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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.
Education:
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, LL.B., 2002
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, MBA, 2004
Tel Aviv University in collaboration with UC Berkeley, LL.M. in Commercial Law, 2007
Admission:
Israel Bar Association, 2004
Insights & News - Efrat Cohen:
Globes: Returning from In-House Roles to Law Firms
Adv. Efrat Cohen, a senior partner at our firm, was interviewed by Globes about the growing movement between law firms and in-house legal roles, and the return to private practice. She discussed her own transition back to private practice following senior positions in the business sector, including serving as Head of Regulation in the Legal Division of Bank Leumi. According to Efrat, working within a corporate environment provided her with a broader understanding of decision-making processes, risk management, and clients’ practical business needs.
New Israeli Draft Bill Seeks to Expand Control of Dual-Use Exports and Strengthen Regulatory Enforcement over Israeli Companies
Key Trends and Regulatory Challenges in Israel’s Financial Sector
Adv. Efrat Cohen, a senior partner in our firm's Regulation Department, discussed in an interview the most significant ongoing developments in the Israeli financial market: the payments initiative revolution and its impact on both businesses and consumers; expansion of the open banking reform toward open finance, including broader access for insurance agents to clients’ financial and banking information; and the AI and algorithmic report by the Bank of Israel and the Israel Securities Authority, which establishes a new compliance framework and extends reporting and supervisory obligations regarding the use of artificial intelligence and algorithmic models in the financial sector.