Ownership Submission
FORM 4
Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN 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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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
HILTZ WILLIAM
  2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Evercore Partners Inc. [EVR]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
Senior Managing Director
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
C/O EVERCORE PARTNERS INC., 55 EAST 52ND ST. 38TH FLOOR
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
08/10/2009
(Street)

NEW YORK, NY 10055
4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
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 Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)
5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)
6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)
6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)
7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)
8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)
9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)
10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Partnership units of Evercore LP (1) (1) 08/10/2009   D     160,213   (1)   (1) Shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share 160,213 $ 20.15 (2) 958,492 D  
Partnership units of Evercore LP (1) (1) 08/10/2009   D     80,212   (1)   (1) Shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share 80,212 $ 20.15 (2) 3,206 I Partnership units held by trust (3)

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
HILTZ WILLIAM
C/O EVERCORE PARTNERS INC.
55 EAST 52ND ST. 38TH FLOOR
NEW YORK, NY 10055
      Senior Managing Director  

Signatures

 /s/ Adam B. Frankel, as Attorney-in-Fact   08/12/2009
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(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) Evercore LP partnership units are, subject to certain restrictions in the Evercore LP partnership agreement, exchangeable on a one-to-one basis for shares of Evercore Partners Inc. Class A common stock, subject to customary conversion rate adjustments for stock dividends and reclassifications.
(2) Reported sales price per partnership unit does not reflect expense reimbursement equal to $1.1373 per partnership unit, which was deducted from the amount paid to Mr. Hiltz.
(3) These Evercore LP partnership units are held by a grantor retained annuity trust of which Mr. Hiltz is the investment trustee.

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