Issued by: President Abd El-Fattah El-Sisi | Published: Official Gazette, Issue 27 bis (c), 8 July 2015 | Effective: 9 July 2015 | As amended by: Law No. 192 of 2020 and Law No. 70 of 2021 The Arabic official text is authoritative. This translation is prepared for reference purposes only. Preamble Law No. 87 [...]
MINISTERIAL DECISION NO. 230 OF 2016 EXECUTIVE REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTRICITY LAW Issued Pursuant to Electricity Law No. 87 of 2015 Published in the Official Gazette, Issue 118 (Supplement), 23 May 2016 | Effective as of 24 May 2016 The Arabic official text is authoritative. This translation is prepared for reference purposes only. PREAMBLE Decision [...]
By Karim El Sayed — Managing Partner, Consortio Law Firm The decision to end a contractual relationship in Egypt — whether with a commercial agent, an employee, or a service provider — is almost never as straightforward as it appears from a foreign company's perspective. The contracts look familiar. The termination clauses look standard. The [...]
By Karim El Sayed — Managing Partner, Consortio Law Firm When a commercial dispute arises in Egypt, the instinct of most international companies runs in one of two directions. Some companies litigate everything — on principle, or because their internal policy requires it, or because the local team escalates every disagreement to legal proceedings without [...]
By Karim El Sayed — Managing Partner, Consortio Law Firm Foreign companies entering Egypt invest considerable time and cost in getting the structure right: choosing the legal vehicle, completing incorporation, opening the bank account, and obtaining the necessary licenses. By the time operations begin, the legal team considers the setup phase closed. It is not [...]
By Karim El Sayed, Managing Partner — Consortio Law Firm Every international company entering Egypt faces the same fundamental problem. The market is real. The opportunity has been validated commercially. The board has approved the expansion. And then the internal legal and operational team sits down to plan the actual entry — and discovers that [...]
By Karim El Sayed, Managing Partner — Consortio Law Firm A commercial contract dispute in Egypt does not announce itself. It usually begins with something small. A payment that arrives late. An invoice that gets disputed. A delivery that does not meet specification. A local partner who stops responding. In most markets, these situations resolve [...]
ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT MINISTERIAL DECREE NO. 430 OF 2021 Issued by the Minister of Finance on 31 August 2021 Published on 31 August 2021 in the Egyptian Official Gazette, Issue No. 193 (Supplement) Effective as of 1 September 2021 Issuing the Executive Regulations of the Customs Law promulgated by Law No. 207 of 2020 [...]
ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT LAW NO. 27 OF 1994 Issued on 18 April 1994 | Published on 21 April 1994 Official Gazette, Issue No. 16 (Supplement) | Effective as of 22 May 1994 ARBITRATION IN CIVIL AND COMMERCIAL MATTERS Mohamed Hosni Mubarak — President of the Republic PREAMBLE The People's Assembly has resolved [...]
ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT MINISTERIAL DECREE NO. 286 OF 2021 Issued by the Minister of Finance on 3 June 2021 Published on 3 June 2021 in the Egyptian Official Gazette, Issue No. 123 (Supplement C) Effective as of 4 June 2021 Issuing the Executive Regulations of the Unified Tax Procedures Law promulgated by Law No. [...]
