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International Business Lawyer — Commercial Contracts, Strategic Transactions & Embedded Legal Support
Admitted to practice in Paris, New York and California
Advises international groups, SMEs and French or foreign businesses operating in cross-border environments on their commercial contracts, strategic transactions and international operations.
Sarah Peloux supports businesses operating across civil law and common law environments — combining experience gained in leading international law firms with operational legal support delivered directly alongside business and legal teams.
Profile
Sarah Peloux is an international business lawyer admitted in Paris, New York and California, advising companies on commercial contracts, strategic transactions and cross-border business operations.
Her practice combines experience gained within leading international law firms and operational legal support delivered alongside businesses and in-house teams. She supports multinational groups, SMEs, scale-ups and international businesses requiring sophisticated commercial legal support delivered flexibly alongside internal teams — on a project, interim or embedded basis.
Her experience spans complex contractual frameworks, strategic transactions and cross-border business operations across sectors including energy, infrastructure, telecommunications, real estate, environmental projects and art-market activities, including brokerage arrangements, auction-related contractual frameworks and operational commercial documentation.
Having worked both on contractual execution and international disputes, she brings a commercially pragmatic perspective informed by how contractual risk develops in practice.
French and English legal practice, with multilingual working proficiency in Persian and Spanish.
Representative experience includes
Practice
Operating across civil law and common law environments for businesses requiring sophisticated commercial legal support across jurisdictions.
Commercial Contracts & Strategic Transactions
Cross-border commercial agreements, broker agreements, vendor mandates, commercial terms and conditions (CGV / terms of business), service agreements, supplier agreements, sponsorship arrangements, reservation agreements and operational commercial documentation. Negotiation and drafting informed by experience managing complex disputes and contractual exposure.
Fractional General Counsel & Embedded Legal Support
Flexible legal support for multinational businesses, SMEs, scale-ups and international companies — delivered on a project, interim or embedded basis alongside internal teams and business stakeholders. Legal secondments, operational partnering and interim legal support.
Cross-Border Business Operations & Risk Advisory
Support to businesses operating internationally across French and international legal frameworks. Practical legal risk analysis, contract implementation strategy, compliance considerations and cross-border operational support.
Contract Risk Management, Pre-Dispute Strategy & Resolution Support
Contractual exposure assessment, dispute prevention, mitigation strategy, settlement positioning and coordination with litigation or arbitration counsel where required. Commercial legal support designed to minimise operational and contractual risk before disputes arise — informed by experience in international disputes and complex commercial matters.
Regulated & Complex Industries
Commercial legal support within sectors involving heightened operational or regulatory complexity — energy, infrastructure, real estate, telecommunications, environmental projects, art-market activities and compliance-sensitive industries.
Languages
Cross-border operator — fluent in four languages.
- FrenchNative
- PersianNative
- EnglishNative
- SpanishAdvanced