Required documents:
1-A certificate that the name is not confusingly similar, certified by the Commercial Register (apply for the name certificate through the Digital Egypt platform)
2-A bank certificate of deposit of the full capital, bearing in mind that the capital must not be less than one thousand Egyptian pounds
3-If a legal person is founding the one-person company, the following documents are submitted:
4-A power of attorney from the legal representative of the legal person.
5-A recent extract from the Commercial Register for the legal person (on sight of the original)
6-If the founder of the company is a public-law person, the approval of the Prime Minister or the competent minister, as the case may be, must be obtained.
7-A power of attorney to found the one-person company, whether the founder is a legal or a natural person; the power of attorney must expressly cover founding companies and signing articles of incorporation before the Real Estate Registry.
8-The investor identification forms for the company owner or the foreign manager as a document + a copy on CD
9-The original official extract from the Register of Accountants and Auditors addressed to the Investment Authority, showing that the company’s auditor is entitled to audit and approve the balance sheets of capital companies for the first time, or the original declaration of acceptance of appointment if he has previously submitted this certificate to the Authority.
10-Copies of the founder’s identity documents (valid and clear) after sight of the original.
-National ID for Egyptians.
-Passport for foreigners.
-Copies of the agent’s identity documents (valid and clear) after sight of the original
-National ID for Egyptians
-Passport for foreigners (a valid residence permit is required)
-A copy of the Bar Association membership card of the lawyer who certifies the contract before the Bar Association. (At least a lawyer admitted before the courts of first instance, with the lawyer’s card valid to date).
-Specifying the name and address of the company’s legal adviser, who must be registered at no lower level than the Court of Appeal.
-The approval of the competent authority if any of the company’s objects requires special approval under the provisions of the laws in force (prior approval).
Where there is a contribution in kind at incorporation:
-Submitting a report valuing the contribution in kind from experts in the professions regulated by law, according to the nature of each contribution, and the founder’s declaration approving the correctness of the valuation.
-If the one-person company is founded to operate under the public free zones system in accordance with the provisions of Investment Law No. 72 of 2017, the same documents listed above are required, in addition to:
Obtaining the Authority’s approval before incorporation; the approval is issued by the board of directors of the free zone in which the project is to be established.
Procedures for founding a one-person company (limited liability) through our office:
