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Exhibit 99.5

Confidentiality, Non-Solicitation and Proprietary Information Agreement

(Evercore Senior Managing Director)

This Confidentiality, Non-Solicitation and Proprietary Information Agreement (the “ Agreement ”), is made on this 21 st day of May, 2009, between Evercore Partners Inc. (the “ Company ”), and the employee signatory hereof (the “ Employee ”).

R E C I T A L S :

WHEREAS, Employee acknowledges and recognizes the highly competitive nature of the businesses of the Company and its affiliates (collectively, “ Evercore ”);

WHEREAS, Employee acknowledges that he/she will be provided with access to sensitive, proprietary and confidential information of Evercore and will be provided with the opportunity to develop relationships with clients, prospective clients, employees and other agents of Evercore, which, in each case, Employee acknowledges and agrees constitute valuable assets of Evercore;

WHEREAS, in connection with the Employee’s execution of an employment agreement with the Company dated as of the date hereof (the “ Employment Agreement ”), Employee agrees to be subject to the restrictive covenants as set forth in this Agreement, effective as of the date Employee commences employment with Evercore (the “Effective Date”);

NOW THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, effective as of the Effective Date, the parties agree as follows:

1. Confidentiality.

(a) Employee will not at any time (whether during or after Employee’s employment with Evercore), other than in the ordinary course of performing services for Evercore, (x) retain or use for the benefit, purposes or account of Employee or any other person, firm, partnership, joint venture, association, corporation or other business organization, entity or enterprise whatsoever (“ Person ”); or (y) disclose, divulge, reveal, communicate, share, transfer or provide access to any Person outside Evercore (other than its professional advisers who are bound by confidentiality obligations), any non-public, proprietary or confidential information obtained by Employee in connection with the commencement of Employee’s employment with Evercore or at any time thereafter during the course of Employee’s employment with Evercore — including without limitation trade secrets, know-how, research and development, software, databases, inventions, processes, formulae, technology, designs and other intellectual property, information concerning finances, investments, profits, pricing, costs, products, services, vendors, customers, clients, partners, investors, personnel, compensation (excluding Employee’s own compensation), recruiting, training, advertising, sales, marketing, promotions, government and regulatory activities and approvals — concerning the past, current or future business, activities and operations of Evercore and/or any third party that has disclosed or provided any of the same to Evercore on a confidential basis (provided that with respect to such third party Employee knows


or reasonably should have known that the third party provided it to Evercore on a confidential basis) (“ Confidential Information ”) without the prior written authorization of the Company’s Board of Directors or its designee; provided, however , that in any event Employee shall be permitted to disclose any Confidential Information reasonably necessary (i) to perform Employee’s duties while employed with Evercore or (ii) in connection with any litigation or arbitration involving this or any other agreement entered into between Employee and Evercore before, on or after the date of this Agreement in connection with any action or proceeding in respect thereof; provided further , that in any event Employee shall be permitted to disclose (publicly or otherwise) any Confidential Information reasonably necessary to disclose Employee’s “track record” with the Company at any time after the expiration of the Restricted Period (as defined below in Section 2(a)(i)).

(b) “Confidential Information” shall not include any information that is (x) generally known to the industry or the public other than as a result of Employee’s breach of this covenant or any breach of other confidentiality obligations by third parties to the extent the Employee knows or reasonably should have known of such breach by such third parties; (y) made legitimately available to Employee by a third party (unless Employee knows or reasonably should have known that such third party has breached any confidentiality obligation); or (z) required by law or by any court, arbitrator, mediator or administrative or legislative body (including any committee thereof) with actual or apparent jurisdiction to order Employee to disclose or make accessible any information; provided that, with respect to clause (z) Employee, except as otherwise prohibited by law or regulation, shall give prompt written notice to Evercore of such requirement, disclose no more information than is so required, and shall reasonably cooperate with any attempts by Evercore, at its sole cost, to obtain a protective order or similar treatment prior to making such disclosure.

(c) Except as required by law or otherwise set forth in clause (z) of Section 1(b) above, or unless or until publicly disclosed by Evercore, Employee will not disclose to anyone, other than Employee’s immediate family and legal, tax or financial advisors, the existence or contents of this Agreement; provided that Employee may disclose (i) to any prospective future employer the provisions of this Agreement provided they agree to maintain the confidentiality of such terms or (ii) in connection with any litigation or arbitration involving this Agreement.

(d) Upon termination of Employee’s employment with Evercore for any reason, Employee shall (x) cease and not thereafter commence use of any Confidential Information or intellectual property (including without limitation, any patent, invention, copyright, trade secret, trademark, trade name, logo, domain name or other source indicator) if such property is owned or used by Evercore; (y) immediately destroy, delete, or return to Evercore, at Evercore’s option, all originals and copies in any form or medium (including memoranda, books, papers, plans, computer files, letters and other data) in Employee’s possession or control (including any of the foregoing stored or located in Employee’s office, home, laptop or other computer, whether or not Company property) that contain Confidential Informati


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