Services Reference
A complete reference to WITAN CO.'s service offerings across our three core practice disciplines. Use this guide to identify the correct partner team for your specific legal requirement.
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تأسيس الشركات والاستثمار
From the formation of a single-member LLC to the cross-border restructuring of a regional conglomerate, WITAN provides the precise legal infrastructure that allows businesses to operate, grow, and protect themselves within Egyptian and applicable international law.
We advise on the full spectrum of Egyptian corporate vehicles — limited liability companies under Law No. 159 of 1981 and its amendments, joint-stock companies, partnerships, free-zone entities under the GAFI framework, and branch registrations for foreign principals. Our formation process encompasses capital structuring, GAFI registration, Tax Authority enrollment, Commercial Register filing, and the drafting of constitutional documents that anticipate governance disputes before they arise.
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Egypt's investment law landscape — anchored by Law No. 72 of 2017 and successive Presidential Decrees — offers significant incentives that are frequently misunderstood or under-utilised by incoming foreign investors. WITAN maps available incentive zones, negotiates investment protection agreements where available, and ensures full compliance with local ownership thresholds across regulated industries including telecommunications, media, aviation, and natural resources.
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Our M&A practice covers both buy-side and sell-side mandates across all industry verticals. We conduct comprehensive legal due diligence, structure transactions to minimise regulatory exposure, draft and negotiate Share Purchase Agreements, Asset Purchase Agreements, and Joint Venture Agreements to international standards, and manage closing mechanics including regulatory approval coordination with the Egyptian Competition Authority and sector-specific regulators.
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We design and implement governance frameworks for boards of directors, executive management, and audit committees — structures that satisfy the Egyptian Financial Regulatory Authority's corporate governance code for listed entities and international investor expectations for private companies. Our compliance advisory covers anti-money laundering obligations, data protection, FATCA reporting structures, and sector-specific regulatory compliance across banking, insurance, and capital markets.
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القضاء التجاري والتحكيم
When commercial relationships break down, the quality of your legal representation in Egyptian courts and international arbitration forums becomes the single variable most likely to determine the outcome. WITAN's litigation partners have appeared at every level of the Egyptian judicial hierarchy and before leading international arbitral institutions, consistently securing results for clients across industries.
Our litigators are fully authorised before Egypt's Economic Courts — the specialised commercial jurisdiction established under Law No. 120 of 2008 — as well as the Court of Cassation and the Cairo Court of Appeal. We handle contract breach claims, commercial agency disputes, cheque and negotiable instrument proceedings, unfair competition actions, banking and finance disputes, and regulatory enforcement proceedings.
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WITAN acts as Egyptian counsel in arbitration proceedings administered by CRCICA, ICC, LCIA, and ICSID. We draft arbitration clauses for transactional documents, advise on seat selection strategy, manage multi-jurisdictional enforcement of awards under the New York Convention, and coordinate with foreign counsel in parallel proceedings.
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Speed is often decisive in commercial disputes. WITAN's team is experienced in obtaining urgent injunctive relief, provisional attachments, and travel bans before Egyptian courts on accelerated timelines. We advise on the procedural prerequisites for each mechanism and manage inter-partes hearings from first filing through to lifting orders where injunctions are granted against our clients.
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Securing a favourable judgment or award is only half the task. WITAN advises on the enforcement of Egyptian court judgments and foreign arbitral awards against assets located in Egypt, navigating Egypt's exequatur process and the practical mechanics of enforcement through court-appointed receivers, attachment of receivables, and third-party bank account freezes.
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العقارات وإدارة الأصول
Egypt's real estate sector — encompassing the new administrative capital, coastal resort developments, and the New Cairo commercial corridor — represents one of the most dynamic and legally nuanced investment frontiers in the region. WITAN's real estate practice provides clients with the transactional, regulatory, and dispute-resolution capabilities required to acquire, develop, manage, and exit real property assets with certainty.
Egyptian property title is governed by a layered legal framework spanning the Civil Code, the Real Estate Publicity Law, and a series of Presidential Decrees governing Sinai, coastal, and border-area transactions. WITAN conducts exhaustive title searches through the Real Estate Publicity Office, identifies encumbrances, usufructs, and pre-emption rights, and advises on the legal status of Tawthiq vs. Shahr Aqari title systems.
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We draft and negotiate all instruments within the real estate development cycle — master development agreements with the New Urban Communities Authority (NUCA), construction contracts under the FIDIC framework adapted for Egyptian law, project management agreements, and subcontractor arrangements. Particular attention is given to force majeure provisions, variation order mechanisms, delay liquidated damages, and dispute escalation procedures.
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Our practice advises institutional landlords and corporate tenants on long-form commercial leases for office towers, retail destinations, industrial facilities, and logistics parks across Egypt. We negotiate Heads of Terms, draft detailed lease agreements balancing landlord security and tenant operational flexibility, structure triple-net and gross lease variants, and advise on Egypt's rental value law implications for commercial premises.
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For high-net-worth individuals and family enterprises, the protection of real property assets across generations requires careful integration of Egyptian succession law, waqf provisions, and corporate holding structures. WITAN designs asset-holding frameworks that minimise forced heirship exposure, protect against creditor claims, facilitate orderly succession, and integrate Egyptian and international structures under applicable double taxation treaties.
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