Tidbits from TAL – A Potentially Relevant Business Model

Being the new kid on the block, I thought I would take a chance and try to expand our space, in investment banking parlance, beyond just ship finance into closely related activities. Although I have spent most of my career in ship finance, most recently I have been involved in container and port financing. Taking advantage of old friendships (in the interest of full disclosure, it did cost me lunch), I had the opportunity to sit down with Brian Sondey, President and CEO, and Adrian Dunner, Vice President of Fleet Operations, of TAL International Group, Inc (“TAL”), currently the one of the world’s largest container operating lessors. The conversation was wide-ranging, and I struggled on how to write a coherent article. But as I thought about it, each piece was an informative nugget that had a useful lesson and which might have meaning to our readers. In short, I cheated but here goes.

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