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, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *   HILTZ WILLIAM 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 02/09/2009 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Evercore Partners Inc. [EVR] (Last) (First) (Middle) 55 E. 52ND STREET, 38TH FLOOR 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Senior Managing Director 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) (Street) NEW YORK, NY 10055 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) Shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share 84,410 (1) D (1)   Shares of Class B common stock, par value $0.01 per share 1 D   Shares of Class B common stock, par value $0.01 per share 1 I Shares held by trust (2)

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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)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Partnership units of Evercore LP (3)	  (3)	  (3)	Shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share	1,118,705	$ (3)	D	Â
Partnership units of Evercore LP (3)	  (3)	  (3)	Shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share	83,418	$ (3)	I	Partnership units held by trust (2)

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
HILTZ WILLIAM 55 E. 52ND STREET 38TH FLOOR NEW YORK, NY 10055	Â	Â	  Senior Managing Director	Â

Signatures

/s/ Adam B. Frankel, as-attorney-in fact		02/12/2009
**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)	These 84,410 shares of Class A common stock are restricted stock units which were granted to Mr. Hiltz pursuant to the 2006 Evercore Partners Inc. Stock Incentive Plan.
(2)	These share are held by a grantor retained annuity trust of which Mr. Hiltz is the investment trustee.
(3)	Evercore LP units are, subject to certain restrictions in the Evercore LP partnership agreement, exchangeable on a one-for-one basis for shares of Evercore Partnership Inc. Class A common stock, subject to customary conversion rate adjustments for stock splits, stock dividends and reclassifications.

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