Tunnel vision: Lessons (not) learned from infrastructure work-outs

Tom Nelthorpe

Editor

As surely as bust follows boom, project work-outs follow a loosening of deal structures. And lenders need to learn to keep forecasts realistic. Proximo hosts AlixPartners' Frank Pometti and Berkeley Research Group's Michael Whalen.

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Frank Pometti, AlixPartners

Michael Whalen, Berkeley Research Group

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