2026 Summer Analyst - Strategic Advisory & Restructuring, Hong Kong

PJT Partners is a global advisory-focused investment bank. Our team of senior professionals delivers a wide array of strategic advisory, shareholder advisory, restructuring and special situations and private fund advisory and placement services to corporations, financial sponsors, institutional investors and governments around the world. We offer a unique portfolio of advisory services designed to help our clients achieve their strategic objectives. We also provide, through PJT Park Hill, private fund advisory and fundraising services for alternative investment managers, including private equity funds, real estate funds and hedge funds.

From the beginning, PJT Partners has firmly believed that having the best people is key to building an enduring franchise. Our perspective was, and remains, that a great team brings in both top tier clients and appeals to a wide-range of diverse, talented colleagues. Fostering an inclusive culture, which welcomes differing perspectives and beliefs, enables us to provide the best advice and insights to our clients.

To learn more about PJT Partners, please visit our website at www.pjtpartners.com. 

Program Description:

Summer Analysts in Hong Kong will have the opportunity to work across the Strategic Advisory Group, Restructuring & Special Situations Group, and Private Capital Solutions:

The Strategic Advisory Group consists of one of the most experienced investment banking teams in the industry, and has been involved in some of the largest, most complex transactions of the past twenty years.  Our global team focuses on a diverse set of industries, including financial institutions, healthcare, industrials, energy, power & utilities, real estate, and technology, media & telecommunications.

The Restructuring and Special Situations Group advises large companies, governments, and creditor groups in financially distressed situations.  The group has been involved in most of the largest and most high-profile reorganizations that have occurred in the last decade.  In a restructuring transaction, a wide range of strategic advisory services are provided, including advice on recapitalizations, reorganizations, corporate valuations, exchange offers, distressed mergers and acquisitions, and raising debt and equity capital.
 

As a division of PJT Park Hill, the Private Capital Solutions practice is one of the most experienced investment banking teams in the industry, and has been involved in some of the largest, most complex transactions since the team’s founding in 2008. The practice is fully integrated within the broader PJT Partners platform, leveraging the firm’s global relationships to deliver superior results across the private capital universe. Our highly specialized team focuses on delivering independent advisory and execution services to financial sponsors and institutional investors across a broad spectrum of strategic transactions including:

• Financial Sponsor Solutions: fund recapitalizations, fund restructurings, tender offers, preferred equity / other debt-oriented solutions, management team spinouts and portfolio asset sales

• Structured Liquidity Solutions: securitizations, refinancing of illiquid financial holdings and joint ventures 

• Institutional Investor Solutions: divesture of private fund interests, valuation of private fund interests, transaction structuring and execution support

Responsibilities:

Summer Analysts will work on a wide range of transactions across all three of the above mentioned Groups, including sell-sides, acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, recapitalizations, private placements, leveraged buyouts, restructuring, continuation funds and secondaries transactions.  Summer Analysts are expected to be involved in the development, structuring and financing of transactions and will have the opportunity to attend internal and client meetings, negotiations, and due diligence sessions. Summer Analyst work will include: 

• Financial analysis and modeling

• Drafting of client presentations

• Preparation of memoranda for internal and external use

• Conducting financial and other business-related research

• Coordinating complex and often time-sensitive processes  

• Assistance in the execution of transactions

• Active involvement in client facing situations

Qualifications:

PJT Partners seeks to hire individuals who are highly motivated, intelligent and have excellent academic, leadership and extracurricular records.  In addition, qualified candidates will possess the following:

• Outstanding qualitative, technical and analytical skills

• Strong verbal and written communication skills

• Aptitude to work collaboratively in a team environment

• Robust organizational and time management skills

• Strong work ethic and ability to work well under pressure

• Basic knowledge of accounting and corporate finance

Requirements:

To be considered for the 2026 Summer Analyst Program, applicants must meet the following criteria:

• Fluent English-speaker and business proficient in at least one Asian language

• Currently enrolled as a full-time university student  

• Anticipated graduation date: Winter 2026 – Summer 2027

• CV must include expected graduation month/year and grades

• CV must be uploaded as in PDF format

Application Instructions:

Complete the PJT Partners On-Line application for the “2026 Summer Analyst– Strategic Advisory & Restructuring (Hong Kong)" position above.

Application Deadline: 1 February 2026

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, national origin or any other category protected by law.