Issued: 5 September 2016 | Published: Official Gazette No. 35 bis (ج), 7 September 2016 | In force from: 8 September 2016 | Issued by: Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, President of the Republic Incorporates all amendments through Law No. 3 of 2022 (effective 27 January 2022). Arabic official text is authoritative in all cases. Translation by [...]
A foreign energy company installs waste heat recovery equipment at an Egyptian petroleum facility. The installation is completed on schedule. The commercial deliverables under the partnership agreement are met. The equipment performs as specified. Both parties consider the engagement a success. What neither party addressed is that the installation altered the facility's electricity generation profile. [...]
A foreign technology company deploys a team of engineers at an Egyptian petroleum facility. The engineers work on-site for six months — installing equipment, commissioning systems, running tests. They consume electricity throughout. The facility's management never raises the issue. The commercial contract says nothing about it. Two years later, the Egyptian prosecutor's office opens an [...]
A European company wins a contract to install waste heat recovery systems at an Egyptian petroleum facility. The equipment is commissioned. It begins generating electricity from thermal waste that would otherwise be lost. The facility's energy costs drop. Both parties are satisfied. Six months later, the Egyptian regulatory authority opens an inquiry. The company has [...]
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 [...]
