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 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 [...]
If you have read our General Counsel’s Guide to Commercial litigation, you know that the Egyptian legal system is a tiered hierarchy. But what happens if your judgment didn't come from an Egyptian court at all? A common scenario: A foreign investor wins a judgment in London or Dubai. They come to Cairo believing the [...]
If you walk into an ordinary Egyptian Civil Court (Mahkama Ibtida'iya), you will see stacks of paper files tied with twine, crowded halls, and judges managing hundreds of miscellaneous cases—from rent disputes to petty theft—in a single day. If you are a foreign investor, this is not where you want your commercial dispute to live. [...]
If you ask a standard lawyer about litigation in Egypt, they will quote the Civil Code. If you ask a General Counsel who has actually managed a dispute here, they will talk about three things: "The Expert Office," "The Notification Loop," and the "Execution Problems." At Consortio Law Firm, we focus on Execution Reality. The [...]
One of the most common—and often unexpected—challenges that foreign companies face when doing business in Egypt is the late-payment culture. Whether you sell machinery, technology, or services, a delayed payment can quickly escalate into a financial crisis. A typical foreign principal often asks us: "Can we legally recover this if we don't have a stamped [...]
