POWER OF ATTORNEY

        Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints each of Roger C. Altman, Austin M. Beutner, Adam B. Frankel, Michael P.
Riordan and Scott Graham, signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful
attorney-in-fact to:

(1)     execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
        capacity as an officer and/or director of Evercore Partners Inc., a
        Delaware corporation (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance
        with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules
        thereunder;

(2)     do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
        which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such
        Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments
        thereto, and timely file such form with the United States Securities and
        Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

(3)     take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
        foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of
        benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the
        undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such
        attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of
        Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and
        conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
        attorney-in-fact's discretion.

        The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power
and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights
and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of
substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the
rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 or the rules thereunder.

        This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned, after becoming subject to the requirements to file Forms 3, 4 and 5
with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities
issued by the Company, ceases to be subject to those requirements, unless
earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to
be executed as of this 31st day of July, 2007.

/s/ Paul Pensa
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Name: Paul Pensa