Corporate Legal Services in Egypt

GAFI's 2026 guide sets the service time at one working day for every legal form, through its online portal or, for joint stock and one-person companies, at the Investor Services Centre itself. Before that, the file has to be complete: the documents for the legal form chosen, a bank certificate of capital deposited for a joint stock company, a partnership limited by shares or a one-person company, and a passport and security-clearance form for a foreign founder. Tax registration and, once there are employees, social insurance enrolment follow incorporation on their own deadlines.

Investment Law No. 72 of 2017 guarantees a foreign investor treatment similar to a national investor's whichever form is chosen, and the Companies Law sets no nationality condition for founders or managers, subject to the special laws on certain activities. The main options are a limited liability company (no minimum capital, but no negotiable shares), a closed joint stock company (minimum issued capital EGP 250,000, with negotiable shares) or a one-person company (minimum capital EGP 1,000); a foreign company may instead operate through a branch, while a representative office may not carry on any commercial activity. We prepare the incorporation documents for the form chosen and check the minimum capital and the founders' quorum before the application is filed.

Yes. For a capital increase or reduction we prepare the documents and follow them through GAFI and the Financial Regulatory Authority to entry in the Commercial Register. Changes to the board or to an LLC's managers pass through the general assembly or the partners' assembly, and we prepare the notices and minutes, check quorum and majority before the meeting, and follow up the certification of the minutes with GAFI.

Yes. After incorporation we coordinate the registrations that follow: tax registration within thirty days of starting activity, enrolment with the National Organization for Social Insurance within two weeks of starting activity once the company employs anyone, and VAT registration once sales reach EGP 500,000. Our Social Insurance & Labour Department opens the employer's file and prepares its forms, and our Tax Department prepares the VAT registration.