Ownership Submission

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ^*

CUMINALE JAMES W

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
10/01/2015

3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
PJT Partners Inc. [PJT]

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

C/O PJT PARTNERS INC., 280 PARK AVENUE

4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

_____ Director	_____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below)	_____ Other (specify below)
General Counsel

5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)

(Street)

NEW YORK, NY 10017

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Class A Common Stock	5,000	D
Class B Common Stock	1	D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security		6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Founder LTIP Units of PJT Partners Holdings LP	⁽¹⁾⁽³⁾	⁽¹⁾⁽³⁾	Class A Common Stock	100,000	$ ⁽¹⁾ ⁽³⁾	D
LTIP Units of PJT Partners Holdings LP	⁽²⁾⁽³⁾	⁽²⁾⁽³⁾	Class A Common Stock	75,000	$ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾	D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
CUMINALE JAMES W C/O PJT PARTNERS INC., 280 PARK AVENUE NEW YORK, NY 10017			General Counsel

Signatures

/s/ James Cuminale		10/13/2015
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Represents a series of LTIP Units ("Founder LTIP Units") of PJT Partners Holdings LP ("PJT Holdings"). These Founder LTIP Units generally vest as follows: (a) 20% vest on October 9, 2017, (b) 30% vest on October 9, 2018, and (c) 50% vest on October 9, 2019. Upon the occurrence of specified events, these Founder LTIP Units can automatically be converted into Partnership Units of PJT Holdings on a one-for-one basis.
(2)	Represents a series of LTIP Units ("Earn-Out Units") of PJT Holdings. Earn-Out Units are subject to both time and performance vesting. Earn Out Units generally satisfy the time-vesting requirement with 20% vesting on October 9, 2017, 30% vesting on October 9, 2018 and 50% vesting on October 9, 2019. The performance vesting requirement will be satisfied upon the publicly traded Class A shares of the Issuer achieving certain volume-weighted average share price ("VWAP") targets over any consecutive 30-day trading period ending prior to October 1, 2021 as follows: (a) 20% will be earned upon achieving a VWAP trading price of $48 per share; (b) 20% will be earned upon achieving a VWAP trading price of $55 per share; (c) 20% will be earned upon achieving a VWAP trading price of $63 per share; (d) 20% will be earned upon achieving a VWAP trading price of $71 per share; and (e) 20% will be earned upon achieving a VWAP trading price of $79 per share.
(3)	Upon the occurrence of specified events, the LTIP Units reported herein can automatically be converted into Partnership Units of PJT Holdings on a one-for-one basis. Subject to the terms of an exchange agreement, on a quarterly basis, from and after October 1, 2016, the partnership units of PJT Holdings 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.

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