On the face of it, the two debt exorcists are a bit of an odd couple.

On the face of it, the two debt exorcists are a bit of an odd couple. Mr. Gulati, 44, is a bond contract specialist who enjoys digging into the ins and outs of negative pledges, pari passu and other boilerplate arcana. He skillfully cloaks his power résumé — Harvard Law and a clerkship with Samuel A. Alito Jr. before he became a Supreme Court justice — with a slightly slouchy demeanor. He delivered his address last week while wearing chinos and a casual pullover. 

 

 

 

 

Mr. Buchheit, a graduate of Middlebury College in Vermont, with law degrees from the University of Pennsylvania and Cambridge, is 61 and has more of an old-world mien with his dapper mustache, nicely cut suits and gentlemanly manner.

Mr. Buchheit is recovering from an illness and could not be interviewed for this article.