They had come to Egypt in 1865, at the invitation of Khedive Isma'il Pasha, to act as legal advisers for foreign companies that were taking part in his modernization program.
Do Egypta se přistěhovali v roce 1895, na pozvání Khediva Isma’ila Pashi, aby se stali legálními poradci pro zahraniční firmy, které se účastnili jeho modernizačního programu.