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.
        
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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be 
executed as of this 5th day of June, 2007.
        
 
                                               /s/ Robert B. Walsh  
                                        _____________________            
                                        Name: Robert B. Walsh