In the wake of the global COVID-19 outbreak, companies and employers started to consider the various legal alternatives to combat the negative economic impact of the forced closure or the reduction of their busines...
On 18 February 2020, the Egyptian Prime Minister issued Decree no. 6/2020 (the “Decree”) to grant expansions of existing projects in Egypt the same incentives as the newly established projects under the Egyptian I...
We have been asked by a large number of companies and business owners in Egypt about the precautionary measures that can be taken inside their workplaces to contain the COVID-19 outbreak while ensuring the continuit...
A new regulation was yesterday to require all companies in Egypt to disclose the ultimate beneficial owners who have actual ownership or control over the company. The regulation is issued by Ministerial Decree No. 4...
The Egyptian Financial Regulatory Authority issued Decision No. 1 for 2020 to amend the Rules of Listing and Delisting Securities at the Egyptian Stock Exchange issued in 2014 ("Listing Rules"). The amendment impose...
A new social insurance law was issued in Egypt in August 2019 under the name of the Comprehensive Social Insurance Law No. 148/2019 (“New Law”) with an effective date in January 2020.
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R&R co-sponsor the ALB In-House Legal Summit on 22 October 2019 in Dubai. Our partner Dr. Fatma Salah presented a session titled “Compliance Challenges in Emerging Markets - the Role of General Counsel”. She gave he...
partner, Dr. Eman Riad, published an article with Al-Borsa Newspaper regarding the transfer of undertakings and its consequences on the employees under the Egyptian Labor Law.
On 25 August 2019, Law No. 151 of 2019 was issued for the establishment and regulation of two new public authorities in the pharmaceutical sector, namely, the Egyptian Drug Authority ("EDA") and the Egyptian Authori...
On 13 October 2019, the Minister of Trade and Industry issued Decree No. 827 of 2019 amending the Executive Regulations of the Commercial Agency and Brokerage Law No. 120 for 1982.
R&R had the pleasure to support FAS Energy, an affiliate to Fawaz El Hokair Group, in drafting the MOU it signed with the New Urban Communities Authority (NUCA) to set up a waste-to-energy (WtE) facility in 10th of...
In December 2018, President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi issued the Presidential Decree no. 537 of 2018 (the “Decree”) approving the agreement entered into between Egypt and Cyprus on 19 September 2018 to establish a direct...
On 16 July 2019, a new ministerial decree no. 146 of 2019 was published in the Official Gazette regulating the procedures and requirements for granting work permits to foreigners (the "New Decree").
In order to extract a work permit for a foreign shareholder or manager to work in an Egyptian company incorporated under the Companies Law no. 159 of 1981, certain requirements relating to the capital of the company...
On 31 July 2019, the House of Representatives approved the first amendment to Egypt’s new Investment Law no. 72 of 2017. The amendments are introduced by virtue of Law no. 141 of 2019.
On 14 July 2019, the Minister of Interior issued Decree no. 1300 of 2019 determining the procedures and requirements for licensing the possession of sonic, air and gas guns and their ammunitions
On 11 July 2019, a Presidential Decree no. 335 of 2019 (the “Decree”) was issued to establish a non-profit center called “the Egyptian Centre for Voluntary Arbitration and Settlement of Non-banking Financial Dispute...
تشرف مكتب رياض ورياض للمحاماة والاستشارات القانونية بتقديم المشورة والمساعدة القانونية لشركة سافيلز العالمية فى تأسيس شركتها الأولى بمصر، حيث أعلنت الشركة في ديسمبر الماضي عن خططها التوسعية في منطقة الشرق الأوسط وشم...
