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. [...]
ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT LAW NO. 13 OF 1968 Issued on 7 May 1968 — Published 9 May 1968 Official Gazette, Issue No. 19 — Effective as of 9 November 1968 THE CODE OF CIVIL AND COMMERCIAL PROCEDURE Gamal Abd al-Nasser — President of the United Arab Republic PREAMBLE The National Assembly has passed [...]
ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT LAW NO. 181 OF 2018 Issued on 13 September 2018 | Published on 13 September 2018 Official Gazette, Issue No. 37 (Supplement) THE CONSUMER PROTECTION LAW Abd El-Fattah El-Sisi — President of the Republic PREAMBLE The House of Representatives having adopted the following Law, We hereby promulgate it: [...]
ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT PRIME MINISTER'S DECREE NO. 2310 OF 2017 Issued on 28 October 2017 | Published on 28 October 2017 Official Gazette, Issue No. 43 (Bis A) | Effective as of 29 October 2017 EXECUTIVE REGULATIONS OF THE INVESTMENT LAW PROMULGATED BY LAW NO. 72 OF 2017 Sherif Ismail — Prime Minister PREAMBLE [...]
