Who we are, and the terms we work on.

Mahmoud Hussein was admitted to the Egyptian Bar Association in January 2019.

Email: TBC: practice email.

Mahmoud practises under the Advocacy Law (Law No. 17 of 1983) and the rules of the Egyptian Bar Association, which govern his professional conduct, including confidentiality.

Our advice concerns Egyptian law and procedure. We do not advise on the law of England and Wales or of any other country, but we can work with the lawyers who do.

Matters outside our own services may be introduced to a specialist Egyptian lawyer or firm, which takes its own instruction. See specialist introductions.

Every matter follows the same route: your enquiry; a conflict check; a free introductory call of up to 30 minutes; a written quote; an engagement letter; payment; then the work starts.

An enquiry, a brief prepared on this site, or the free introductory call does not by itself make you a client. The free call is for understanding the task and agreeing how we would work; it is not legal advice. The engagement letter records:

• who the client is (for law firms, your firm or your client)
• the scope of the work, and what is excluded
• the fee and how it is paid
• who carries out the work: Mahmoud, and the lawyers in Egypt he supervises where steps on the ground are needed
• how we communicate, and in which language
• how the engagement ends

Every task is different, so we do not publish prices. The quote depends on the work involved, such as the questions, documents, complexity, urgency and stages. It may be given on the call or shortly after, always in writing.

For larger matters, each stage is quoted and agreed before it starts. If the scope changes, we tell you and agree any change before doing the extra work.

Official costs, such as court fees, translation, notarisation and couriers, are listed in the quote and charged at cost with receipts.

Payment is by bank transfer, against an invoice that carries your reference, before each stage starts. We will never change our bank details by email: always confirm them with us by phone or video.

Before you share the details of a matter, we ask for the names of the people and organisations involved, so we can check that we are free to act.

Information about your matter is seen only by the people working on it. The lawyers in Egypt who work under Mahmoud's supervision are bound by the same duty of confidentiality.

We may have to disclose information where the law requires it. Where that happens, and the law allows, we will tell you.

How we handle personal data is explained in our privacy notice.

We may ask for identification documents before accepting an instruction and, for company clients, details of who owns and controls the company. We use them only for these checks and keep them securely.

When you start a matter, you answer guided questions and can describe it in your own words. No AI is used to read or organise your enquiry.

If we later offer an AI assistant to help organise a description, it will be optional, used only with your consent, and described here and in our privacy notice before it is switched on.

We want to know if you are unhappy with our service or our fees. Say what went wrong and what you would like us to do. Making a complaint does not affect how we handle your matter.

The pages on this site give general information about Egyptian law. They are not legal advice about your situation and may not reflect recent changes.

Using the site, its tools or the enquiry form does not create a lawyer–client relationship. Until we have checked for conflicts, please share only what the form asks for.

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