The provision of professional services is largely restricted to Egyptian nationals. Incorporation is not permitted in most professional services, largely precluding the participation of foreigners as capital investors in such businesses. In legal services, a foreign firm may set up a representative office to advise clients on foreign and international law, but it cannot provide legal advice on the law of represent clients in Egyptian courts or advice. Only Egyptian nationals are allowed to provide domestic legal services and appear before a court.
Article 3
Without prejudice to the provisions of the laws regulating judicial bodies and the provisions of the Pleadings Law
 For civil and commercial purposes, it is not permissible for anyone but lawyers to practice the legal profession.
1- Attending on behalf of the concerned persons before the courts, arbitral tribunals and the relevant administrative bodies
 Judicial jurisdiction, criminal and administrative investigation bodies, and police departments, have the right to defend them in cases brought by them or against them, and to carry out pleadings and related judicial procedures.
2- Expressing legal opinion and advice on what is required of the lawyer.
3- Drafting contracts and taking the necessary procedures for their publication or documentation.
It is also considered one of the legal professions for lawyers in the legal departments in the bodies stipulated in this law, examining complaints, conducting administrative investigations, and drafting internal regulations and decisions for these bodies.
Article 4
The lawyer practices the legal profession alone or in partnership with other lawyers or in the form of a civil partnership for the law firm.
The lawyer may also practice the legal profession in the legal departments of public bodies, public and private sector companies, press institutions, banks, private companies and associations, in accordance with the provisions of this law.
Article 5
Lawyers admitted before the Court of Cassation and the Courts of Appeal may establish amongst  themselves a civil law firm that has an independent legal personality and  practice law through it. Lawyers may participate in it before the courts of  first instance.
The name of the company may be derived from the name of one of the partners' lawyers,  even after his death.
The Bar Council sets a model for the statutes of lawyers companies, and they must be registered with the General Bar in a special register issued by a decision of the Minister of Justice,  without prejudice to the provisions prescribed for civil companies.
The company's articles of association may stipulate that in the event of the incapacity  or death of one of the partners and the continuation of the company among the other partners, he or  his heirs shall be entitled to a share of the company's net income.
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The first chapter - Enrollment in the Roll of Lawyers
Chapter one -  In the lawyer's table
Article 10
Practicing lawyers have a general schedule in which their names, places of residence and places of practice are recorded
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Chapter Two - Enrollment in the general table
Article 13
A person requesting that his name be entered in the general roll must be:
1- Enjoying the Egyptian nationality and permanently residing therein in accordance with the regulations set by the Bar Council. The Minister of Justice, in accordance with the rules he sets, in coordination with the Bar Association, may authorize foreign lawyers to work in a case or a specific subject on the condition of reciprocity.
The Bar Council establishes special tables for foreign lawyers and lawyers working outside the Arab Republic of Egypt, and the rules of dealing in terms of listing registration, its fees, annual subscriptions, and services provided to these tables.
2 - Enjoying full civil capacity.
3- He must have a high school diploma or its equivalent in foreign certificates accredited in Egypt, a law license from one of the law schools, or a certificate from a foreign university or its branches in Egypt, which is considered equivalent in accordance with the provisions of the laws and regulations in force in the Arab Republic of Egypt.
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Article 42
Without prejudice to the provisions of the judicial agreements concluded between Egypt and the Arab countries, the lawyer who is a national of these countries pleads before the Egyptian courts jointly with an Egyptian lawyer of a degree corresponding to the degree to which he is entitled to plead before the law of his country, except for constitutional and administrative appeals and with the permission of the General Syndicate and in a specific case in itself on the condition of reciprocity.[...]" (Law No. 17 of 1983: Issuing the Advocacy Law, as amended [google translation])
Advocates Law (Law No. 197 of 2008, amending Law No. 17 of 1983)
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