Pascal DUPEYRAT is a strategic advisor specializing in institutional support for M&A operations in sensitive and regulated sectors. He is particularly an expert in foreign investment control, notably in the French (IEF) and American (CFIUS) frameworks. In this capacity, he assists foreign investors as well as French companies in their dealings with public authorities.

As the founder of Relians Consulting in 2002, he first developed his skills as a legal adviser in an international law firm, before becoming technical adviser to parliament within a ministerial office and then parliamentary assistant with the Senate and French National Assembly.
He set up his firm with the aim of developing a professional lobbying service, acting as such and defining the term as the action of pleading and promoting the interests of his clients before the public authorities.

Outside his professional activities, he is deeply involved in ‘citizen diplomacy’ and in this capacity is Executive president of the Cercle Jefferson, a French association of former participants in the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) run by the United States government, an association which counts more than 500 members from the world of politics, administration or civil society, all well-known for their leadership qualities. This professional and personal career path has given him access to a vast international network and a broad variety of specialists in all areas. He is former member of the Board of GlobaltiesUS (2014-2020) and a MNP Fellow 2012 of the Eisenhower Fundation.

A Knight of the French National Order of Merit, Pascal Dupeyrat holds a degree from the Paris institute of Political Studies, Public Service section, and a postgraduate degree in Public Law from the University of Paris Panthéon-Assas, specializing in public business law.