Egg donation agreements are near and dear to our hearts. It was, after all, family and friends’ infertility struggles and learning about egg donation, that inspired Ellen to make the leap from international investment management law to assisted reproductive technology law. With that jump, came the ability to help people on a more personal and meaningful level.

Egg Donation Agreements

A legal agreement between the parties is needed when entering into an egg donor arrangement.  This agreement will clarify the essential understandings of the parties, including the understanding that the recipients will have all parental rights to any child resulting from the donation, and the donor will not have any financial responsibilities or obligations to any child resulting from the obligation. The egg donation agreement may also address:

  • medical protocol, timing, and logistics of the retrieval procedure-restrictions, limitations, expectations of the donor

  • medical complications, including a possible back-up medical insurance policy

  • disposition of any remaining cryopreserved eggs and/or embryos formed from the donated eggs

  • confidentiality and disclosures

  • understanding as to future communication, both with parties and as to children

  • reimbursement for expenses and compensation

 

Egg Donor Representation

We are honored to assist those giving the tremendous gift of helping others experience parenthood. We are here to help protect you as you enter into this generous arrangement and to help you fully understand the legal aspects and the legal agreement you are entering into.  We are also here as a resource should any questions come up for you before or after the legal agreement process.

 

Egg Recipient Representation

We are experienced and skilled in assisting the recipients to an egg donation arrangement with understanding and mitigating related risks and growing families from a strong foundation. We strive to make the egg donation agreement process easy to understand and as painless as possible.

The firm is not able to represent both the egg donation recipient(s) and the egg donor in the same egg donation agreement. Independent counsel for all parties is an important element of the arrangement. We are always happy to recommend other attorneys skilled in this area who can provide professional representation to the other party.