Thomas Binet

Prior to joining Willkie in 2020, Mr. Binet was a partner at Gide Loyrette Nouel in Paris.

• Advising HLD for the refinancing of the indebtedness of the group 52 Entertainment, the specialist in online mind games.
• Advising Motion Equity Partners for the refinancing of the indebtedness of the group Olmix, a worldwide specialist of natural solutions for agriculture.
• Advising Motion Equity Partners for the financing of the acquisition of Atlas For Men, a European leader in the multichannel sales of outdoor clothes for men.
• Advising the Senior Lenders for the financing of the acquisition of Sicame by Equistone through a continuation scheme.
• Advising BNP Paribas, Crédit Agricole CIB and Mediobanca on the refinancing of Ramsay Santé's senior syndicated debt.Advising Caisse de d&eacutepôts et placement du Quebec, Partners Group and Five Arrows in connection with an add-on second lien facility to Biogroup.
• Advising InvestIndustrial on the debt refinancing of the Benvic Group.
• Advising Crédit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank, Société Générale, Crédit Industriel et Commercial (the Senior Lenders) on the refinancing aspects of the Cofigéo group.
• Advising Motion Equity Partners on the refinancing aspects of the Protilab group.
• Advising Motion Equity Partners and the group Altaïr on its refinancing.
• Advising Five Arrows on the acquisition financing of the Dutscher group, a leading independent distributor of R&D laboratory consumables and equipment in Europe, by LBO France.
• Advising Motion Equity Partners and the group MEGG on its refinancing.
• Advising Motion Equity Partners for the refinancing of the CDL Omni-Pac group and the acquisition of Moulded Fibre Products (UK).
• Advising Kartesia Management for the financing of capital expenditure of Efficentre.
• Advising Apera Capital for the financing of the acquisition of Foncia Pierre Gestion by Blackfin*.
• Advising InvestIndustrial and the Benvic Group for the financing of the acquisition of Dugdale (UK)*.
• Advising BNP Paribas, Crédit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank, Société Générale and HSBC France on the financing of the acquisition of the Vivacy Group by TA Associates and the management*.
• Advising Credit Agricole Corporate Investment and other lenders for the financing of the acquisition by Qualium and the management of the Magnolia group*.
• Advising Crédit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank, Mizuho Bank, Ltd., Royal Bank of Canada, Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking, the Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland as mandated lead arrangers on the financing of the acquisition of AMAC group and refinancing the Vacalians group's indebtedness*.
• Advising Caisse du D&eacutepôt du Québec, Five Arrows and Partners Group as second lien lenders on the financing of the acquisition by Biogroup of BioEsterel, BioArcades and Biolabs* (2018)
• Advising Crédit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank, and Société Générale on the financing of the acquisition of Capio group by Ramsay Générale de Santé*.

*Mr. Binet advised on these matters prior to joining Willkie.