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Edward Mermelstein, Founder, Edward A. Mermelstein & Associates

A lawyer, broker and developer, Edward Mermelstein is a certified triple threat in the real estate world. With offices in Moscow and Manhattan, and an ability to speak four languages (not to mention helming a staff that can speak 11), Mr. Mermelstein is among the few real estate attorneys to successfully grow and sustain what could fairly be described as a global boutique firm.

Despite his smaller operation, however, Mr. Mermelstein has drawn an eclectic international clientele year after year, most notably among the real estate and commodity elite in Eastern Europe, whom he has represented over and over again at 50 Central Park West. With rents averaging $5,000 a square foot—and a roster of residents that includes Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez and Goldman Sachs’ honcho Lloyd Blankfein—the luxury condo building is among the most profitable residential towers in the country.

And with a frequently updated Twitter account, Mr. Mermelstein, 42, can fairly be described as one of the hippest attorneys in the city. Indeed, with 217 followers, each hanging on his every tweet—“Moscow’s mayor has pledged to stop snow by mobilizing the air force,” anyone?—Mr. Mermelstein has successfully positioned himself as one of New York’s most thoroughly modern real estate lawyers.