Hope Springs Fertility Law

What Hope Springs Fertility Law does

Hope Springs Fertility Law, Professional Corporation is a Toronto-based Canadian fertility law firm founded in 2008 by Cindy Wasser after her personal experience with surrogacy. The firm delivers legal services across the full lifecycle of donor-conceived and surrogacy-assisted family building, including drafting and reviewing surrogacy and donor (egg, sperm, embryo) agreements, post-birth registration to secure parentage rights and Canadian passports, and wills/estate planning for intended parents. Its services operate within the federal Assisted Human Reproduction Act (AHRA) framework, Canada's regulated altruistic surrogacy model, giving the firm a regulatory specialization that few Canadian competitors match.

The practice serves three primary client segments: intended parents (both domestic and international from the U.S., U.K., continental Europe, and Oceania), Canadian surrogates, and egg/sperm/embryo donors. International inbound demand is a meaningful engine, supported by multilingual consultations (including French) and a referral network of international lawyers. Acquisition channels include paid strategy sessions ($565-$847.50 CAD, credited toward retained fees), free educational webinars targeted by geography, conference participation (Men Having Babies, Growing Families), and a content-rich website that distributes the Canadian Surrogacy Starter Guide as a top-of-funnel asset.

The business is structured as a professional corporation operating on a professional-services revenue model: direct, appointment-based engagements booked online, with the majority of revenue derived from retained drafting and registration work rather than consultations themselves. The firm's operating team is small (approximately 5 people, including one principal lawyer and one associate lawyer), consistent with a boutique specialty practice. Distribution is exclusively direct, with no resellers or marketplace presence, and the firm also advocates publicly on policy (Nova Scotia ESIA regulations, Ireland's AHR Bill 2022) to shape the regulatory environment in which it operates.

Name

Hope Springs Fertility Law

Legal name

Hope Springs Fertility Law, Professional Corporation

Website

https://hopespringsfertility.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Hope Springs Fertility Law is a Toronto-based Canadian fertility law firm providing surrogacy and gamete donation legal services to intended parents, surrogates, and donors across Canada and internationally under the federal altruistic surrogacy framework.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Fertility and Reproductive Law Services

NAICS

Legal Services (5411), Offices of Lawyers (54111), Offices of Lawyers (541110)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Family & Private Client (Trusts & Estates) Law (BPAHAAAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Estate Administration & Probate Services (FSAAANAE), Fertility/IVF & Reproductive Tourism Agencies (THAKAIAF)

Keywords

• Fertility law services
• Surrogacy legal services
• Donor agreement services
• Post-birth registration
• Reproductive law advisory

Headquarters

HQ city

Toronto

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Legal Consultations & Retained Legal Services: Revenue is generated through paid strategy session fees (one-time consultation charges of $565–$847.50 CAD) that are credited toward retained legal fees for surrogacy contracts, donor agreements, and related family law services. Core revenue comes from drafting surrogacy and donor agreements, post-birth registration, and wills/estate planning for intended parents.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Hope Springs Fertility Law is a Canadian fertility and reproductive law firm that drafts, reviews, and negotiates surrogacy and donor (egg, sperm, embryo) agreements; secures legal parentage and post-birth registration including Canadian passports for children born via surrogacy; and provides related wills, estate planning, and family-law services. The firm serves intended parents, surrogates, and donors in Canada and internationally, beginning engagement through paid strategy sessions or complimentary consultations and continuing through retained legal representation.

Product overview

Hope Springs Fertility Law is a Canadian fertility law firm providing legal services for individuals and couples building families through surrogacy and/or egg/sperm/embryo donation. The firm offers legal representation and guidance for intended parents, donors, and surrogates across Canada and internationally. Services include surrogacy and donor contract drafting/review, post-birth registration, and family law estate planning. The firm provides strategy sessions (priced at $565-$847.50 CAD) and complimentary consultations for surrogates and donors, along with free educational resources including the Canadian Surrogacy Starter Guide and fertility law webinars. Founded by Cindy Wasser after her personal surrogacy journey, the firm serves clients globally with a team of legal professionals.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Set a record of securing a judge's order for declaration of parentage and birth certificate just 11 days after a baby's birth (for Ontario parents), demonstrating efficient post-birth registration process.
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers15 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Growing FamiliescoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2024International surrogacy and egg donation education organization. Hosted joint webinars for European parents in February 2024 with Growing Families. Cindy Wasser spoke on Growing Families panels for New Zealand seminars (June 2023) and continues to partner on international events.
• Men Having BabiescoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2024Annual surrogacy conference and gay parenting expo held in San Francisco and other cities. Cindy Wasser has been an invited speaker at multiple annual conferences. The firm has a presence at these events as an exhibitor/speaker, generating client referrals from the U.S. and internationally.
• Egg HelpersminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Fertility agency founded by Leia Swanberg, who also founded Canadian Fertility Consulting. Co-presented on a surrogacy and egg donation Q&A webinar with Hope Springs Fertility Law in April 2023.
• Canadian Fertility ConsultingcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017Referral partner that connects intended parents with Hope Springs Fertility Law for legal services. Canadian Fertility Consulting is a fertility agency that assists with surrogacy and egg donation journeys. Tyler and Dom were referred by this agency to Cindy Wasser for post-birth legal support. The relationship is ongoing; Cindy has co-presented webinars with the agency's founder.
• CReATe Fertility CentrecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017Toronto-based fertility clinic that is part of the referral ecosystem. CReATe Fertility Centre referred Tyler and Dom to Hope Springs Fertility Law during the Men Having Babies conference in San Francisco in 2017. The clinic is co-referenced in webinars with founder Cindy Wasser and Dr. Clifford Librach.
• International Fertility Lawyers NetworkminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe firm maintains an extensive network of international lawyers to assist clients with cross-border legal needs, including for clients who need contracts in languages other than English or have home-country legal requirements.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Creative Family Connections: US-based fertility and surrogacy law firm serving intended parents, donors, and surrogates. Directly comparable to Hope Springs in legal specialization, international client base, and contract drafting/review focus.
• International Fertility Law Group: International fertility law practice with offices in the US and Europe serving cross-border surrogacy and donor clients. Closely comparable to Hope Springs in cross-jurisdictional family-building legal services.
• Steven H. Snyder & Associates: US fertility and reproductive law firm handling surrogacy, egg/sperm/embryo donation, and parentage matters. Comparable in specialty practice area and clientele of intended parents and donors.
• IFR Surrogacy: New York-based reproductive law firm focused on surrogacy and gamete donation contracts. Comparable in narrow legal specialization and service mix (contracts, parentage, donor agreements).

Others

• Growing Families: International surrogacy and egg-donation education organization that hosts seminars and webinars. Not a direct competitor — it is a marketing/education partner and ecosystem player that surfaces fertility-law firms (including Hope Springs) to global intended parents.
• Canadian Fertility Consulting: Canadian fertility agency that matches intended parents with surrogates and egg donors and refers them to legal counsel. Partner and ecosystem participant rather than a direct legal competitor — listed because the agency-law-firm relationship is core to Hope Springs' referral funnel.

Broad incumbents

• Circle Surrogacy: US-based full-service surrogacy agency that also provides legal services. Overlaps with Hope Springs on the legal side but operates a broader end-to-end agency model serving both US and international intended parents.

Market position

Competitive moat4 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/HSFertilityLaw
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@hopespringsfertilitylaw
• Facebookfacebook.com/HopeSpringsFertilityLaw
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/hope-springs-fertility-law
• Instagraminstagram.com/hopespringsfertility

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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