Welcome to Edward A. Mermelstein & Associates, P.C.
We are a rapidly growing boutique law firm with a global outlook and a focus on corporate and real estate law. We provide legal services to businesses of all sizes, from small entrepreneurial companies to large corporations.
We are committed to delivering high-quality legal services with an entrepreneurial spirit and the highest standards of performance. We help our clients solve their toughest legal problems with knowledge, expertise, and personal care. In addition, we understand the challenges of conducting business in a global economy. Our attorneys advise clients on a broad array of global concerns including navigating the cultural and legal differences between the East and the West. When necessary, we leverage our extensive experience and contacts throughout the world to identify and supervise local counsel.
A special area of expertise unique to our firm is providing a bridge across the vast sea of commercial opportunities in Russia, Ukraine, and other emerging markets.
English, French, Spanish, Russian, German, Chinese, and Vietnamese are spoken at our offices in New York.

"WE'RE GOING TO HAVE DEBT FORGIVENESS ISSUES POPPING UP ON A REGULAR BASIS":
March 01, 2010 -- Edward Mermelstein expects a lot of proposed legislation to address tax issues similar to those emerged in the Stuy-Town transaction in article by Sule Aygoren Carranza, GlobeSt.com
"WHILE 2010 IS GOING TO BE A WAIT-AND-SEE PERIOD, PRICES HAVE FALLEN SO MUCH SO QUICKLY THAT THE BOTTOM IS PERCEIVED AS BEING IN PLACE":
March 01, 2010 -- Edward Mermelstein comments on high net-worth clients showing renewed interest in 24-Hour Cities Like London and New York in Market Update by Iyna Bort Caruso, Sotheby's for WSJ
"THE HOUSING MARKET IS IN A RECOVERY MODE, WE ARE TOLD":
February 25, 2010 -- Interview with Edward Mermelstein by Judith West, Getting Your Money Worth.
"NEGATIVELY PERFORMING PROPERTIES PURCHASED BASED ON INACCURATE PROJECTIONS AT THE PEAK OF THE BUBBLE, WILL FACE TURNING BACK TO LENDERS, OR A SIMILAR FATE":
February 02, 2010 -- Edward Mermelstein considers returning of Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village by Tishman Speyer Properties and BlackRock Realty back to its lenders, being the largest failure in CMBS history in article by Anuradha Kher, MHN Online
"THE RULING GIVES A LITTLE OF BREATHING ROOM TO BOTH PARTIES":
January 27, 2010 -- Edward Mermelstein is asked to comment on 45 days given to Silverstein and the Port Authority to come up with new WTC development deadlines in article by David M. Levitt, Bloomberg.com
Edward A. Mermelstein & Associates, P.C.
302 Fifth Avenue, 8th Floor
New York, New York 10001
Tel (212) 213-3818
Fax (212) 213-3747