PJT Partners' (PJT) CEO Paul Taubman on Q1 2020 Results - Earnings Call Transcript

PJT Partners Inc. (NYSE:PJT) Q1 2020 Earnings Conference Call April 28, 2020 8:30 AM ET

Company Participants

Sharon Pearson – Head, IR
Paul J. Taubman – Chairman and CEO
Helen T. Meates – CFO

Conference Call Participants

Devin Ryan – JMP Securities
Sumeet Mody – Piper Sandler

Operator

Good day and welcome to the PJT Partners Q1 2020 Earnings Call. Today's conference is being recorded. At this time I would like to turn the conference over to Sharon Pearson, Head of Investor Relations. Please go ahead.

Sharon Pearson

Thanks very much, Sandra and good morning and welcome to the PJT Partners first quarter 2020 earnings conference call. I am Sharon Pearson, Head of Investor Relations at PJT Partners and joining me today is Paul Taubman, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer; and Helen Meates, our Chief Financial Officer.

Before I turn the call over to Paul, I want to point out that during the course of this conference call, we may make a number of forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties, and there are important factors that could cause actual outcomes to differ materially from those indicated in these statements. We believe that these factors are described in the Risk Factors section contained in PJT Partners 2019 Form 10-K, which is available on our website at pjtpartners.com.

I want to remind you that the company assumes no duty to update any forward-looking statements and also the presentation we make today contains non-GAAP financial measures, which we believe are meaningful in evaluating the company's performance. For detailed disclosures on these non-GAAP metrics and their GAAP reconciliations, you should refer to the financial data contained within the press release we issued this morning, also available on our website. And with that, I'll turn the call over to Paul.