Efrat Cohen

Efrat Cohen is a senior partner in our firm’s Regulation Department.

Efrat has extensive experience in regulatory matters across a variety of industries, with a particular focus on the financial, pharmaceutical, and healthcare sectors. Efrat represents shareholders, large companies, and business organizations in complex regulatory proceedings and provides ongoing counsel to management teams and boards of directors on strategic issues and crisis management.

In her practice, Efrat provides advice on regulatory and business issues, including assisting with structural changes, the opening of markets to competition, offering legal opinions and formulating positions on emerging regulations, implementing new regulations within organizations, advising on policy development, and drafting internal procedures. She also supports transactions and assists with the obtaining of regulatory approvals, represents clients before public and governmental committees, participates in Knesset committee discussions, and represents clients in hearings, enforcement actions, financial penalties, and administrative petitions.

Prior to joining the firm, Efrat served as the Head of the Regulatory and Public Policy Division at the Legal Division of Bank Leumi, alongside holding other senior positions at the bank. Before that, she served as the CEO of Pharma Israel (the Association of Multinational Pharmaceutical Companies) and headed the Regulatory Department at a leading and well-known law firm in Israel.