Carmen A. Pacheco is a founding partner of Pacheco & Lugo, PLLC. Pacheco & Lugo, PLLC is the first Hispanic women-owned law firm of New York established at One World Trade Center in January 1992.
Ms. Pacheco has a comprehensive practice advising clients from initial entity formation to possible exit strategies, strategic joint ventures, licensing, and commercial and residential real property transactions. She has considerable experience with all types of retail, office and ground leases, construction loans, acquisitions and acquisition loans, dispositions, listing and engagement contracts, construction and architect contracts, real estate brokerage, and real estate partnerships and joint ventures.
Ms. Pacheco represents clients seeking to form new corporations, limited liability companies or partnerships, including providing guidance on choice of entity, domicile, capitalization and financing, venture fund, and strategic partnership ventures. She actively counsels existing clients in all aspects of their business law needs, particularly in the areas of contracts, financing, real estate, licensing, joint ventures, and intellectual property. She represents both sellers and buyers in domestic and cross-border transactions. Ms. Pacheco’s clients include entrepreneurs and start-up companies in addition to small and medium-sized private companies and government entities..
Ms. Pacheco is a member of the New York Law Course Faculty. She received her law degree from St. John’s University School of Law where she was a published member of the St. John’s Law Review and received her undergraduate degree from Brooklyn College of the City of New York. Ms. Pacheco is admitted to practice before the New York State Courts and United States District Court for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. She also published an article in the Federal Rules of Decision. Prior to founding Pacheco & Lugo, Ms. Pacheco was an associate with the Wall Street firm of Carter, Ledyard & Milburn the law firm where former President Franklin D. Roosevelt performed his apprenticeship.
Ms. Pacheco is fluent in the Spanish language and has social knowledge of the French language.
