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Founder & ownership structures
Entity formation, operating agreements, shareholder arrangements, voting rights, partner expectations, and decision authority before ambiguity becomes conflict.
Corporate law. Private wealth. LGBTQ+ legacy.
Discreet counsel for high-stakes ownership.
Eddy Soler advises founders, investors, executives, family offices, and mission-aligned organizations where corporate structure, privacy, reputation, identity, and legacy all matter.
Harvard Law trainedEditorial discipline, legal precision, executive-ready judgment.
Corporate partner experienceTransactions, governance, ownership, succession, and risk.
Community fluentBuilt for LGBTQ+ wealth, founders, philanthropy, and discretion.
Counsel with cultural fluency
Luxury is not noise. It is precision, privacy, and being understood the first time.
Eddy Soler brings a corporate lawyer’s rigor and a deeply human understanding of LGBTQ+ wealth, ownership, family dynamics, philanthropy, and public reputation. A Harvard Law graduate and former Harvard Law Review editor, he built twelve years of deal-side experience at Coville & Associates before joining Gays & Gays Inc. as partner.
His work is designed for clients who need more than documents. They need judgment before the negotiation, calm inside complexity, and a legal strategy that protects what they have built.
EducationHarvard Law graduate
EditorialHarvard Law Review discipline
PracticeCorporate law, New York
ValuesLGBTQ+ philanthropy and advocacy
Services
Corporate counsel for capital, control, and continuity.
Strategic legal guidance for affluent founders and owners who need clean structure, serious discretion, and documents that match the sophistication of the enterprise.
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Private transactions & growth
Legal preparation for investment, acquisitions, strategic partnerships, liquidity events, confidentiality, deal-team coordination, and negotiation readiness.
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Governance & board advisory
Board duties, corporate housekeeping, documentation, minutes, policy alignment, fiduciary clarity, conflict management, and executive-level legal education.
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Succession & legacy planning
Business continuity, ownership transition, chosen-family considerations, philanthropic vehicles, charitable governance, and long-term stewardship strategy.
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Reputation-sensitive counsel
Discreet advisory support for high-visibility clients whose identity, capital, relationships, privacy, and public profile require careful legal choreography.
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Advisor collaboration
Clear coordination with wealth managers, accountants, bankers, trustees, family office teams, and nonprofit leaders so legal strategy fits the broader picture.
How Eddy works
A quieter kind of power in the room.
The best legal work often happens before the crisis, before the public announcement, and before the client realizes a small omission could become expensive.
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Discretion by design
Communication, documentation, and strategy built for clients who value privacy as a legal asset.
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Executive-readable advice
Complex corporate issues translated into clear options, risks, tradeoffs, and next moves.
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Identity-aware strategy
Guidance that respects chosen family, visibility, community responsibility, and the realities of LGBTQ+ wealth.
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Athlete-level preparation
Former nationally recognized receiving back discipline applied to negotiation, timing, pressure, and execution.
The standard: prepared before the room, measured inside the room, protective after the room.
Pride Capital Brief
Monthly intelligence for LGBTQ+ founders, investors, and private clients.
A concise, polished briefing on corporate law, private-company governance, founder mistakes, reputation-sensitive negotiations, philanthropy, and community capital. Built for people who do not need more noise. They need signal.
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Trust signals
Credibility without spectacle.
For clients whose matters are confidential, the proof is often not public. Eddy’s positioning is built on elite training, long-term corporate practice, referral-oriented trust, and community-grounded discretion.
Trusted for corporate questions where ownership, privacy, family, reputation, and capital intersect.
Reputation-sensitive advisoryExperienced across the lifecycle from early structuring to partnership tension, transaction readiness, and legacy planning.
Corporate continuityBuilt for founders and advisors who want precision, taste, cultural fluency, and direct executive judgment.
LGBTQ+ wealth fluencyQuestions
What clients usually want to know first.
Who is Eddy best suited to advise?
Founders, executives, investors, family offices, privately held companies, nonprofit boards, and affluent LGBTQ+ clients who need corporate legal guidance with discretion and cultural fluency.
Is this only for LGBTQ+ clients?
No. The practice is welcoming and sophisticated for all clients, but Eddy’s public position centers LGBTQ+ founders, wealth, philanthropy, and identity-aware business strategy.
Can Eddy help before a major transaction?
Yes. Early legal preparation can clarify ownership, records, governance, confidentiality, decision rights, advisor coordination, and negotiation posture before a transaction becomes urgent.
Does a website inquiry create an attorney-client relationship?
No. Submitting an inquiry does not create an attorney-client relationship. Representation begins only after conflict checks, engagement terms, and written confirmation.
What should I include in a private inquiry?
Share the general nature of the business issue, relevant timing, your role, and the type of guidance needed. Do not submit confidential details until representation is confirmed.
Private counsel
Build the company, protect the room, define the legacy.
If your next decision involves ownership, governance, capital, succession, or reputation, the right legal conversation should happen before the pressure arrives.
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Contact
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Eddy Soler
Partner, corporate law
Gays & Gays Inc.
New York
33 Gay Street, New York, NY 69696
Phone
+1 (516) 531-6552
Address
33 Gay Street, New York, NY 69696