Pei Pei Cheng de Castro

Pei Pei Cheng de Castro is a Partner at Barclay Damon LLP. She has more than 20 years of experience in private practice and at the highest level of New York State government, including Deputy Counsel to Governor, Executive Deputy Inspector General at the Office of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority Inspector General, and Director of Investigations at the state ethics and lobbyingcommission. She has represented clients across a range of industries in complex commercial litigation; she has also assisted clients with complex regulatory and compliance issues, including ethics and lobbying, government and internal investigations, and criminal defense in federal and state courts. Her experience is also invaluable when providing representation with respect to governmental inquiries and interactions in New York City, New York State, and federally. In her role as deputy counsel to the governor of New York, Pei Pei managed high-profile disputes and controversies for all executive agencies, handled special projects for the governor, oversaw executive state litigation, and was liaison to the Office of the Attorney General and to the State Comptroller. She further had responsibility for matters involving ethics, risk management, compliance, and procurement across New York State’s executive agencies. While in her role as deputy counsel to the governor, Pei Pei also served as counsel to the Executive Chamber, which works to advance the governor’s policy initiatives and agenda by overseeing government operations and coordinating with state agencies, federal and local governments, and community stakeholders. Pei Pei served as a part-time adjunct professor of law at Fordham Law School and New York Law School. She is on the Advisory Board for the Museum of Chinese in Americas, Chair of the New York State IOLA Board, Senior Fellow at the Center for New York State and City Law, and founding trustee for the Central Queens Academy Charter School.