Corporate Governance & Compliance

Scope of service

The final scope is confirmed after reviewing the facts, documents, jurisdiction, and applicable deadlines.

Map the company’s legal form, ownership, regulated activities, constitutional documents, shareholder arrangements, and applicable mandatory or recommended governance standards.

Define the authority and composition of the board, managers, committees, general assembly, company secretary, internal audit, and control functions, including reserved matters and escalation routes.

Prepare meeting calendars, agendas, notices, board packs, resolutions, minutes, registers, conflict declarations, related-party controls, and approval evidence that can withstand shareholder or regulatory review.

Design or update delegations of authority and policies for conflicts, gifts, whistleblowing, document retention, contracting, procurement, anti-fraud, and other risks proportionate to the business.

Review disclosure, beneficial-ownership, filing, accounting, audit, and sector-reporting obligations; maintain an obligations register with owners, evidence, deadlines, and remediation status.

Support privileged internal reviews and investigations through scoped fact collection, interviews, evidence preservation, findings, disciplinary coordination, regulator engagement, and monitored corrective action.

Typical documents

Review can begin with available records; additional documents may be requested for the matter.

Articles, bylaws, commercial register, ownership schedule, and shareholder agreements
Board, committee, manager, and general-assembly mandates, notices, minutes, and registers
Delegations of authority, signing powers, job descriptions, and approval workflows
Current policies, risk assessments, audit findings, compliance registers, and training records
Regulatory filings, licenses, disclosures, financial statements, and auditor correspondence
Complaints, whistleblowing reports, investigation material, disciplinary records, and remediation evidence

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Legal framework and official references

Authoritative references defining the service’s general framework. The official Arabic text, later amendments, and matter-specific rules remain controlling.

Sources checked 6 September 2026

Companies Law No. 159 of 1981 and its Executive RegulationsRegulates covered companies’ formation, capital, management, decision-making, directors’ responsibilities, profits and losses, mergers, and dissolution.Egyptian Corporate Governance CodeFRA’s governance framework addresses shareholder rights, equitable treatment, stakeholders, disclosure and transparency, board responsibilities, audit, conflicts, and whistleblowing.GAFI post-incorporation and general-assembly servicesGAFI’s official service requirements identify the records, attendance evidence, corporate documents, appointments, authorizations, and filings needed for covered board and shareholder actions.