• A power of attorney from the owner of the corporation in case it is incorporated through an agent provided that the power of attorney covers incorporation of corporations.
• Copy of ID (national number) or passport of the owner of the firm, as well as a copy of ID of the official agent.
• Title deed of the project location (or declaration to submit the title deed within a year as of the date of registration at the Commercial Register). In the event that the company operates in land reclamation and cultivation the following must be observed:
  • If the company’s assigned location is still in progress, incorporation shall not be carried out unless the title deed of the project location is submitted.
  • If the company’s location is not yet assigned, the incorporation may be carried out provided that the following statement be added to the incorporation certificate/decree: “this certificate or decree shall not entitle the company to operate unless all necessary licenses and approvals for operating in the field of land reclamation and cultivation are obtained from the competent bodies and in accordance with the applicable rules and procedures and this certificate or decree shall not be deemed codification of any status prior to the company’s incorporation.
• In the event that the capital of the sole corporation has in-kind shares, a report submitted by technical expert and at own liability would suffice.

In case of incorporation under the public free zones system pursuant to the provisions of Law no. 72 of the year 2017 on Investment Guarantees and Incentives, the same previous documents mentioned above are required, as well as obtaining GAFI's approval pre-incorporation and the issuance of the approval.

• Copies of powers of attorney from all partners provided that the power of attorney covers the powers to incorporate a partnership as per the form of power of attorney authorized by the Real Estate Publicity Office.
• Copies of ID or passports of partners.
• Copy of the Bar Association card of the lawyer who signs the Articles of Incorporation (the lawyer must be at least a first instance court lawyer and respective card must be valid to date).
• Title deed of the project location (or declaration to submit the title deed within a year as of the date of registration at the Commercial Register). In the event that the company operates in land reclamation and cultivation the following must be observed:
  • If the company’s assigned location is still in progress, incorporation shall not be carried out unless the title deed of the project location is submitted.
  • If the company’s location is not yet assigned, incorporation may be carried out provided that the following statement be added to the incorporation certificate/decree: “this certificate or decree shall not entitle the company to operate unless all necessary licenses and approvals for operating in the field of land reclamation and cultivation are obtained from the competent bodies and in accordance with the applicable rules and procedures and this certificate or decree shall not be deemed codification of any status prior to the company’s incorporation.
• In the event that the capital of partnerships have in kind shares:
  • Submit a report of the value of in kind shares to be prepared by technical expert in accordance to the nature of in-kind shares.

In case of incorporation under the public free zones system pursuant to the provisions of Law no. 72 of the year 2017 on investment guarantees and incentives, the same documents mentioned above are required, in addition to obtaining GAFI's approval pre-incorporation and the issuance of the approval pre-incorporation from the Board of Directors of the free zone where the project is planned to be established.

Incorporation of (a de facto) company due to the death of the sole corporation’s owner

• A recent extract of the commercial register for the sole corporation.
• Submitting the death certificate, and a succession certificate including the heirs of the corporation’s owner.
• In case the heirs include minors, the court approval, permitting the minor to incorporate a company using his inherited fund, should be submitted.
• Valuation report of the tangible assets of the sole corporation(lands- real estates – buildings – machines – equipment–inventory), to be approved by a technical expert according to the nature of these assets.
• Submitting the original minutes of meeting of the partners group of the company under-incorporation, including the approval of Valuation report and its distribution among the heirs according to the distribution decree, in addition to the approval of any other data concerning the company under-incorporation.
• Other general documents required for the incorporation of partnership.

Required Documents

• Submit Certificate of Non-confusion of the trade mark approved from the Commercial Register. It can be extracted from GAFI's web site through the following link.
• Copies of powers of attorney from all founders (at least 3 founders) in case of Joint Stock Companies or copies of powers of attorney from all partners (at least 2 partners) in case of Limited Liability Companies and Partnerships Limited by Shares provided that the power of attorney covers the powers to incorporate a company, in accordance to stated power of attorney in Real Estate Registration and Publication Office. Copy of power of attorney can be uploaded from the following link
• Copies of ID (national number) or passports of founders or partners.
• A bank certificate proving that 10% of the issued capital has been deposited is required in case of joint stock and partnerships limited by shares, and in case of limited liability companies, a bank certificate proving that the capital is fully paid ( taking into consideration, the activities, by their regulating law, require a minimum of the paid capital value).
• A Copy of the Bar Association card for the lawyer who signs the Articles of Incorporation.
• Title deed of the project location (or declaration to submit the title deed within a year of the date of registration at the Commercial Register). In the event that the company operates in land reclamation and cultivation the following must be observed:
  • If the company’s assigned location is still in progress, incorporation shall not be carried out unless the title deed of the project location is submitted.
  • If the company’s location is not yet assigned, incorporation may be carried out provided that the following statement be added to the incorporation certificate/decree: “this certificate or decree shall not entitle the company to operate unless all necessary licenses and approvals for operating in the field of land reclamation and cultivation are obtained from the competent bodies and in accordance with the applicable rules and procedures and this certificate or decree shall not be deemed codification of any status prior to the company’s incorporation.
• A certificate from the company's auditor extracted from the Register of Accountants and Auditors proving that he is entitled to audit and authorize Joint Stock Companies' balance sheets.
• In the event that the capital of Joint Stock Companies/Partnerships Limited by Shares include in-kind shares, the following documents must be submitted:
  • The original report of GAFI -formed committee on the valuation of the in-kind shares
• In the event that the capital of Limited Liability Companies include in-kind shares:
  • It would be sufficient to present only a report by experts from professions regulated by the Law, as per the type of each share.
• Copies of ID (national number) or passports of founders or partners.
• Assigning name of the legal consultant provided that enrolment level accepted at least from the court of appeal.

In case of incorporation under the public free zones system pursuant to the provisions of Law no. 72 of the year 2017 on Investment Guarantees and Incentives, the same previous documents mentioned above are required, in addition to obtaining GAFI's approval pre-incorporation and the issuance of the approval pre-incorporation from the Board of Directors of the free zone where the project is planned to be established.

Documents required for incorporation of Joint Stock Companies after transference from partnerships, incorporated pursuant to provisions of Trade Law, to Capital Companies (Joint Stock Companies, Partnerships Limited by shares and Limited Liability Companies) pursuant to provisions of Law No. 72 of the year 2017 and Law no. 159 of the year 1981:

• In order to incorporate Capital Companies by that way, submit all required documents for incorporation on general according to what mentioned previously beside the following:
  • Valuation report of in kind shares (net assets value and liabilities of partnerships) - In case of transfer to Joint - Stock Company, a report is issued from the committee formed by GAFI's Chief decree and experts (legal accountant - engineer ... as per to share type and nature). In case of transfer to Limited Liability Company.
  • Partnerships contract and its summary, in addition to, all subsequent contracts of amendment and their summaries.
  • Minute of partners group including partners approval on the transfer.
  • Minute of partners group including partners approval on result of valuation that also includes approval on company's articles of association after transfer (capital and its distribution among partners and activity ....etc.)
  • In case of adding cash shares, a bank certificate proving that %10 of the cash shares has been deposited, should be submitted in case of transfer to joint stock company. In case of transfer to Limited Liability Company, a bank certificate, proving that the cash shares are fully paid.

Documents required to incorporate one or more Capital Company through split up of incorporated company to more than one company:

• In order to incorporate a Capital Company through that method, all required documents for incorporation on general should be submitted in accordance to what previously mentioned in addition to the following:
  • Split up decree issued by GAFI's CEO
  • Valuation report of in kind shares
  • Extract from the Commercial Register for the splitting company and approval on the split up.
  • Copy of the General Assembly’s Minutes of Meetings including the approval on split up
  • Copy of the General Assembly’s Minutes of Meetings including the approval on valuation report
  • Draft contract of the split up​