Evercore Partners Inc. Financial Statements Condensed Statements Of Financial Condition, Parent Company Only (Parenthetical) (Detail) (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Treasury Stock at Cost, shares	7,702,900	5,463,515
Class A [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Common Stock, par value	$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Common Stock, shares authorized	1,000,000,000	1,000,000,000
Common Stock, shares issued	40,772,434	35,040,501
Common Stock, shares outstanding	33,069,534	29,576,986
Class B [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Common Stock, par value	$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Common Stock, shares authorized	1,000,000	1,000,000
Common Stock, shares issued	42	43
Common Stock, shares outstanding	42	43
Parent Company [Member] | Class A [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Common Stock, par value	$ 0.01
Common Stock, shares authorized	1,000,000,000
Common Stock, shares issued	40,772,000
Parent Company [Member] | Class B [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Common Stock, par value	$ 0.01
Common Stock, shares authorized	1,000,000