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Amichai Cohen

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Amichai Cohen

Professor Amichai Cohen is a special counsel on International Law at our firm. Professor Cohen is a faculty member in the Faculty of Law at the Ono Academic College and serves as a senior fellow at the Israel Democracy Institute.

Amichai has a prosperous academic career and is a renowned researcher in international law and Israel’s national security law. He has served as a visiting professor at Columbia Law School, New York, and the American University-Washington College of Law and as a visiting researcher at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom.

 

In 2013-2016, he served as Dean of the Faculty of Law at the Ono Academic College.

 

Amichai has published four books in English and Hebrew and dozens of articles in important journals of the legal world in Israel and abroad.

 

Amichai’s areas of practice include international trade law; Justice and Security, Israeli constitutional law, occupied territories law; International law in Israeli law; And international criminal law.

 

 

Books by Professor Amichai Cohen

 

 

Israel’s National Security Law: Political Dynamics and Historical Development (2011)

 

Law and Security in Israel (2014)

 

The Constitutional Revolution and Counter-Revolution (2020)

 

Proportionality in International Humanitarian Law (2021)

 

Education:


Yale Law School, J.S.D., 2003

Yale Law School, LL.M., 2001

Hebrew University of Jerusalem, LL.B., 1998

Admission:


Israel Bar Association, 1999

Insights & News - Amichai Cohen:


September 7, 2025

US Court Rules: Most of Trump’s Tariffs Unlawful

The US Federal Court of Appeals ruled recently that most of the tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump as part of the trade wars are unlawful. However, the court decided that, for the time being, these tariffs will remain in effect. This is a landmark decision with potentially wide-ranging implications for the US and global economies, as well as for the balance of powers within the US federal government.
September 4, 2025

Aluminum Imports to Israel Halved Following Provisional Anti-Dumping Measures

In May, the Ministry of Economy imposed a temporary guarantee on aluminum imports from China. As a result, Israeli aluminum importers have already reduced their orders from China by 50%. Simultaneously, access to the Turkish market has been almost entirely blocked for Israeli buyers.
August 7, 2025

European Commission Tightens Law Enforcement on Pharmaceutical Cartels

In July 2025, the European Competition Commission imposed a EUR 489,000 fine on Alchem International Pvt. Ltd. and its Hong Kong subsidiary for their involvement in a pharmaceutical cartel involving the active ingredient used in the manufacture of an abdominal antispasmodic medicine.

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