Evercore Partners Inc. (Evercore) is an independent investment banking advisory firm. The Company operates through two business segments: Investment Banking and Investment Management. The Investment Banking segment includes the Company's Advisory services, through which Evercore provides advice to clients on mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and other strategic corporate transactions, with a particular focus on advising multinational corporations and substantial private equity firms on large, complex transactions. The Company�s Investment Management segment focuses on Institutional Asset Management, through which Evercore manages financial assets for institutional investors and provides independent fiduciary services to corporate employee benefit plans; Wealth Management, through which it provides wealth management services for high-net-worth individuals, and Private Equity, through which Evercore manages private equity funds.