A judgment issued outside Egypt and you want to enforce it inside Egypt? The procedure has specific conditions and steps that must be followed in the right order.
Ask About Your FileA foreign judgment is not enforced automatically in Egypt. A suit before the Egyptian courts is required to grant it an enforcement order, and to verify that the legal conditions for its enforcement are met — most importantly the condition of reciprocity between Egypt and the country where the judgment was issued, its non-conflict with Egyptian public policy, and the proper notification of the opponent in the original case. The reciprocity condition in particular is the point at which foreign judgments most often stall at enforcement in Egypt, and it must be examined before filing the suit, not after.
People residing abroad who hold a judgment issued by a foreign court and need to enforce it against assets or parties in Egypt, and foreign law firms that want a correspondent lawyer inside Egypt to follow the enforcement file with regular periodic reports.
If your firm is abroad and you have a client who needs representation or follow-up of procedures in Egypt — a lawsuit, enforcement of a judgment, an investigation, or even just a judicial notification — we work with you as local correspondent counsel: the same standards of periodic reporting and fee transparency that we offer our direct clients, under a clear agreement from day one (hourly or fixed fee). Conversely, if one of our clients needs representation in your country, we recommend cooperating with us as part of a mutual referral network.
Send us a copy of the judgment and the details of your situation, and we will explain whether enforcement is possible and the required steps.
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