Amichai Cohen

Professor Amichai Cohen serves as the firm's special counsel on international law. He is a member of the Faculty of Law at 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:

October 26, 2026

Netherlands Imposes Sanctions on Israeli Settlement Products: Dutch Customs Requirements for Imports from Israel

The Temporary Sanctions Order on Goods from Israeli Settlements in Israeli-Controlled Territories took effect on September 22, 2026. The Order prohibits imports, purchases, and sales of goods that are wholly or partially produced in Israeli settlements in Israeli-controlled areas since the Six-Day War, including the Golan Heights.

Israeli Exports to the EU: Quotas, PFAS, and Carbon

Three EU regulatory regimes have taken effect since the beginning of 2026, changing the conditions for Israeli exports to the European Union: steel import quotas, restrictions on PFAS compounds in consumer goods and food packaging, and the financial phase of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM). All three impose obligations on European importers, but Israeli exporters hold much of the information needed for compliance. The EU-Israel Association Agreement does not exempt Israeli exporters from these requirements.

TheMarker | Israeli Companies Added to UN “Blacklist”: Business Implications

Prof. Amichai Cohen, a special counsel at our firm and Vice President of Research at the Israel Democracy Institute, spoke to TheMarker about the addition of Israeli companies to the UN list. While inclusion does not result in direct sanctions, it may adversely affect these companies’ relationships with investors and international corporations, particularly in Europe.

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Practice areas:

International Law

International Sanctions