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Start With Structure: Why Borrower Organization Is The First Step In Preparing Loan Documents For Ontario Real Estate Financing
In secured real estate financing in Ontario, the borrower's organizational structure is not a minor detail to be sorted out later. Instead, it is the foundation on which the entire transaction is built. The structure dictates who signs, who guarantees, what security can be granted, how registrations are made under the Land Titles Act and Ontario PPSA, and the form of every document from the commitment letter through to the mortgage. Despite its importance, organizational structure is often misunderstood or
Canada Finance
BM
Blaney McMurtry LLP
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Prediction Markets In Canada: A Category-by-Category Regulatory Framework
Canadian regulators have established a category-by-category framework for prediction markets, permitting certain economic and financial event contracts through securities dealers while directing sports and entertainment contracts outside that regime. This emerging approach creates distinct regulatory pathways depending on contract structure and underlying event type, raising critical questions about classification, market integrity, and compliance for platforms, dealers, and financial institutions navigatin
Canada Finance
BJ
Bennett Jones LLP
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Start With Structure: Why Borrower Organization Is The First Step In Preparing Loan Documents For Ontario Real Estate Financing
In secured real estate financing in Ontario, the borrower's organizational structure is not a minor detail to be sorted out later. Instead, it is the foundation on which the entire transaction is built. The structure dictates who signs, who guarantees, what security can be granted, how registrations are made under the Land Titles Act and Ontario PPSA, and the form of every document from the commitment letter through to the mortgage. Despite its importance, organizational structure is often misunderstood or
Canada Finance
BM
Blaney McMurtry LLP
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Now Open: British Columbia’s $1 Billion First Nations Equity Financing Program
British Columbia's First Nations Equity Financing Program is now accepting applications, offering up to $1 billion in loan guarantees to support First Nations acquiring equity ownership in revenue-generating projects within their traditional territories. The Program aims to position First Nations as equity partners in economic development while reducing borrowing costs and unlocking access to capital for major infrastructure and resource projects.
Canada Finance
ML
McMillan LLP
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What To Do With All That Money? Why The Sale Of An LDC May Concern Your Municipal CAO
Ontario's local distribution company sector faces unprecedented consolidation pressure driven by $30 billion in capital requirements for grid modernization. Municipal governments selling utility assets must navigate the "windfall trap"—political pressure to spend proceeds on short-term projects rather than preserving long-term value. Strategic deployment of sale proceeds into independent endowment funds offers municipalities a path to convert depreciating infrastructure into perpetual revenue streams
Canada Finance
GW
Gowling WLG
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Prediction Markets In Canada: A Category-by-Category Regulatory Framework
Canadian regulators have established a category-by-category framework for prediction markets, permitting certain economic and financial event contracts through securities dealers while directing sports and entertainment contracts outside that regime. This emerging approach creates distinct regulatory pathways depending on contract structure and underlying event type, raising critical questions about classification, market integrity, and compliance for platforms, dealers, and financial institutions navigatin
Canada Finance
BJ
Bennett Jones LLP
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TSX vs NYSE For Mining IPOs: Where Should You List? – Legal Lessons For Private Companies Considering Going Public – Part 2 Of 3
This is the second article in a three-part series examining the current state of the Canadian IPO market. Part 1 assessed the market landscape in 2026 and the renewed prominence of the long-form IPO. Part 3 will examine the governance, liability and readiness requirements confronting companies pursuing an IPO in today’s environment.
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Miller Thomson LLP
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