EGYPT Law and Practice Contributed by: Samer Badran, Abdelrahman Mahdy, Maya Khairy and Mazen Sayed, Badran Law Firm
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1. General 1.1 Prevalence of Arbitration
Parties’ willingness to resort to CRCICA has not changed despite the establishment of new arbitration institutions, such as the Egyptian Center for Arbitra - tion and Settlement of Non-Banking Financial Dis - putes (ECAS) and the new Mediation and Arbitration Centre established by the new labour law (No. 14 of 2025). 1.4 National Courts For any disputes relating to international commercial arbitration, Article 9 of the Egyptian Arbitration Law (EAL) (Law No. 25 of 1968 on Evidence in Civil and Commercial Matters, as amended in 1997 and 2008) gives jurisdiction to the Cairo Court of Appeal. This decisions that the court has issued on arbitration- related matters show its dedication to an arbitration- friendly approach and to international arbitration doc - trines and jurisprudence. Arbitration in Egypt is governed by the articles of the EAL, which applies to arbitrations seated in Egypt and, by agreement, to international arbitrations seated abroad. The EAL replaced the old arbitration provisions of the Code of Civil and Commercial Procedure (Law No. 13 of 1968), and is influenced by the UNCITRAL Model Law, sharing with it its definition of “interna - tional arbitration”, rule of separability, default appoint - ment mechanism and New York Convention-aligned enforcement grounds. 2. Governing Legislation 2.1 Governing Law
In Egypt, for most practitioners, arbitration is no longer considered an alternative dispute resolution mecha - nism; indeed, it is the main path chosen by disputing parties in several industries. For instance, it is now considered abnormal to find a construction agreement that does not include an arbitration clause. Neverthe - less, parties to day-to-day transactions and contracts involving minor amounts may not have arbitration as their usual choice. International arbitration is a major success in Egypt; it is heavily used as a chosen dispute resolution mecha - nism. Known for its arbitration-friendly courts, it is very common to choose Egypt as a seat of arbitration and a place of enforcement of arbitral awards. 1.2 Key Industries The construction and energy industries and the inter - national goods trade experience the highest arbitra - tion activity in Egypt. This may be explained by the large amounts of investment targeted by the contracts signed in these fields, which leads to a high number of agreements being signed and, therefore, disputed every year. 1.3 Arbitration Institutions The Cairo Regional Centre for International Commer - cial Arbitration (CRCICA) is, without doubt, the most used in Egypt. It is the oldest established most expe - rienced institution in this matter.
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