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ProjTitle.icon CHAPTER 2: DUTIES OF THE PARTNER LAWYER OR SHAREHOLDER IN THE PROFESSIONAL COMPANY

Article 22:

When establishing a professional company, partner lawyers or shareholders shall notify the competent department and provide it with a copy of the memorandum of association or articles of association, as the case may be, within a period not exceeding (30) days from the incorporation of the company. 

Article 23:

It is not permissible for a lawyer to be a partner in more than one professional law firm, and it is not permissible for more than one lawyer to work in one law firm except by forming a company between them, or for one of them to be an employee of the other. 

Article 24:

Subject to the relevant Laws, it is not permitted to establish a professional company that combines the practice of Law profession with other professions, unless the percentage of partners or shareholders lawyers exceeds (25%) of the company's capital, and (25%) of its net profits, and after obtaining the ministry approval. 

Article 25:

Lawyers who are partners or shareholders in the professional company shall, if the name of one of them is deleted from the list or transferred to the list of non-practicing lawyers, amend the company's articles of association in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Law, assign cases and consultations supervised by this partner or shareholder to other partner or shareholder lawyers, and notify the competent department of the measures taken within a period not exceeding (30) days from the date of his deletion or transfer of his name. 

Article 26:

The partner lawyer or shareholder in a professional company shall immediately inform the competent body in the ministry or the Authority when the unlicensed partners practice the Law profession or violate any of the provisions and controls of the professional companies stipulated in the Companies Law and its regulations, and to stop working in the company in the event of the continuation of the violation. His continuation in the company, even though he is aware of this violation or that it is something he should have known, is considered a professional violation. 

Article 27:

It is not permissible for partner lawyers or shareholders of the professional law firm to provide works of the profession to the parties to the conflicts of interest in a single lawsuit or incident unless there is written consent from the parties affected by the lawsuit, and the work can be carried out efficiently and professionally without a conflict of interest as stipulated in the Rules of Professional Conduct for Lawyers. ​


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