Dallas, Texas

Brian Ladin

Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Delos Shipping · CFA

An investment professional who has spent his career at the intersection of capital markets and the maritime industry — financing, leasing and acquiring the vessels that carry more than ninety percent of world trade.

70

Vessels purchased

$1.3B+

Capital deployed

5–25 yrs

Sale-leaseback tenors

CFA

Charterholder

Profile

Capital for a capital-intensive industry

Brian Ladin is the founder and chief executive officer of Delos Shipping, a Dallas-based merchant bank and lessor serving the maritime industry. Delos provides debt and equity financing to shipowners and operators worldwide, with a focus on long-term sale-leasebacks, distressed maritime assets and cyclical opportunities across tankers, dry bulk, containers, car carriers, cruise and specialty marine tonnage.

He founded the firm in 2009, when bank capital had retreated from shipping in the wake of the financial crisis and owners needed balance-sheet alternatives. Delos built and then sold a fleet through the cycle, and today concentrates on structured leasing that lets operators redeploy capital into what they do best.

Before Delos, Ladin was a partner at Bonanza Capital and at Talisman Capital, where his investments generated more than $100 million in combined profits. He began his career in banking at ABN AMRO. He is a CFA charterholder and took a Bachelor of Arts in Political Economy at Tulane University, class of 1995.

“The shipping industry is a dynamic space with many different opportunities to generate attractive returns.”

Brian Ladin

Focus

Sale-leasebacks

Five- to twenty-five-year leases across all maritime asset types, for counterparties with implied or actual credit profiles ranging from CCC to AA. Structured to move tonnage off the balance sheet without disturbing operations.

Distressed & special situations

Purchases of distressed loans, corporations, partnerships and assets across the maritime industry — transactions that require conviction and a tolerance for complexity other capital providers avoid.

Cyclical opportunities

Opportunistic acquisitions in dry bulk, containers and tankers, timed against the freight and asset-value cycles that define the industry’s economics.

Career

  • Present Delos Shipping — Founder & CEO Maritime merchant banking, vessel leasing and asset management. Dallas, Texas.
  • Earlier Bonanza Capital — Partner Investment manager; public and private positions across shipping and industrials.
  • Earlier Talisman Capital — Partner More than 70 direct investments; over $100 million of capital deployed.
  • Earlier ABN AMRO Bank Start of career in banking.
  • Boards König & Cie · Affinity Media · Points International Director and board roles. Member, YPO.

Contact

Delos Shipping

Enquiries regarding financing, leasing and vessel transactions.

delosshipping.com   214.466.2030

A fuller biography, transaction history and published commentary are at brianladin.org.