Egypt Legal Update

The Ministry of Trade and Industry issued last week two decisions pertaining to Export Councils. The first decision organizes the legal and administrative structure of Export Councils in general while the second decision recomposes the board of directors of a number of key Councils. This

Jun-2022
Maximum Wage for Government Jo

New Law Issued Just before the end of last year, the Supreme Council for the Armed Forces (“SCAF”), issued Decree / Law No. 242 of 2

A New Decree Regarding Real Es

The Prime Minister issued decree No. 338 of 2013 delegating the Minister of Housing and Urban Communities in exercising his authorities as the

New Law Pertaining to Developm

Rules for Real-Estate Ownership Finally Clarified Background Investment in Sinai has always been a difficult and con

Emergency Law Extended to Crim

What it Means, and Why Egypt Does not Need it   Introduction On January 24th, 2012, the Supreme Council for the Armed

Nile Exchange Rules Amended

EFSA Issues Three Decisions Affecting the Listing, Trading and Sponsorship Rules for Securities Issued by SMEs Background

The Banking Law is Amended Wit

Board Members Reduced in Number and Conflicts are Avoided In October 2011 Decree/Law Number 125 of 2011 was issued by the Supreme Mi

EFSA Issues New Rules Concerni

Factoring is the financial service which allows specialized companies – licensed by the financial supervisor – to purchase future financial cl

The Egyptian Institute of Dire

The Institute is Responsible for the Promotion of Corporate Governance In late November 2011 the Chairman of the Supreme Military Co

A Higher Council for Justice a

A Useless Council and Should Abolished The departing Prime Minister – Dr. Essam Sharaf – issued, a few weeks prior to the change of

The Higher Cooperative Council

The New Composition Includes Six Ministers but is Unlikely to Have any Impact The departing Prime Minister – Dr. Essam Sharaf – issue

Constitutional Debates in Egyp

In spite of the fact that Egypt Legal Update normally does not address legislative change that does not pertain directly to economic activitie

New Health Insurance Law for F

One of the few new laws that have been issued by the (now dissolved) Parliament – new in the sense that it is not a mere amendment of an alrea