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:

April 28, 2025

Independence of the Chairman of the Federal Reserve of the United States

President Trump has repeatedly called for a lowering of the interest rate in the United States, while intensifying his attacks against the Chairman of the Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell, and threatening to fire him. According to recent reports, removing Powell is of the table for now, but there is no guarantee the proposal will not resurface in the future.

Rules of Origin in Free Trade Agreements

Significant tariffs are currently being imposed on international trade between China and the United States, which effectively blocks direct trade between the two countries.

Dumping levy on medical cannabis imports

According to press reports, on the eve of the Passover holiday, the Minister of Economy and Industry, Nir Barkat, decided to adopt the recommendation of the Advisory Committee on Trade Levies and impose a dumping levy on cannabis imports from Canada at a rate of up to 165% (the levy varies depending upon the manufacturer). On April 21, 2025, the Minister of Finance wrote a letter to the Minister of Economy expressing his opposition to the imposition of the levy, and the decision was put on hold.

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Practice areas:

International Law