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Filing Date: 2016-01-29

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Exhibit 10.1 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM OF GREENHILL&nbsp;&amp; CO. EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PERFORMANCE-BASED RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD NOTIFICATION </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Greenhill&nbsp;&amp; Co., Inc., a Delaware corporation (the &#147;<B>Company</B>&#148;), hereby grants to the &#147;<B>Participant</B>&#148; this Award of
Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units (&#147;<B>PRSUs</B>&#148;) pursuant to the Greenhill&nbsp;&amp; Co., Inc., Equity Incentive Plan, as amended and restated (the &#147;<B>Plan</B>&#148;) upon the following terms and conditions: </P>
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Date</B>:</P></TD>
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Number of PRSUs</B>:</P></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">1.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">This Award is subject to all terms and conditions of this Notification (including Exhibit A) and the Plan. The terms of the Plan are hereby incorporated by reference. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall
have the meaning assigned to such term in the Plan. The term &#147;<B>Notification</B>&#148; means this Notification (including Exhibit A). </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Each PRSU represents a right to receive, upon and subject to the vesting of the PRSU (as described in Section&nbsp;4 below and Exhibit A), one Share as provided in this Notification. Such payment may, at the
Committee&#146;s election be in cash or Shares or a combination thereof. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">To the extent dividends are paid on Shares while the PRSUs remain outstanding, subject to the vesting of the PRSUs, the Participant shall be entitled to receive, at the time of the delivery of the Shares underlying such
vested PRSUs, a cash payment equal to the Dividend Equivalent Amount (as defined below). The Participant shall not be entitled to receive any Dividend Equivalent Amount with respect to any PRSUs that do not vest. &#147;<B>Dividend Equivalent
Amount</B>&#148;