Exhibit 24
                        POWER OF ATTORNEY
        Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of 
Roger C. Altman, Austin M. Beutner, David E. Wezdenko, Adam B. Frankel, Thomas J. 
Gavenda, Michael P. Riordan, Scott Graham, Kathryn K. Sudol and Edward Shen as 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 a
nd/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 and in connection with any applications for 
EDGAR access codes, including without limitation the Form ID;
(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, 5, or Form ID, 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 ac
knowledges 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.

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        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, 
the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be 
executed as of this 27th day of December, 2006.
                                                /s/ Bernard J. Taylor         
                                                Bernard J. Taylor
 
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