Gabrielle Y. Vázquez is a unique business lawyer dedicated to helping companies overcome challenges, resolve disputes, and build a strong legal foundation for sustainable growth. With nearly two decades of experience representing companies across industries—from nimble startups to well-established enterprises—Gabrielle brings sharp legal insight, deep business acumen, and a solutions-oriented approach to every matter.

Whether you’re navigating a complex dispute, managing sensitive negotiations, or looking for long-term legal guidance without the cost of a full-time in-house team, Gabrielle offers the judgment, skill, and commitment to help move your business forward with confidence.

Passionate Advocate

As an advocate, Gabrielle is strategic, passionate, and persuasive. She understands what’s at stake for your business—your reputation, your resources, and your future — and has the skills, experience and good judgment to get you the best possible results. Gabrielle typically engages in strategic analysis of a dispute in order to identify clients’ interests and develop a comprehensive menu of options for meaningful resolutions that maximize value and minimize exposure. She then executes on clients’ preferred path to achieve the best possible result in any given situation through strategic participation in negotiation, mediation, arbitration, and/or litigation. In all of these settings, Gabrielle leverages her skills to ensure that she is always persuasive on behalf of her clients. She has successfully handled high-stakes litigation, business torts, contract disputes, partnership fallouts, and appellate matters with a tactical, focused, and client-first mindset. More than just knowing the law, she knows how to use it, guiding clients through conflict with clarity, control, and strength. For clients in crisis or conflict, she becomes a stabilizing force and a tireless champion.

Skilled Mediator

As a mediator, Gabrielle is thorough, inquisitive, insightful, and in command of the mediation process. She has served as a mediator in dozens of commercial cases, including those involving licensing, breach of contract, product liability, construction, real estate, employment, wrongful termination, and sexual harassment. She is an American Arbitration Association A. Leon Higginbotham Jr. Fellow, an active member of the New York County Supreme Court Commercial Division Roster of Neutrals, and a sought-after coach, facilitator, and public speaker. Gabrielle knows first-hand that not every business dispute belongs in court. She helps businesses find resolution without sacrificing time, relationships, or resources—often unlocking creative solutions that litigation can’t offer when walking away isn’t an option. Gabrielle excels at diffusing tension, bridging divides, and facilitating agreements that stand the test of time. Her mediation practice reflects her belief that resolution doesn’t mean compromise—it means control, closure, and clarity.

Shrewd Advisor

As a fractional general counsel, Gabrielle is known for becoming a valued member of her clients’ leadership teams, helping to proactively identify risk, close deals, protect assets, and make sound day-to-day decisions. From contract negotiation and corporate governance to employment matters and regulatory compliance, she delivers responsive, business-minded legal support tailored to your needs. Her clients count on her not just to solve legal problems—but to prevent them, and to clear the path for growth.