About Us

About the Firm

Blumberg Segal LLP is a full service law firm located at the corner of Bay Street and Richmond Street in the heart of the financial and legal center in Toronto, Canada. The firm was originally created by Henry Blumberg in 1984 and has been providing effective legal solutions ever since.

Lawyers at Blumbergs

HENRY BLUMBERG - Managing Partner - Commercial Litigation, Business Law, Trade Marks, and Wills/Estates
Henry is the managing partner of Blumberg Segal LLP. Henry obtained a B.A. and LL.B at the University of Cape Town. Henry became a lawyer in South Africa in 1966 and joined a firm in Port Elizabeth as a partner in 1967. Henry immigrated to Canada and requalified by attending Osgoode Hall Law School and was called to the Bar in Ontario in 1984 and has practiced law in Toronto ever since.

Henry has lectured at Seneca College on the Mortgage Broker's legislation and related subjects, and he has lectured on the law component of the certification course for mortgage brokers from 1986 to approximately 1996. Henry has been legal counsel to the Canadian Institute of Mortgage Brokers and Lenders Foundation. Henry is a Past President of the Canadian Council of South Africans and founded the University of Cape Town Foundation in Canada and has continued to act as Convener. Henry has been involved in the Boy Scouts and was awarded the Queen's Scout Certificate. Henry has recently been appointed to chair the committee of The Canada - South Africa Chamber of Business to select the Chamber's Annual Person of the Year Award.

You can contact Henry Blumberg at henry@blumbergs.ca

RONALD SEGAL - Partner, Corporate/Commercial, Commercial Litigation, Trade Marks, and Wills/Estates
Ronald Segal is a partner at the firm of Blumberg Segal LLP in Toronto, Canada. He practices in the areas of commercial litigation, corporate/commercial law, trade marks and wills/estates. Ron is a member of the Law Society of Upper Canada and is also a Notary Public for the Province of Ontario.

He was called to the Ontario Bar in April of 1988. He obtained a bachelors degree in Economics at McGill University in Montreal and obtained his LL.B. from Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto.

You can contact Ron Segal at rsegal@blumbergs.ca

MARK BLUMBERG - Partner, Non-Profits and Charities, Estate Planning
Mark Blumberg is a partner at the law firm of Blumberg Segal LLP in Toronto and works almost exclusively in the areas of non-profit and charity law and philanthropy. He has a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Toronto, an LLB from the University of British Columbia and a LLM from Osgoode Hall Law School in Tax Law.

Mark is on the Executive of the Canadian Bar Association (CBA) National Charities and Not-for-Profit Law Section and is also on the Executive of the Ontario Bar Association Charity and Non-profit law section. He is a member of Association of Fundraising Professionals Canadian Government Relations Committee. Mark also belongs to the Law Society of Upper Canada, the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP), the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP), and the Ontario Council for International Cooperation (OCIC).

Mark is also the lead trainer for the Charity Law Information Program (CLIP), which is a project of Capacity Builders, funded by the Canada Revenue Agency. The project's goal is to help Canadian charities become more aware of their legal obligations under the Income Tax Act, and to increase compliance with those requirements.

Mark is also the editor of www.canadiancharitylaw.ca - a Canadian charity law website and www.globalphilanthropy.ca - a Canadian website dedicated to legal and ethical issues for Canadian charities operating abroad or foreign charities fundraising in Canada.

You can contact Mark Blumberg at mark@blumbergs.ca

LIZE-MARI SWANEPOEL - Corporate/Commercial, Non-Profits and Charities, and Litigation
Lize-Mari Swanepoel joined the firm of Blumberg Segal LLP as a lawyer in July of 2004 and has since made her areas of practice corporate law, commercial litigation, civil litigation, trade-marks and wills/estates.

Lize-Mari obtained her LL.B. degree (cum laude) in South Africa in 2000 and practiced law as an advocate in Johannesburg, South Africa prior to immigrating to Canada. Lize-Mari was called to the Ontario Bar in July of 2004 and is a member in good standing of the Law Society of Upper Canada.

SCOTT CHAMBERS- Litigation
Scott Chambers joined Blumberg Segal LLP in 2006 in the area of commercial litigation including shareholder disputes, estate litigation, contract law, and employment law. He has a B.A. in History from the University of Calgary and obtained his J.D. (Juris Doctor) degree from the University of Western Ontario in 2004. Scott is a member of the Law Society of Upper Canada, being called in 2005, and is a Notary Public for the Province of Ontario. Scott Chambers can be reached at scott@blumbergs.ca

KATE ROBERTSON - Non-Profits and Charities and Corporate/Commercial
Kate Robertson joined the firm in 2011 and practices primarily in the areas of charity and non-profit law and corporate/commercial law. Prior to joining the firm, Kate completed her articles at a boutique law firm, where she was involved in the areas of charity and non-profit law. She received her LL.B. from the University of Ottawa in 2010. While in law school, Kate gained significant legal experience as a Policy Analyst and Charities Officer for the Charities Directorate of the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). Kate obtained a Bachelor of Arts (cum laude) in Philosophy, Politics and Law from Binghamton University in New York State, where she competed at the Division One level on a volleyball scholarship. Kate was called to the Ontario bar in 2011. She is a member of the Law Society of Upper Canada and the Canadian Bar Association.