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 *   Arellano Ostoa Augusto 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 12/31/2015 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Evercore Partners Inc. [EVR] (Last) (First) (Middle) 55 EAST 52ND STREET, C/O EVERCORE PARTNERS INC. 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) CEO of EVR Mexico 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 77,052 (1) D Â

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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

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Arellano Ostoa Augusto 55 EAST 52ND STREET C/O EVERCORE PARTNERS INC. NEW YORK, NY 10055	Â	Â	  CEO of EVR Mexico	Â

Signatures

/s/ Adam B. Frankel, as Attorney-in-Fact		01/08/2016
**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)	This amount consists of 1,928 unrestricted EVR Class A shares, 72,078 RSUs granted to Mr. Arellano and 3,046 dividend equivalent RSUs, as follows: a) 2,527 of the RSUs and 241 of the dividend equivalent RSUs vest 100% on the fourth anniversary of the grant date of the underlying RSUs (February 6, 2012); b) 265 of the RSUs and 33 of the dividend equivalent RSUs vest 100% on the fourth anniversary of the grant date of the underlying RSUs (February 15, 2012); c) 14,356 of the RSUs and 877 of the dividend equivalent RSUs vest in two substantially equal installments on the third and fourth anniversaries of February 4, 2013; d) 35,625 of the RSUs and 1,472 of the dividend equivalent RSUs vest in three substantially equal installments on the second, third and fourth anniversaries of February 4, 2014; e) 19,305 of the RSUs and 423 of the dividend equivalent RSUs vest in four substantially equal installments on the first four anniversaries of February 4, 2015.
  Remarks: CEO of Evercore Mexico

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