Professor Amichai Cohen

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 Israeli 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:

November 20, 2025

Anti-Dumping Levy on Aluminum Profiles from China: Will Israeli Real Estate Prices Continue to Rise?

On October 19, 2025, the Competition Commissioner published her detailed position regarding the proposed anti-dumping levy on imports of aluminum profiles from China. This position expresses strong opposition to the recommendations of the Commissioner of Trade Levies to impose high anti-dumping levies on aluminum imports from China.

Prof. Amichai Cohen Receives Lerner Prize for International Law

Prof. Amichai Cohen, a special counsel on international law at our firm, has been awarded the Lerner Prize for International Law by the Harry Radzyner Law School at Reichman University. This recognition highlights Prof. Cohen’s significant and influential contributions to the fields of international law and national security.

Professional Webinar: Business Operations Under International Sanctions

Barnea Jaffa Lande, in collaboration with the Israel Export Institute, will host a professional webinar on the implications of international sanctions for Israeli companies. Prof. Amichai Cohen, a special counsel at the firm, will review key global sanctions regimes, their impact on corporate activity, current and emerging compliance risks, and effective measures for mitigating exposure in cross-border operations. The webinar will take place on October 30, 2025, at 11:00 AM (IST).