL and must also pay expenses incurred in defending any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition upon delivery of an undertaking, by or on behalf of an indemnified person, to repay all amounts so advanced if it should be determined
ultimately that such person is not entitled to be indemnified under the Registrant&#146;s amended and restated bylaws or otherwise. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The indemnification
rights set forth above shall not be exclusive of any other right which an indemnified person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Registrant&#146;s amended and restated certificate of incorporation, the Registrant&#146;s
amended and restated bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Registrant currently maintains liability
insurance for its directors and officers. Such insurance is available to the Registrant&#146;s directors and officers in accordance with its terms. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following exhibits are filed as part of this Registration Statement: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1626115/000119312515337529/d21345dex31.htm">Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of PJT Partners Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Current
 Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filed with the Commission on October&nbsp;5, 2015). </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d503336dex42.htm">Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of PJT Partners Inc. </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1626115/000119312515337529/d21345dex32.htm">Amended and Restated <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">By-Laws</FONT> of PJT Partners Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant&#146;s
 Current Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filed with the Commission on October&nbsp;5, 2015).</A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1626115/000095017023024293/pjt-ex10_1.htm">Second Amended and Restated PJT Partners Inc. 2015 Omnibus Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Current
Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filed with the Commission on May<U></U>&nbsp;25, 2023). </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d503336dex51.htm">Opinion of Simpson Thacher&nbsp;&amp; Bartlett LLP. </A></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York,
on the 7th day of June 2023. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="5">PJT PARTNERS INC.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">/s/ David K.F. Gillis</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Name:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Managing Director, Corporate Secretary</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned directors and officers of the Registrant, which is filing a Registration Statement on Form <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C. 20549 under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 hereby constitute and appoint Paul J. Taubman, Helen T. Meates, Ji-Yeun Lee and David
Travin, and each of them, any of whom may act without joinder of the other, the individual&#146;s true and lawful <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorneys-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for the person and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign this Registration Statement and any or all amendments or supplements to this Registration Statement, including post-effective
amendments, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and does hereby grant unto said
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorneys-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about
the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorneys-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agents
or any of them, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement and powers of attorney have been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on the 7th day of June 2023. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Paul J. Taubman</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Chairman and Chief Executive Officer</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">(principal executive officer)</P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Helen T. Meates</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Chief Financial Officer</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">(principal financial and accounting officer)</P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">K. Don Cornwell</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ James Costos</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">James Costos</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Emily K. Rafferty</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Thomas M. Ryan</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Kenneth C. Whitney</P></TD>
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S-8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 7, 2023.
Registration
No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM
S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
PJT Partners Inc.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
36-4797143
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
280 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10017
Telephone: (212)
364-7800
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
Second Amended and Restated PJT Partners Inc. 2015 Omnibus Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
David Travin
General
Counsel
PJT Partners Inc.
280 Park Avenue
New
York, NY 10017
Telephone: (212)
364-7800
(Name and address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Charlie Mathes
Simpson
Thacher & Bartlett LLP
425 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York 10017-3954
Telephone: (212)
455-2000
Facsimile: (212)
455-2502
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated
filer, a smaller reporting company, or emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company," and "emerging growth company" in Rule
12b-2
of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
☒
Accelerated filer
☐
Non-accelerated filer
☐
Smaller reporting company
☐
Emerging growth company
☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or
revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.  ☐
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement on Form
S-8
("Registration Statement") is being filed for the purpose of
registering an additional 16,000,000 shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share ("Common Stock"), of PJT Partners Inc. (the "Registrant") reserved for issuance under the Second Amended and Restated PJT
Partners Inc. 2015 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the "Plan"), which was approved by stockholders on May 24, 2023 at the Registrant's 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the "2023 Annual Meeting"). These additional shares of
Common Stock are additional securities of the same class as other securities for which an original registration statement (File No.
333-207207
) on Form
S-8
was filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on September 30, 2015 and an additional registration
statement (File No.
333-231075
) was filed on April 26, 2019.
Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form
S-8,
the contents of such earlier registration statements are incorporated
by reference into this Registration Statement, except that the provisions contained in Part II of such earlier registration statements are modified as set forth below.
PART II
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed with the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"),
are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:
(a)
The Registrant's
Annual
 Report on Form
10-K
for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022, filed on February 24, 2023;
(b)
The Registrant's
Quarterly
 Report on Form
10-Q
for the quarter ended March 31, 2023, filed on May 3, 2023;
(c)
The Registrant's Current Report on Form
8-K,
filed on
May
25, 2023
; and
(d)
The description of the Registrant's Class A common stock contained
Exhibit
 4.1
to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form
10-K
for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019, filed on February 27, 2020, and any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating
such description.
All documents that the Registrant subsequently files pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange
Act after the date of this Registration Statement (except for any portions of the Registrant's Current Reports on Form
8-K
furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 thereof and any corresponding
exhibits thereto not filed with the Commission or other information "furnished" to the Commission) and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement indicating that all securities offered have been sold
or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes
of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so
modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the "DGCL") allows a corporation
to provide in its certificate of incorporation that a director or officer of the corporation will not be personally liable to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director or officer, except that
such provision shall not eliminate or limit the liability of (1) a director or officer for any breach of the director's or officer's duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (2) a director or officer for acts or
omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (3) a director under section 174 of the DGCL for unlawful payment of dividends or stock purchases or redemptions, (4) a director or officer
for any transaction from which the director or officer derived an improper personal benefit or (5) an officer in any action by or in the right of the corporation. The Registrant's amended and restated certificate of incorporation, as
amended by stockholders at the 2023 Annual Meeting, provides for this limitation of liability for directors and officers.
Section 145 of the DGCL ("Section 145"), provides that a Delaware corporation may
indemnify any person who was, is or is threatened to be made, party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of such
corporation), by reason of the fact that such person is or was an officer, director, employee or agent of such corporation or is or was serving at the request of such corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or
enterprise. The indemnity may include expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, provided such person
acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the corporation's best interests and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was
illegal. A Delaware corporation may indemnify any persons who were or are a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation by reasons of the fact that such person is or was a director, officer,
employee or agent of another corporation or enterprise. The indemnity may include expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit, provided
such person acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the corporation's best interests, provided that no indemnification is permitted without judicial approval if the officer, director,
employee or agent is adjudged to be liable to the corporation. Where an officer or director is successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense of any action referred to above, the corporation must indemnify him or her against the expenses which
such officer or director has actually and reasonably incurred.
Section 145 further authorizes a corporation to purchase and maintain insurance on
behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or enterprise, against any liability
asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not the corporation would otherwise have the power to indemnify him or her under Section 145.
The Registrant's amended and restated bylaws provide that the Registrant must indemnify its directors and officers to the fullest extent authorized by
the DGCL and must also pay expenses incurred in defending any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition upon delivery of an undertaking, by or on behalf of an indemnified person, to repay all amounts so advanced if it should be determined
ultimately that such person is not entitled to be indemnified under the Registrant's amended and restated bylaws or otherwise.
The indemnification
rights set forth above shall not be exclusive of any other right which an indemnified person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Registrant's amended and restated certificate of incorporation, the Registrant's
amended and restated bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.
The Registrant currently maintains liability
insurance for its directors and officers. Such insurance is available to the Registrant's directors and officers in accordance with its terms.
Item 8. Exhibits.
The following exhibits are filed as part of this Registration Statement:
Exhibit
Number
Description of Document
4.1
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of PJT Partners Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Current
 Report on Form
8-K
filed with the Commission on October 5, 2015).
4.2
Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of PJT Partners Inc.
4.3
Amended and Restated
By-Laws
of PJT Partners Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant's
 Current Report on Form
8-K
filed with the Commission on October 5, 2015).
4.3
Second Amended and Restated PJT Partners Inc. 2015 Omnibus Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant's Current
Report on Form
8-K
filed with the Commission on May
25, 2023).
5.1
Opinion of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP.
23.1
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
23.2
Consent of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP (included as part of Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Powers of Attorney (included in the signature pages to this Registration Statement).
107.1
Filing Fees
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing on Form
S-8
and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York,
on the 7th day of June 2023.
PJT PARTNERS INC.
By:
/s/ David K.F. Gillis
Name:
David K.F. Gillis
Title:
Managing Director, Corporate Secretary
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned directors and officers of the Registrant, which is filing a Registration Statement on Form
S-8
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C. 20549 under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 hereby constitute and appoint Paul J. Taubman, Helen T. Meates, Ji-Yeun Lee and David
Travin, and each of them, any of whom may act without joinder of the other, the individual's true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact
and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for the person and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign this Registration Statement and any or all amendments or supplements to this Registration Statement, including post-effective
amendments, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and does hereby grant unto said
attorneys-in-fact
and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about
the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact
and agents
or any of them, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement and powers of attorney have been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on the 7th day of June 2023.
Signature
Title
/s/ Paul J. Taubman
Paul J. Taubman
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
(principal executive officer)
/s/ Helen T. Meates
Helen T. Meates
Chief Financial Officer
(principal financial and accounting officer)
/s/ K. Don Cornwell
K. Don Cornwell
Director
/s/ James Costos
James Costos
Director
/s/ Emily K. Rafferty
Emily K. Rafferty
Director
/s/ Thomas M. Ryan
Thomas M. Ryan
Director
/s/ Grace Reksten Skaugen
Grace Reksten Skaugen
Director
/s/ Kenneth C. Whitney
Kenneth C. Whitney
Director