Paul Cohen

Paul Cohen is among the world’s foremost international arbitration practitioners. He is also highly experienced in international anti-bribery and fraud work. Paul heads the international group at 4-5 Gray’s Inn Square Chambers. He is called to the Bars of New York and England and Wales. Paul practiced for many years with the late Arthur Marriott QC, one of the founding fathers of modern international arbitration. Paul got his start in international law working at the Prosecutor’s Office of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. A former speechwriter on the Clinton/Gore Presidential Campaign, Paul later worked on high-profile international cases with the late Ted Sorensen, John F Kennedy’s legendary speechwriter and counsel.

Columbia Law School

Juris Doctor. Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. Senior Editor, Human Rights Law Review.

University of Paris (Panthéon-Sorbonne)

Advanced studies in Private International Law.

Harvard University

Post-doctoral research fellow.

Oxford University

Doctorate in Political Science. Full scholarship from the UK Economic and Social Research Council.

University of Pennsylvania

Bachelor of Arts. Summa cum laude; Phi Beta Kappa; Dean’s List all years.