Worldwide: Leasing

Private assets are generally understood to mean non-publicly traded assets and include, for example, private equity, private credit, infrastructure and real estate.

On May 14, 2025, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) announced Coordinated Blanket Order 45-935 – Exemption from Certain Conditions of the Listed Issuer Financing Exemption (Blanket Order) aimed at enhancing capital-raising flexibility for Canadian public companies by, among other things, increasing the limit on capital-raising under the existing Listed Issuer Financing Exemption (the Exemption).

In ‘Sandy Yacht Marina Limited v. Bastiment M/Y Leymour' decided by the First Hall of the Civil Court (the "Court") on 27th March 2025, the Court held that defining whether services qualify as ‘salvage' is a key consideration to make when determining the payment of salvage services.