PJT Said to Hire Taubman’s Ex-Morgan Stanley Colleague Harland

PJT Partners Inc. hired Christopher Harland, a former Morgan Stanley colleague of Chief Executive Officer Paul J. Taubman, as the merger-advisory firm prepares to publicly list shares, a person familiar with the move said.

Harland, 57, will be based in New York for the time being and his exact role hasn’t been announced, said the person, who asked not to be identified discussing personnel matters. He left Morgan Stanley earlier this year after leading Latin America coverage since 2008 and spending more than two decades with the investment bank.