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
Amendments to the Regulation o

The Ministry of State-Owned Business Sector issued a new decision that changed the regulations governing the representation of public funds in

New Corporate Governance Guide

The Egyptian Institute of Directors, which operates under the Egyptian Financial Supervisory Authority (“EFSA”), recently issued the third ver

Property Tax Executive Regulat

Background Last year, on June 23rd, 2008 The Property Tax Law was issued as Law Number 196 of 2008 and made effective as of the foll

Amendment of the Executive Reg

The executive regulations of the Competition Law (the “Executive Regulations”) were amended pursuant to Decree No. 2509 of 2016 issue

Preliminarily Listed Companies

The Egyptian Financial Supervisory Authority ("EFSA") issued decision No. 124 of 2015 (the "Decision")

Amendments to the Special Econ

On 23 June 2015, the Egyptian President issued Presidential Decree No. 27 of 2015[1] (the “Decree

New Decree to Regulate License

Background In a significant legislative development, the Minister of Tourism issued in early June 2011 Decree No. 300 of 2011 (publi

The Formation of a New Nationa

Following the debates that took place over whether Egypt should borrow from the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, and the public

A New Committee for Accounting

The Prime Minister issued Decree No. 909 of 2011 (published in the Egyptian Gazette, 156 bis (c), on July 7th, 2011) establishing a new commit

Amendment to the Civil Law Con

On July 14th, Decree/Law No. 106 of 2011 was issued (Official Journal, 28 (bis), July 16th, 2011), amending Article (337) of the Civil Code. T

Pension Increase for State and

On June 26th 2011, the Supreme Council for the Armed Forces issued Decree No. 102 of 2011 (Official Journal, 25 bis (g), June 28th, 2011) introducing

The Remaking of the Egyptian S

Introduction In the morning of January 25th, 2011 protesters in Cairo and in various other cities set out to demand the resignation