Riad & Riad Successfully Defends a Major Airline Company in a Dispute Against CFO

January 27, 2023
Riad & Riad scored a favourable court judgment for a leading airline company in a dispute against its chief financial officer (CFO). The judgment was issued by the Egyptian Court of Cassation setting out a numbe...

New Regulations for Solar PV Self-Consumption Projects – Egypt

January 27, 2023
The Egyptian Electric Utility & Consumer Protection Regulatory Agency (EgyptERA) issued Circular No. 3 for 2023 to regulate the licensing procedures and requirements for solar self-consumption plants (“Regulatio...

Egypt – Increase of the Minimum Salary for Private Sector Employee

January 18, 2023
Minimum Salary for 2023 The Egyptian National Council for Salaries (“Council") chaired by the Minister of Planning and Economic Development has decided to increase the minimum salary for private sector employees fro...

Egypt Adopts New Pre-Closing Merger Control Regime

January 18, 2023
Egypt amended its Protection of Competition and Prohibition of Monopolistic Practices Law No. 3 of 2005 (“Competition Law”) on 29 December 2022. The amending law No. 175 of 2022 (“Amendment Law”) introduced the long...

Dr. Eman Riad Participates in the Discussions of Draft Labor Law at the Egyptian Parliament

December 12, 2022
The Egyptian Parliament held several discussion meetings on the draft labor law (“Draft Law”) expected to be issued during 2023. The meetings were attended by all stakeholders including representatives from business...

Riad & Riad Closes a Settlement of € 40 Million Construction DIAC Arbitration Case

December 12, 2022
Riad & Riad is thrilled to succeed in closing a settlement arrangement between one of the leading energy companies in the Middle East and a major state-owned Chinese EPC contractor. The parties had a Euro 40 mil...

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October 22, 2022
Legal Updates1 Energy Egypt – Rules for EV Charging Stations are Released Legal Framework of Hydrogen Energy in Egypt – Opportunities and Challenges Construction Decennial Liability Insurance – New Rules in Egypt Ta...

Mohamed Riad and Fatma Salah are Recognized in IFLR1000

October 22, 2022
Congratulations to our partners Mohamed Riad and Dr. Fatma Salah for being recognized in the 2022 edition of IFLR1000 as “Highly Regarded” and “Notable Practitioner” respectively. Riad & Riad is ranked as a “Rec...

Temporary Real Estate Tax Exemption for Industrial Projects

October 22, 2022
In an endeavor to encourage the localization of the industry, the Cabinet issues new decree granting industrial projects in certain sectors a three-year exemption from the real estate tax imposed by virtue of the Re...

Egypt – Rules for EV Charging Stations are Released

October 22, 2022
The Egyptian Electric Utility & Consumer Protection Regulatory Agency (“Egypt ERA”) issued the rules (“Rules”) governing the operation of electric vehicles (“EV”) charging stations. The Rules applies on EV charg...

VAT Trends – Exported Services and the Zero-Rating Rule

October 20, 2022
VAT is regulated in Egypt by virtue of Law No. 67 of 2016 (“VAT Law”) and its Executive Regulation No. 66 of 2017. According to Article 3 of the VAT Law, exported goods and services are subject to VAT at zero (0) ra...

Fatma Salah is Appointed as Delegate to the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR

October 19, 2022
We are delighted that our partner Dr. Fatma Salah has been appointed as a delegate to the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR. The Commission is mandated “to gather expertise on arbitration and ADR across the ICC...

New Rules for Allocation of Industrial Land with Installed Utilities

October 16, 2022
In an effort to expand local manufacturing, the Egyptian Cabinet issued Decree No. 3308 of 2022 facilitating the allocation process and pricing mechanism of industrial land with installed Utilities (“Decree”). The D...

Decennial Liability Insurance – New Rules in Egypt

October 16, 2022
What is Decennial Liability? The Egyptian legislator adopted the concept of decennial liability. It is a ten years liability imposed on contractors and architects/engineer, jointly and severally for: any total or pa...

R&R is appointed as the Legal Counsel for the KfW/EU-financed project “Energy Efficiency in Public Universities”

September 20, 2022
Our partner Dr. Fatma Salah is selected as the local legal expert to support GOPA Infra GmbH, the winning bidder, in the  KfW/EU-financed project “Energy Efficiency in Public Universities". The project will identify...

New Rules for Developing Off-plan Properties in Egypt

August 17, 2022
The Prime Minister has recently issued the Decree No. 2184 of 2022 (“Decree”) implementing new rules to govern real estate developers and the sale of off-plan properties. The Decree creates greater protections for b...

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August 17, 2022
Legal Updates1 Real Estate New Rules for Developing Off-plan Properties in Egypt Projects and Infrastructure Egypt Announces Prequalification for Desalination Projects Energy Legal Framework of Hydrogen in Egypt – O...

Riad & Riad Advises on the First Light Railway Transit (LRT) in Egypt

August 14, 2022
Riad & Riad is having the honor and the pleasure to be part of this strategic project by advising the consortium of China Railway Engineering Corporation (CREC) and AVIC International Holding Corporation (C...

Egypt Announces Prequalification for Desalination Projects

August 14, 2022
In light of the Egypt’s plan toward encouraging the participation of the private sector in developing seawater desalination projects (“Projects”), the Sovereign Fund of Egypt ("SFE") announced the desalination progr...

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June 19, 2022
Legal Updates1 Energy Legal Framework of Hydrogen in Egypt – Opportunities and ChallengesEgypt – Cabinet Confirms that Green Hydrogen and Green Ammonia Projects can benefit from Tax Incentives under the Investment L...

Egypt – Cabinet Confirms that Green Hydrogen and Green Ammonia Projects can benefit from Tax Incentives under the Investment Law

June 19, 2022
The Prime Minister announced that companies operating in the following green energy project will benefit from the tax incentives stipulated under the Investment Law No. 72 for 2017: The production, storage and expor...

Dr. Fatma Salah selected as Vice Chairman of the Economic Legislation Committee at the EBA

June 18, 2022
We are pleased that our partner, Dr. Fatma Salah has been selected as the Vice Chairman of the Economic Legislation Committee at the Egyptian Business Association (EBA). The EBA is a reputable and trusted pressure g...

Egypt Regulates the Enforcement of Startups Share Transfer under Convertible Instruments

June 18, 2022
The Egyptian Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) issued Decree 68 for 2022 to amend the Rules of Trading of Unlisted Shares issued by virtue of Decree 94 for 2018 (the “Rules”). The amended Rules allowed Misr for C...

Legal Framework of Hydrogen Energy in Egypt – Opportunities and Challenges

June 16, 2022
Introduction Egypt adopted an ambitious energy diversification strategy. The strategy aims at ensuring the continuous security and stability of power supply, the diversification of energy resources and the optimum e...