Sébastien Binard is a Partner in the Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions and Restructuring & Insolvency practices of Arendt. He has two primary focus areas: large-scale M&A and private equity transactions and complex cross-border restructuring & insolvency matters.He advises leading private equity firms and alternative fund managers on the structuring and financing of international buy-out transactions and private investments. His expertise extends to the formation of joint venture companies and private investment vehicles, corporate restructurings, exit strategies, corporate governance matters and managing shareholder relations.Sébastien also has significant experience in representing institutional investors acting as creditors or shareholders of companies or groups in stressed, distressed or insolvency situations. He regularly advises ad hoc committees and boards of directors in complex cross-border financial restructurings, COMI shifts, distressed business transactions, liability management transactions, reorganisations and insolvency proceedings.