Amichai Cohen

Professor Amichai Cohen is a Special counsel on International Law in 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

The Hebrew University, LL.B, 1998

Admission:

Member of the Israel Bar Association since 1999

Insights & News - Amichai Cohen:

July 16, 2025

Who Bears the Risk of Violating Personal Sanctions?

When US President Donald Trump took office, it seemed the question of personal sanctions against extremist right-wingers in Israel was off the table. Indeed, in one of his first decisions, Trump lifted the sanctions imposed on a small number of Jewish settlers whom the United States had accused of committing violence against Palestinians in the West Bank, as well as on several extremist right-wing organizations.

Israel Blacklists Foreign Company Over Breach of Reciprocal Procurement Obligations

The Industrial Cooperation Authority at Israel’s Ministry of Economy recently announced that it had blacklisted the Chinese company DAQO, which won a tender for the supply of components to the Israel Electric Corporation, because it failed to fulfill its reciprocal procurement obligation with Israel.

Israel’s Import Reform: “What’s Good for Europe Is Good for Israel”

The “What’s Good for Europe Is Good for Israel” reform came into effect at 2025, with considerable resonance. This reform allows importers to import diverse products to Israel in a new standardization track, based on compliance with the requirements of strict European regulations and standards.

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Practice areas:

International Law