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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:
Sanctions on Trade with Israeli Settlements in the West Bank
Prof. Amichai Cohen Appointed Vice President of Research at Israel Democracy Institute
Prof. Amichai Cohen, a special counsel at our firm, has been appointed Vice President of Research at the Israel Democracy Institute. In his new role, he will lead the IDI's research division and oversee its research activities in the fields of democracy, law, government, and national security. Alongside this appointment, Amichai will continue to advise the firm's clients on projects and transactions involving international law, international sanctions, international trade, and regulatory compliance.
Webinar: Defense Industry in a Changing Reality
Our firm, together with BDO, will host a professional webinar on the key issues that companies and funds operating in the defense industry should know—from opportunities and challenges in the defense and dual-use export landscape, to VAT, customs, and targeted tax incentives, as well as legal, financial, and accounting readiness for capital raises, IPOs, and becoming a public company. Adv. Elad Reshtick and Prof. Amichai Cohen from our firm, alongside BDO experts, will speak at the webinar, which will take place on June 30, 2026, at 11:00 AM.