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Service Agreement between Bernard J. Taylor & Braveheart Financial Services Ltd

 Exhibit 10.22 
 31 July 2006 
 BRAVEHEART FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED 
 and 
 BERNARD J. TAYLOR

  
  
 SERVICE AGREEMENT 
  
  
 

 

 CONTENTS 
  

					
	 CLAUSE
	  	PAGE
	 1.
	  	DEFINITIONS	  	1
			
	 2.
	  	TERM AND JOB DESCRIPTION	  	1
			
	 3.
	  	DUTIES	  	2
			
	 4.
	  	SALARY AND BONUS	  	2
			
	 5.
	  	EXPENSES	  	2
			
	 6.
	  	PENSION AND OTHER WELFARE BENEFITS	  	3
			
	 7.
	  	HOLIDAY	  	3
			
	 8.
	  	OTHER BENEFITS	  	3
			
	 9.
	  	SICKNESS AND OTHER INCAPACITY	  	3
			
	 10.
	  	TERMINATION	  	3
			
	 11.
	  	SUSPENSION	  	4
			
	 12.
	  	RESTRICTIONS	  	4
			
	 13.
	  	DATA PROTECTION	  	8
			
	 14.
	  	COMMUNICATIONS	  	8
			
	 15.
	  	GENERAL	  	8
		
	APPENDIX A : OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES	  	10
		
	APPENDIX B : ROLE IN THE GOVERNANCE OF EVERCORE	  	11

 SERVICE AGREEMENT 
 THIS AGREEMENT is made on 31 July 2006 
 BETWEEN 
  

	(1)	BRAVEHEART FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED, (which it is proposed will be renamed Evercore Europe Limited after the Effective Date) a company incorporated under the laws of
England and Wales (the Company); and 

  

	(2)	BERNARD J. TAYLOR (the Executive or You). 

 IT IS AGREED as follows: 
  

	1.	DEFINITIONS 

 In this Agreement the following
expressions have the following meanings: 
 Affiliate means in relation to either the Company or Evercore LP, any entity which controls, is
controlled by or is under common control with the Company or Evercore LP, as the case may be, including any holding company or companies of the Company or Evercore LP and any subsidiary or subsidiaries of the Company or Evercore LP or any such
holding company where “holding company” and “subsidiary” shall have the meanings assigned to them respectively by the Companies Act 1985; 
 Board means the board of directors of the Company or a duly constituted committee of the board of directors; 
 Braveheart
Acquisition means the proposed acquisition of the Company by Evercore Partners Inc., or an Affiliate thereof; 
 Effective Date means
the date of legal closing of the Braveheart Acquisition; 
 Employment means your employment with the Company in accordance with the terms and
conditions of this Agreement; 
 Evercore means Evercore Partners Inc. and its Affiliates and successors; 
 Group means, after completion of the Braveheart Acquisition, the group of companies comprising Evercore Partners Inc. and its Affiliates (including, for
the avoidance of doubt, the Company and its Affiliates); 
 Initial Fixed Period means the period commencing on the Effective Date and ending
on the date that is the second anniversary after the Effective Date; 
 Relevant Date means, during the Employment, any date falling during
such time, and, for the period of time during the Restricted Period that falls after the date of any termination of the Employment, the effective date of termination of the Employment. 
 Restricted Period means the six months immediately following (a) the date of any termination of the Executive’s employment with the Company by the Company with or without cause reduced by the
number of days that you are suspended in accordance with Clause 11 and (b) if earlier than the date referenced in Clause (a) hereof, the date that notice is given by the Executive to the Company of the Executive’s resignation
from the Company for any reason (other than due to the Executive’s death), which date shall be no later than thirty business days prior to the effective date of any such resignation. 
  

	2.	TERM AND JOB DESCRIPTION 

 2.1 You will be employed by the Company from the Effective Date. You will act as Chief Executive of the Company. 
 2.2
Following legal closing of the Braveheart Acquisition, it is intended that the Company will be renamed Evercore Europe Limited and that you will be Chief Executive of the Company. It is intended that your role in the governance of Evercore will be
as set out in Appendix B. 
 2.3 The Employment shall continue for the Initial Fixed Period unless or until terminated by either party giving to the other
not less than three months’ notice, such notice to expire at any time on or after the last day of the Initial Fixed Period. 
  

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	3.	DUTIES 

 3.1 During the Employment you will devote
your full time and attention during normal business hours and otherwise as reasonably required to the business and affairs of the Company and any Affiliates and comply with the lawful and reasonable directions of the Company and any Affiliates in
relation to the performance of your duties. 
 3.2 Without prejudice to the provisions of Clause 3.1, following the Effective Date, your principal
responsibilities during the Employment will include: 
  

	 	(i)	heading Evercore’s European financial advisory business; 

  

	 	(ii)	assisting in the development of Evercore’s private equity investment opportunities in Europe; and 

  

	 	(iii)	assisting in the growth of Evercore’s North American financial advisory and other businesses. 

 3.3 During the Employment, you will not (without prior written consent of the Board) be directly or indirectly engaged, concerned or interested in any other business activity, trade or occupation. Consent is hereby
deemed to have been given to the outside business interests mentioned in Appendix A. 
 3.4 You will work such hours as are necessary for the proper
performance of your duties. You acknowledge that your working time is unmeasured and not predetermined and that for the purposes of the Working Time Regulations 1999 you are an autonomous decision maker. 
 3.5 In the course of your duties you will be required to travel, but your office and permanent base will be within the City of London, or one of the following London
postal districts: WC1, WC2, W1 or SW1. 
  

	4.	SALARY AND BONUS 

 4.1 Your initial basic salary will be £300,000 per annum payable monthly on the 21st day of the month or such other day as the Company may determine. 
 4.2 You will, in addition, be paid a guaranteed cash bonus of not less than US$2,250,000 promptly (and, in any event, no later than bonuses are paid to other Senior Managing Directors of Evercore) after 31 December 2006, or if later,
the Effective Date and of not less than US$2,250,000 promptly (and, in any event, no later than bonuses are paid to other Senior Managing Directors of Evercore) after 31 December 2007. 
 4.3 The Company will set in place suitable incentive arrangements for you in respect of the period following 31 December 2007. These arrangements will include
payment to you of an annual cash bonus dependent on the successful development of the Company. It is anticipated that a bonus pool as set out in Appendix B will be established to sustain the Company’s total employee bonus payments. 

4.4 The bonuses in Clauses 4.2 and 4.3 above will not be paid in the event that you terminate your Employment prior to the relevant bonus becoming payable unless
you do so in circumstances where, as a result of a breach or series of breaches of contract by the Company, you are entitled to do so summarily and without yourself being in breach of contract (“Constructive Dismissal”). 
 4.5 If you die in office your dependants will receive the bonus described in Clause 4.2 for the year in which your employment ceases. 
 4.6 All payments/benefits provided for in this agreement are subject to such deductions in respect of tax, the Executive’s National Insurance contributions or
otherwise as the Company shall be required to make by law. 
  

	5.	EXPENSES 

 You will be entitled to be reimbursed all
reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including hotel of your choice, first-class travelling and entertainment expenses) which you incur in the performance of your duties, subject to the production of such receipts or other evidence as the Company may
reasonably require. 
  

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	6.	PENSION AND OTHER WELFARE BENEFITS 

 Following the Effective Date, you will be entitled to participate in all benefit, welfare and retirement plans and programs as are provided by the Group at a level
commensurate with your position of Chief Executive of the Company, such participation to provide full value for your service without bearing the economic burden of any statutory limits or restrictions. 
  

	7.	HOLIDAY 

 You will receive 31 days’ holiday, in
addition to bank and public holidays (in each calendar year) with full pay. The right to holiday will accrue pro-rata during each calendar year of the Employment, and you will be entitled to accrued holiday pay on termination of the Employment
(which calculations shall be made on the basis that each day of paid holiday is equivalent to 1/260 of your salary). 
  

	8.	OTHER BENEFITS 

 8.1 Following the
Effective Date, you will be entitled to the free personal use of an appropriate company car (Mercedes S500 or equivalent value) and a driver for travel between home and office and other use connected with business or an appropriate allowance in
lieu. 
 8.2 Without prejudice to Clause 6 above, following the Effective Date, you will also receive London scale medical healthcare benefits for you,
your spouse and children under the age of 21 and such permanent health insurance cover as is normal for a chief executive subject always to the terms of the schemes and provided that such cover can be obtained without exceptional conditions or
unusually high premiums. 
 8.3 If a Senior Managing Director who was a Senior Managing Director of the Purchaser prior to the offering (excluding Roger
Altman, Austin Beutner or any Director of Protego) ceases to be employed by the Purchaser, he or she will forfeit his or her equity in Evercore LP which is not treated as vested and it will be re-allocated on a pro rata basis to the other currently
employed persons who were Senior Managing Directors of the Purchaser prior to the offering (excluding Roger Altman and Austin Beutner). You will be treated as being included in this group of Senior Managing Directors to the extent you are then
currently employed. 
 8.4 Any equity reallocated to you pursuant to Clause 8.3 shall be issued to you in the form of registered Class A Common
Stock. 
  

	9.	SICKNESS AND OTHER INCAPACITY 

 Subject to complying with the Company’s procedures relating to the notification and certification of periods of absence from work, you will continue to be paid your salary (inclusive of any statutory sick pay or
social security benefits to which you may be entitled) during any periods of absence from work due to sickness injury or other incapacity up to a maximum of 6 months in any period of 12 months. 
  

	10.	TERMINATION 

 10.1 Either party may terminate the
Employment in accordance with Clause 2.3. 
 10.2 The Company may terminate your Employment summarily and without compensation: 
  

	 	(i)	if you are convicted of, plead guilty to or enter a plea with comparable effect to a plea in a U.S. criminal case of nolo contendere to, a criminal offence involving
(a) violence or (b) dishonesty or (c) which results in a custodial sentence and is likely to bring the Company or its Affiliates into disrepute; 

  

	 	(ii)	if you commit a serious or (after warning) persistent breach of your contract of employment or you commit or cause the Company or any of its Affiliates to commit a serious or (after
warning) persistent breach of the applicable rules and regulations of the UK Financial Services Authority; or 

  

	 	(iii)	if you are disqualified from holding office in the company or any other company under the Insolvency Act 1986 or the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986.

 10.3 Any reasonable delay by the Company in exercising any right of termination shall not constitute a waiver of it. 
  

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 10.4 If your Employment is terminated by the Company otherwise than pursuant to Clause 10.2 above following the
Effective Date and prior to the end of the Initial Fixed Period, you will receive compensation equal to the basic salary and the cost of providing the other benefits which you would have been entitled to receive under this Agreement (including any
bonuses provided for in Clause 4) for the unexpired portion of the Initial Fixed Period and the notice period referred to at Clause 2.3 if notice had been given (or, if notice has already been given, during the remainder of the notice
period), without deduction for accelerated receipt or any mitigation of your loss. These payments/arrangements are, and are conditional upon their being accepted, in full and final settlement of all claims arising under or in connection with your
contract of employment or its termination in the Initial Fixed Period. 
 10.5 On termination of the Employment for whatever reason (and whether in breach of
contract or otherwise) you will: 
  

	(a)	immediately deliver to the Company all books, documents, papers, computer records, computer data, credit cards and any other property relating to the business of or belonging to the
Company or any other entity in the Group which is in your possession or under your control. 

  

	(b)	immediately resign from any office you hold with the Company or any other entity in the Group without any compensation for loss of office. 

  

	11.	SUSPENSION 

 In the event that either party gives
notice of termination of employment to the other, the Company may suspend you from your duties for a period not exceeding 3 months subject to your continuing to receive your salary and other benefits in accordance with this Agreement.

  

	12.	RESTRICTIONS 

 12.1 Confidentiality

 The Executive will not at any time (whether during or after the Executive’s employment with the Company or its Affiliates), other than in the ordinary
course of performing services for the Company 
  

	(a)	retain or use for the benefit, purposes or account of the Executive or any other person, firm, partnership, joint venture, association, corporation or other business organization,
entity or enterprise whatsoever (Person); or 

  

	(b)	disclose, divulge, reveal, communicate, share, transfer or provide access to any Person outside the Company or its Affiliates (other than its professional advisers who are bound by
confidentiality obligations), 

 any non-public, proprietary or confidential information obtained by the Executive in connection with the
commencement of the Executive’s employment with the Company or at any time thereafter during the course of the Executive’s employment with the Company — 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, recruiting, training, advertising, sales, marketing, promotions, government and regulatory activities and approvals — concerning the past, current or future business, activities and operations of the
Company, its subsidiaries or Affiliates and/or any third party that has disclosed or provided any of the same to the Company or its Affiliates on a confidential basis (provided that with respect to such third party the Executive knows or reasonably
should have known that the third party provided it to the Company or its Affiliates on a confidential basis) (Confidential Information) without the prior written authorization of the board of directors of the Company; provided,
however, that in any event the Executive shall be permitted to disclose any Confidential Information reasonably necessary 
  

	 	(i)	to perform the Executive’s duties while employed with the Company or 

  

	 	(ii)	in connection with any litigation or arbitration involving this or any other agreement entered into between the Executive and the Company before, on or after the date of this
Agreement in connection with any action or proceeding in respect thereof. 

  

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 12.2 Confidential Information shall not include any information that is: 
  

	(a)	generally known to the industry or the public other than as a result of the Executive’s breach of this covenant or any breach of other confidentiality obligations by third
parties to the extent the Executive knows or reasonably should have known of such breach by such third parties; 

  

	(b)	made legitimately available to the Executive by a third party (unless the Executive knows or reasonably should have known that such third party has breached any confidentiality
obligation); or 

  

	(c)	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 the
Executive to disclose or make accessible any information; provided that, with respect to Clause (c) the Executive, except as otherwise prohibited by law or regulation, shall give prompt written notice to the Company of such requirement,
disclose no more information than is so required, and shall reasonably cooperate with any attempts by the Company, at its sole cost, to obtain a protective order or similar treatment prior to making such disclosure. 

 12.3 Except as required by law or otherwise set forth in Clause 12.2(c) above, or unless or until publicly disclosed by the Company, the Executive will not disclose
to anyone, other than the Executive’s immediate family and legal, tax or financial advisors, the existence or contents of this Agreement; provided that the Executive may disclose the provisions of this Agreement (i) to any prospective
future employer provided they agree to maintain the confidentiality of such terms or (ii) in connection with any litigation or arbitration involving this Agreement. 
 12.4 Upon termination of the Executive’s employment with the Company and its Affiliates for any reason, the Executive shall: 
  

	(a)	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 the Company, its subsidiaries or Affiliates; 

  

	(b)	immediately destroy, delete, or return to the Company, at the Company’s option, all originals and copies in any form or medium (including memoranda, books, papers, plans,
computer files, letters and other data) in the Executive’s possession or control (including any of the foregoing stored or located in the Executive’s office, home, laptop or other computer, whether or not Company property) that contain
Confidential Information or otherwise relate to the business of the Company and its Affiliates, except that the Executive may retain only those portions of any personal notes, notebooks and diaries that do not contain Confidential Information; and

  

	(c)	notify and fully cooperate with the Company regarding the delivery or destruction of any other Confidential Information of which the Executive is or becomes aware to the extent such
information is in the Executive’s possession or control. Notwithstanding anything elsewhere to the contrary, the Executive shall be entitled to retain (and not destroy) 

  

	 	(i)	information showing the Executive’s compensation or relating to reimbursement of expenses that the Executive reasonably believes is necessary for tax purposes and

  

	 	(ii)	copies of plans, programs, policies and arrangements of, or other agreements with, the Company addressing the Executive’s compensation or employment or termination thereof.

 12.5 Non-Competition 
 During the term of
the Executive’s employment and during the Restricted Period, the Executive will not, directly or indirectly: 
  

	(a)	engage in any business that competes, as of the Relevant Date (as defined below), with the business of the Company or any Affiliates (other than any business engaged in solely by
any portfolio company of the Company), including, without limitation, any businesses that the Company or its Affiliates is actively considering conducting at the time of the Executive’s termination of employment, so long as the Executive knows
or reasonably should have known about such plan(s) in any geographical area that is within 100 miles of any geographical area where the Company or its Affiliates provides its products or services as of the Relevant Date (a Competitive
Business); 

  

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	(b)	enter the employ of, or render any services to, any Person (or any division or controlled or controlling affiliate of any Person) who or which is a Competitive Business as of the
date the Executive enters such employment or renders such services; or 

  

	(c)	subject to the terms of the Company’s employee investments policy applicable to the Executive during the Restricted Period (which, while employed by the Company shall mean such
policy as in effect from time to time and made available to the Executive and, on and after such employment, such policy as in effect on the date immediately prior to the date of termination of the Executive’s employment with the Company),
acquire a financial interest in, or otherwise become actively involved with, any Competitive Business which is a Competitive Business as of the date of such acquisition or involvement, directly or indirectly, as an individual, partner, shareholder,
officer, director, principal, agent, trustee or consultant. 

 12.6 Notwithstanding the provisions of Clause 12.5 above, nothing contained
in this Clause 12.6 shall prohibit the Executive from (i) investing, as a passive investor, in any publicly held company provided that the Executive’s beneficial ownership of any class of such publicly held company’s securities
does not exceed three percent (3%) of the outstanding securities of such class, (ii) entering the employ of any academic institution or governmental or regulatory instrumentality of any country or any domestic or foreign state, county,
city or political subdivision, or (iii) providing services to a subsidiary or affiliate of an entity that controls a separate subsidiary or affiliate that is a Competitive Business, so long as the subsidiary or affiliate for which the Executive
may be providing services is not itself a Competitive Business and the Executive is not, as an employee of such subsidiary or affiliate, engaging in activities that would otherwise cause such subsidiary or affiliate to be deemed a Competitive
Business. 
 12.7 Non-Solicitation of Clients 
 During the
Restricted Period, the Executive will not, whether on the Executive’s own behalf or on behalf of or in conjunction with any Person, directly or indirectly solicit or assist in soliciting the business of, any investment from, any opportunity to
make an investment in, or any opportunity to act as a financial or restructuring advisor in connection with any transaction involving, any client, prospective client, investor, portfolio company, venture capital investee, or prospective portfolio
company, or member of management of any portfolio company or venture capital investee or prospective portfolio company of the Company or any of its Affiliates, in all such cases determined as of the Relevant Date (collectively, the
Clients): 
  

	(a)	with whom the Executive had personal contact or dealings on behalf of the Company or its Affiliates during the two-year period immediately preceding the Executive’s termination
of employment; 

  

	(b)	with whom the employees reporting to the Executive have had personal contact or dealings on behalf of the Company or its Affiliates during the two-year period immediately preceding
the Executive’s termination of employment; or 

  

	(c)	for whom the Executive had direct or indirect responsibility during the two-year period immediately preceding the Executive’s termination of employment.

 12.8 Non-Interference with Business Relationships 
 During the Restricted Period, the Executive will not interfere with, or attempt to interfere with, business relationships (whether formed before, on or after the date of this Agreement) between the Company or any of
its Affiliates, on the one hand, and any Client, customers, suppliers, partners, of the Company or any of its Affiliates, on the other hand, in any such case determined as of the Relevant Date. 
 12.9 Non-solicitation of employees / non-solicitation of consultants 
 During the Employment and during the twelve months immediately following the date of any termination of the Employment with the Company, the Executive will not, whether on the Executive’s own behalf or on behalf of or in conjunction
with any Person, directly or indirectly (other than in the ordinary course of the Executive’s employment with the Company on the Company’s behalf): 
  

	(a)	solicit or encourage any employee of the Company or its Affiliates to leave the employment of the Company or its Affiliates; or 

  

	(b)	hire any such employee who was employed by the Company or its Affiliates as of the date of the Executive’s termination of employment with the Company or its Affiliates or who
left the employment of the Company or its Affiliates coincident with, or within one year prior to or after, the termination of the Executive’s employment with the Company and its Affiliates; or 

  

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	(c)	solicit or encourage to cease to work with the Company or its Affiliates any consultant that the Executive knows, or reasonably should have known, is then under contract with the
Company or its Affiliates. 

 It is expressly understood and agreed that although the Executive and the Company consider the restrictions
contained in this Clause 12 to be reasonable, if a final judicial determination is made by a court of competent jurisdiction that the time or territory or any other restriction contained in this Agreement is an unenforceable restriction against
the Executive, the provisions of this Agreement shall not be rendered void but shall be deemed amended to apply as to such maximum time and territory and to such maximum extent as such court may judicially determine or indicate to be enforceable
(provided that in no event shall any such amendment broaden the time period or scope of any restriction herein). Alternatively, if any court of competent jurisdiction finds that any restriction contained in this Agreement is unenforceable, and such
restriction cannot be amended so as to make it enforceable, such finding shall not affect the enforceability of any of the other restrictions contained herein. 
 12.10 Inventions 
  

	(a)	If the Executive has created, invented, designed, developed, contributed to or improved any inventions, intellectual property, discoveries, copyrightable subject matters or other
similar work of intellectual property (including without limitation, research, reports, software, databases, systems or applications, presentations, textual works, content, or audiovisual materials) (Works), either alone or with third
parties, prior to the Executive’s employment by the Company, that are relevant to or implicated by such employment (Prior Works), to the extent the Executive has retained or does retain any right in such Prior Work, the Executive
hereby grants the Company a perpetual, non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide, assignable, sublicensable license under all rights and intellectual property rights (including rights under patent, industrial property, copyright, trademark, trade
secret, unfair competition and related laws) therein to the extent of the Executive’s rights in such Prior Work for all purposes in connection with the Company’s current and future business. 

  

	(b)	If the Executive creates, invents, designs, develops, contributes to or improves any Works, either alone or with third parties, at any time during the Executive’s employment by
the Company or its Affiliates and within the scope of such employment and/or with the use of any the Company resources (Company Works), the Executive shall promptly and fully disclose the same to the Company and hereby irrevocably
assigns, transfers and conveys, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, and at the Company’s sole expense, all rights and intellectual property rights therein (including rights under patent, industrial property, copyright, trademark,
trade secret, unfair competition and related laws) to the Company to the extent that ownership of any such rights does not vest originally in the Company or its Affiliates. 

  

	(c)	The Executive agrees to keep and maintain adequate and current written records (in the form of notes, sketches, drawings, and any other form or media requested by the Company) of
all Company Works. The records will be available to and remain the sole property and intellectual property of the Company at all times. 

  

	(d)	The Executive shall take all requested actions and execute all requested documents (including any licenses or assignments required by a government contract) at the Company’s
expense (but without further remuneration) to assist the Company in validating, maintaining, protecting, enforcing, perfecting, recording, patenting or registering any of the Company’s rights in the Prior Works and Company Works as set forth in
this Clause 12.10. If the Company is unable for any other reason to secure the Executive’s signature on any document for this purpose, then the Executive hereby irrevocably designates and appoints the Company and its duly authorized
officers and agents as the Executive’s agent and attorney in fact, to act for and in the Executive’s behalf and stead to execute any documents and to do all other lawfully permitted acts in connection with the foregoing.

  

	(e)	Except as may otherwise be required under Clause 12.10(a) above, the Executive shall not improperly use for the benefit of, bring to any premises of, divulge, disclose,
communicate, reveal, transfer or provide access to, or share with the Company any confidential, proprietary or non-public information or intellectual property relating to a former employer or other third party which the Executive knows or reasonably
should have known is confidential, proprietary or non-public information or intellectual property of such third party without the prior written permission of such third party. The Executive hereby indemnifies, holds harmless and agrees to defend the
Company and its officers, directors, partners, employees, agents and representatives from any breach of the foregoing covenant. The Executive shall comply with all relevant policies and guidelines of the Company, including regarding the protection
of confidential information and intellectual property and potential conflicts of interest. The Executive acknowledges that the Company may amend any such policies and guidelines from time to time, and that the Executive remains at all times bound by
their most current version. 

  

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	(f)	The provisions of Clause 12.10 shall survive the termination of the Executive’s employment for any reason. 

 12.11 Specific Performance 
 The Executive acknowledges and agrees
that in the course of the Executive’s employment with the Company and its Affiliates, the Executive will be provided with access to confidential information, and will be provided with the opportunity to develop relationships with clients,
prospective clients, the Executives and other agents of the Company and its Affiliates, and the Executive further acknowledges that such confidential information and relationships are extremely valuable assets of the Company and its Affiliates in
which the Company and its Affiliates have invested and will continue to invest substantial time, effort and expense. Accordingly, the Executive acknowledges and agrees that the Company’s remedies at law for a breach or threatened breach of any
of the provisions of Clause 12 would be inadequate and, in recognition of this fact, the Executive agrees that, in the event of such a breach or threatened breach, in addition to any remedies at law, the Company shall be entitled to cease
making any payments or providing any benefit otherwise required by the Company and seek equitable relief in the form of specific performance, temporary restraining order, temporary or permanent injunction or any other equitable remedy which may then
be available; provided, however, that if it is subsequently determined in a final and binding arbitration or litigation that the Executive did not breach any such provision, the Company will, or will cause its applicable Affiliate to, promptly pay
any payments or provide any benefits, which the Company may have ceased to pay when originally due and payable, plus an additional amount equal to interest (calculated based on the Barclays Bank base rate plus 2% for the month in which such final
determination is made) accrued on the applicable payment or the amount of the benefit, as applicable, beginning from the date such payment or benefit was originally due and payable through the day preceding the date on which such payment or benefit
is ultimately paid hereunder. 
  

	13.	DATA PROTECTION 

 You
consent to the Company or any Affiliate holding and processing both electronically and manually the data it collects which relates to you for the purposes of the administration and management of its employees and its business and for compliance with
applicable procedures, laws, and regulations. You also consent to the transfer of such personal information to other offices the Company may have or to an Affiliate or to other third parties whether or not outside the European Economic Area for
administration purposes and other purposes in connection with your employment to the extent it is necessary or desirable for the Company to do so. 
  

	14.	COMMUNICATIONS 

 Use of the
Company’s e-mail system to send or receive personal correspondence may be recorded by the Company on its communications systems where this is in the Company’s legitimate business interests, for example security or disciplinary reasons. Any
recordings made shall at all times remain the property of the Company and, if necessary, will be used as evidence in the case of disputes with employees or clients. 
  

	15.	GENERAL 

 15.1 This Agreement
is governed by English law and the parties submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English Courts. 
 15.2 This Agreement may be executed in
counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original of it. 
 15.3 For the purpose of the Employment Rights Act 1996, your continuous period of
employment will begin on the Effective Date. 
 15.4 The Company’s disciplinary rules and procedures, as in force from time to time, shall apply to you.
To the extent of any conflict between the Company’s disciplinary rules and procedures and the terms of this Agreement, this Agreement shall prevail. 
 15.5 There are no collective agreements which directly affect the terms and conditions set out in this Agreement. 
 15.6 Upon the termination of
your employment (for whatever reason and howsoever arising) you shall immediately repay all outstanding debts or loans due to the Company or any member of the Group and the Company is hereby authorised to deduct from any payment of wages a sum in
repayment of all or any part of such debts or loans. 
 15.7 You shall render all lawful and reasonable assistance to the Company or any member of the Group
as reasonably required by it in resisting, answering or defending any claim, demand or action brought against it both during and after your employment. 

  

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 If such assistance is rendered after employment, the Company shall pay you a reasonable daily rate and out-of-pocket
expenses associated with such assistance. 
  

			
	 SIGNED as a DEED and
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	 DELIVERED by the
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	 EXECUTIVE in the presence of:
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	 SIGNED for and on behalf of
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	 the COMPANY
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 APPENDIX A: OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES 
  

	(a)	Work at Oxford University including membership of the Council and its committees and Isis Innovation Limited; 

  

	(b)	director of various private family companies; and 

  

	(c)	non-executive director of Oxford Instruments Plc and Ti Automotive Ltd. 

  

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 APPENDIX B: ROLE IN THE GOVERNANCE OF EVERCORE 
  

	(a)	For all periods after December 31, 2007, the co-chief executive officers and the Executive will agree upon a business plan for Evercore’s European operations which in any
event shall be subject to the final approval of the co-chief executive officers of Evercore. An annual bonus pool for the employees involved in Evercore’s European financial advisory operations (the European Advisory Bonus Pool)
will be established based on revenues generated by Evercore’s European financial advisory operations less all operating costs and expenses (including any allocations of common overhead costs and expenses and group development costs and
expenses). The European Advisory Bonus Pool will not be subject to minimum or maximum amounts but it is intended that a substantial portion of revenues generated by Evercore’s European financial advisory operations will be available for the
European Advisory Bonus Pool. Beginning at 1 January 2008, European employees will be entitled to bonuses based on the performance of Evercore’s European financial advisory operations. Prior to that date, European employees may be granted
bonuses based on revenues generated by other Evercore operations. 

  

	(b)	Evercore’s management committee will include the Executive. The Management Committee will supervise the day to day business and affairs of Evercore and will make
recommendations to the co-chief executive officers of Evercore, who initially will be Roger Altman and Austin Beutner. 

  

	(c)	Evercore’s European operations will be governed by a management committee (the Evercore Europe Management Committee) which will be chaired by the Executive and
will include selected senior executives of both the financial advisory and private equity businesses. Messrs Altman, Beutner, Camus and Oakley will be members of the Evercore Europe Management Committee. 

  

	(d)	As well as being the chief executive officer of Evercore’s European operations, the Executive will also, from the Effective Date, become Vice Chairman of Evercore LP and a
Senior Managing Director of Evercore LP and will report to the co-chief executive officers of Evercore. The Executive may be removed from the position of Vice-Chairman of Evercore LP and as Senior Managing Director of Evercore LP at any time by the
co-chief executive officers of Evercore or the board of directors of Evercore Partners Inc. in the same circumstances as permit termination of his employment under this Agreement. 

  

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 Exhibit 10.23 
 RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT 
 THIS AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is made,
effective as of March     , 2008 (the “Grant Date”), between Evercore Partners Inc. (the “Company”) and
                     (the “Participant”). 
 WHEREAS, the Company desires to grant the Participant restricted stock units (as provided in Section 1 below), ultimately payable in shares of Common Stock of the Company (the “Award”), pursuant
to the Company’s 2006 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended (the “Plan”), the terms of which are hereby incorporated by reference and made a part of this Agreement (capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the same
meanings as in the Plan); 
 WHEREAS, the Board has determined that it would be to the advantage and best interest of the Company to grant
the shares of Common Stock provided for herein to the Participant as an incentive for increased efforts during his term of office with the Company or its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, and has advised the Company thereof and instructed the undersigned
officers to grant said Award; 
 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants herein contained and other good and valuable
consideration, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto do hereby agree as follows: 
 1. Grant of RSUs. For
valuable consideration, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Company hereby grants              restricted stock units (“RSUs”) to the Participant, on the
terms and conditions hereinafter set forth. Each RSU represents the unfunded, unsecured right of the Participant to receive one share of the Company’s Common Stock (each, a “Share”). The Participant will become vested in the
RSUs, and take delivery of the Shares, as set forth in this Agreement. 
 2. Vesting and Timing of Transfer. 
 (a) Unless otherwise provided herein, and subject to the continued employment of the Participant by the Company or any of its Affiliates (collectively,
the “Employer”) through the relevant Vesting Event (as hereinafter defined), the Participant shall become vested in the RSUs granted on the Grant Date as follows (the occurrence of each such even described herein, a “Vesting
Event”): 
 (i) Twenty-five percent (25%) of the total number of RSUs granted hereunder shall become vested on
each anniversary of the Grant Date; and 
 (ii) Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, any unvested RSUs shall become one
hundred percent (100%) vested upon the earliest occurrence of (A) a Change in Control, (B) the Participant’s death or termination of the Participant’s employment with Employer due to the Participant’s Disability and
(C) upon the later of the Participant becoming 65 years old and the completion of at least five years of service with the Company or its predecessors. 
  

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 (b) Notwithstanding any other provision set forth in this Agreement, subject to the provisions of
Section 2(a)(ii)(B) above, upon any termination of the Participant’s employment with the Employer, all then unvested RSUs shall immediately be forfeited by the Participant, without payment of any consideration therefor. 
 (c) Upon the occurrence of a Vesting Event, one Share shall be issuable for each RSU that vests on
the date of such Vesting Event, subject to the terms and provisions of the Plan and this Agreement. Thereafter, upon satisfaction of any required tax withholding obligations the Company shall deliver to the Participant Shares underlying any, vested
RSUs as soon as practicable (but in no event later than 2 1/2 months after the date of the Vesting Event). No fractional shares
shall be issued under this Agreement. When applying this schedule, any fractional RSU shall be rounded up to the next whole RSU, but in the aggregate may not exceed the total number of RSUs granted on the Grant Date. 
 (d) In the event of the death of the Participant, the delivery of Shares under Section 2(c) shall be made in accordance with the beneficiary
designation form on file with the Company; provided, however, that, in the absence of any such beneficiary designation form, the delivery of Shares under Section 2(c), shall be made to the person or persons to whom the
Participant’s rights under the Agreement shall pass by will or by the applicable laws of descent and distribution. 
 (e) Subject to the
requirements of Section 11, upon each transfer of Shares in accordance with Section 2(c) of this Agreement, the Company shall have satisfied its obligation with respect to the number of RSUs equal to the number of Shares delivered to the
Participant pursuant thereto, and the Participant shall have no further rights to claim any additional Shares in respect thereof. 
 3.
Reserved. 
 4. Adjustments Upon Certain Events. The Committee shall, in its sole discretion, make equitable substitutions or
adjustments to any Shares or RSUs subject to this Agreement pursuant to Section 9(a) of the Plan. 
 5. Reserved. 
 6. No Right to Continued Employment. Neither the Plan nor this Agreement shall be construed as giving the Participant the right to be retained in
the employ of, or in any consulting relationship to, the Employer. Further, the Employer may at any time dismiss the Participant, free from any liability or any claim under the Plan or this Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided herein.

 7. No Acquired Rights. In participating in the Plan, the Participant acknowledges and accepts that the Board has the power to amend
or terminate the Plan, to the extent permitted thereunder, at any time and that the opportunity given to the Participant to participate in the Plan is entirely at the discretion of the Committee and does not obligate the Company or any of its
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different terms). The Participant further acknowledges and accepts that (a) such Participant’s participation in the Plan is not to be considered
part of any normal or expected compensation, (b) the value of the RSUs or the Shares shall not be used for purposes or determining any benefits or compensation payable to the Participant or the Participant’s beneficiaries or estate under
any benefit arrangement of the Company, and (c) the termination of the Participant’s employment with the Employer under any circumstances whatsoever will give the Participant no claim or right of action against the Employer in respect of
any loss of rights under this Agreement or the Plan that may arise as a result of such termination of employment. 
 8. No Rights of a
Stockholder. The Participant shall not have any rights or privileges as a stockholder of the Company, which for the avoidance of doubt includes no rights to dividends or to vote, until the Shares in question have been registered in the
Company’s register of stockholders as being held by the Participant. 
 9. Legend on Certificates. Any Shares issued or
transferred to the Participant pursuant to Section 2 of this Agreement shall be subject to such stop transfer orders and other restrictions as the Committee may deem advisable under the Plan or the rules, regulations, and other requirements of
the Securities and Exchange Commission, any stock exchange upon which such Shares are listed, and any applicable Federal or state laws or relevant securities laws of the jurisdiction of the domicile of the Participant, and the Committee may cause a
legend or legends to be put on any certificates representing such Shares or make an appropriate entry on the record books of the appropriate registered book-entry custodian, if the Shares are not certificated, to make appropriate reference to such
restrictions. 
 10. Transferability. RSUs may not be assigned, alienated, pledged, attached, sold or otherwise transferred or
encumbered by the Participant otherwise than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, and any purported assignment, alienation, pledge, attachment, sale, transfer or encumbrance not permitted by this Section 10 shall be void and
unenforceable against the Company or any Affiliate. 
 11. Withholding. The Participant may be required to pay to the Company or any
Affiliate and the Company or any Affiliate shall have the right and is hereby authorized to withhold from any transfer due under this Agreement or under the Plan or from any compensation or other amount owing to the Participant, applicable
withholding taxes with respect to any transfer under this Agreement or under the Plan and to take such action as may be necessary in the opinion of the Company to satisfy all obligations for the payment of such taxes, pursuant to Section 4(d)
of the Plan. The payment of any applicable withholding taxes through the sale or withholding of Shares otherwise issuable under this Agreement shall not exceed the statutory minimum withholding liability. 
 12. Restrictive Covenants. The Participant represents and agrees that the Participant has executed a Confidentiality, Non-Solicitation and
Proprietary Information Agreement with the Partnership (the “Restrictive Covenants Agreement”) pursuant to which, during the Participant’s employment with the Employer and upon the Participant’s termination of employment
with the Employer for any reason, the Participant shall be bound by certain restrictive convenants set forth therein (the “Restrictive Convenants”). Upon the issuance or delivery of Shares underlying vested RSUs, the Participant shall, if
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to the Company that the Participant is in compliance with the terms and conditions of the Restrictive Covenants. In the event the Participant has violated
any Restrictive Covenant, the Participant shall immediately forfeit any remaining RSUs, in addition to any additional remedies available to the Company as set forth in the Restrictive Covenant Agreement or otherwise. 
 13. Choice of Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO
CONFLICTS OF LAW. 
 14. RSUs Subject to Plan. By entering into this Agreement, the Participant agrees and acknowledges that the
Participant has received and read a copy of the Plan. All RSUs are subject to the Plan. In the event of a conflict between any term or provision contained herein and a term or provision of the Plan, the applicable terms and provisions of the Plan
will govern and prevail. 
 15. Signature in Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in counterparts, each of which shall be an
original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument. 
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

  

			
	EVERCORE PARTNERS INC.
		
	By:	 	  

 [EVERCORE PARTNERS INC. SIGNATURE PAGE TO RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT] 

 

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

  

			
	PARTICIPANT
		
	By:	 	  

		 	Employee Name

 [PARTICIPANT SIGNATURE PAGE TO RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT] 
  

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