
Illustrative case studies.
Delgri Group works in markets where public decisions define what is possible. The cases below show how clear mandates and strong counterpart relationships can improve outcomes when commercial judgement alone is not enough.





Delgri Group works in markets where public decisions define what is possible. The cases below show how clear mandates and strong counterpart relationships can improve outcomes when commercial judgement alone is not enough.





A sponsor was considering a bid for a tolled bypass where previous projects in the region had experienced traffic shortfalls of 23 to 42 percent against forecast within the first five years. The concession terms shifted most demand risk to the private side, but the authority also needed a credible bidder pool and a deliverable timetable.
Independent reviews of toll-road PPPs show that actual traffic and revenue often diverge sharply from forecasts, with large shortfalls more common than upside.
In similar concessions, revenue in early years has often fallen 20 to 75 percent short of projections, with refinancing and restructuring following as a result.
The sponsor submitted a qualified bid that recognized demand risk explicitly, used observable ranges from past projects and set clear conditions for any future adjustment. This made it easier for the authority to compare bids and reduced the likelihood of a later, contentious restructuring.
A public health system was advancing a large acute hospital through a long-term PPP structure after high-profile debate about cost and about how far clinical teams would keep control. The question for decisionmakers was less whether the building would be delivered and more whether the contract would support productivity and access over decades.
In Europe, health PPPs have been used for hospitals with capital values running into billions of euros, with these contracts often running 25 to 30 years or more.
Evaluations of earlier schemes have found that, while many delivered assets on time and to specification, formal plans to measure long-term service outcomes and cost effectiveness were often missing.
The authority approved a contract structure that reduced construction and delivery risk but also embedded measurable service indicators and periodic review points into the PPP agreement. This improved the basis for later assessments of efficiency and outcomes, compared with earlier schemes that had focused narrowly on the asset.
A coastal hospitality group operated resorts in jurisdictions tightening environmental rules and introducing stricter controls on short-term letting. The group needed to meet new standards while maintaining a credible position with both regulators and guests.
Many destinations now require hotels and resorts to demonstrate concrete reductions in water use and to report against agreed environmental targets as part of licensing and planning conditions.
Some properties have adopted on-site desalination and bottling for drinking water with specialist providers, reducing reliance on imported bottled water and giving clearer traceability.
The group adopted a staged plan to introduce site-specific water treatment and bottling, revised waste contracts and clearer reporting lines for environmental data. This supported license renewals and third-party certifications and gave regulators and lenders clearer evidence that the properties were meeting quantitative targets rather than relying on generic statements.
A metropolitan authority was preparing to retender its bus network under contracts that tied operator revenue to service performance and to agreed emissions targets. Operators needed clarity on how service quality would be measured and how the contract would respond to changes in passenger demand.
Performance studies of urban bus systems have found delays of up to 24 minutes on certain lines and persistent conflicts where multiple operators run overlapping routes.
Public service contracts now commonly use key performance indicators for punctuality and vehicle standards, and specify how data from automatic vehicle location and ticketing systems will be used.
The final contract structure combined fixed and variable payments with a clear KPI framework that operators could model. This supported bids from a broader field of operators and gave the authority a clearer line of sight between contract terms and observed service performance.
A fast-growing technology business operating a multi-sided platform was facing questions from competition authorities about its pricing and its treatment of third-party data. The leadership needed to understand how regulators were approaching comparable platforms and how to adjust its model without undermining the proposition.
Competition authorities have increased their focus on digital markets, with a growing share of decisions in recent years concerning platforms suspected of abusing a dominant position or using most-favored-nation clauses.
Cases have involved app stores and online food delivery, with authorities scrutinizing self-preferencing and the way platforms use or withhold data from business users.
The company adopted a clearer separation between its own services and those of third parties on the platform, revised certain parity and exclusivity clauses and strengthened internal review of new features. This improved its position in regulatory dialogue and reduced the risk that an investigation would focus on practices that authorities had already criticized elsewhere.