Ownership Submission
FORM 5
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

ANNUAL 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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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
Altman Roger C
 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Evercore Partners Inc. [EVR] 		5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
__X__ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
Executive Chairman and Co-CEO
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)

C/O EVERCORE PARTNERS INC., 55 EAST 52ND STREET 38TH FLOOR		 3. Statement for Issuer's Fiscal Year Ended (Month/Day/Year)
12/31/2009
(Street)


NEW YORK, NY 10055		 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
 6. Individual or Joint/Group Reporting
(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 at end of Issuer's Fiscal Year
(Instr. 3 and 4)		 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
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 at End of Issuer's Fiscal Year
(Instr. 4)		 10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
(A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Partnership units of Evercore LP (1)   11/20/2009   G(2)   28,600 (2)   (1)   (1) Shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share
28,600
(1) 1,131,321
D
 
Partnership units of Evercore LP (1)               (1)   (1) Shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share
1,140,649
  1,140,649
I
Shares held in trust (3)

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
Altman Roger C
C/O EVERCORE PARTNERS INC.
55 EAST 52ND STREET 38TH FLOOR
NEW YORK, NY 10055		   X     Executive Chairman and Co-CEO  

Signatures

/s/ Adam B. Frankel, as Attorney-in-fact 02/09/2010
**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) Mr. Altman has made a bona fide gift of these Evercore LP partnership units to the New York-Presbyterian Fund, Inc., an unaffiliated, not-for-profit institution.
(3) These Evercore LP units are held in trust for the benefit of Mr. Altman's family. Mr. Altman disclaims beneficial ownership of these partnership units, and the filing of this report is not an admission that Mr. Altman is the beneficial owner of these partnership units for the purposes of Section 16 or any other purpose.

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