Egypt: Corporate Governance

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Egyptian corporate law increasingly holds board members and directors personally accountable beyond the corporate veil, establishing liability frameworks that extend to those exercising actual control over company operations. This evolving regulatory landscape balances investment encouragement with governance discipline through civil, criminal, and supervisory accountability mechanisms rooted in fiduciary duties, transparency requirements, and effective management principles.

Shareholder agreements serve as critical legal instruments for startups, family businesses, and investment-backed companies in Egypt, governing relationships between shareholders beyond what appears in articles of association. From governance and voting rights to share transfer restrictions and exit mechanisms, these contractual frameworks help companies operate with clarity and stability while navigating founder disputes, investment rounds, and ownership changes.

In the Egyptian market, valuation is not only about financial performance or growth anymore. A big part of mispricing comes from what we can call negative intangibles, like weak governance, low transparency, unclear strategy, or lack of trust in management. These factors don’t show directly in the financial statements, but they strongly affect how investors see the company and its risk. In Egypt, where disclosure is not always consistent and market sentiment can change quickly, these issues explain why some loss-making companies trade at high prices, while other strong companies trade below their real value.

Egypt's Senate has approved sweeping amendments to the Competition Law that would transform the Egyptian Competition Authority into an independent regulatory body with direct enforcement powers.

A strong transfer pricing policy starts with a real understanding of how the company and the group it belongs to, not just relying on out-of-the-box models or general theoretical treatments. Each company operates within a different operational context, and each entity within the group has a specific role to play in creating value, whether it’s through manufacturing, distribution, service delivery, asset management, or risk tolerance.

Investors in Egypt often face a critical legal question at the outset: should their company be incorporated under Companies Law No. 159 of 1981 or registered as an Investment Project under Investment Law No. 72 of 2017? Both laws remain in force, and both are administered through the General Authority for Investment and Free Zones (GAFI). Yet they serve different purposes.

On August 18, 2025, Law No. 170 of 2025 on Regulating Certain Provisions of State Ownership in Companies Fully or Partially Owned by the State (the "State-Owned Companies Law") was published in the Official Gazette and entered into force on August 19, 2025.

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