Adrian Cohen
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Adrian Leon Cohen (born 22 July 1963) is an English solicitor who is also Senior Vice-President of the Board of Deputies of British Jews[1] and Lay Chair of the Labour Friends of Israel.[2]
Cohen, who was born at Mile End in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, grew up in Ilford[3] in the London Borough of Redbridge and went to Wanstead High School. He studied at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), where he received a bachelor's degree in Law,[4] and at Queen Mary University of London where he was awarded a Master of Laws degree.
He chaired the Union of Jewish Students from 1985 to 1986.[5]
Professional career
On leaving university, Cohen became a pupil barrister. He qualified as a solicitor in 1996.[6]
Between 1988 and 1990 he was a part-time tutor at LSE, teaching commercial law.
Cohen has been Senior Consultant at McDermott Will & Emery since May 2024.[7] He was previously a partner at Proskauer Rose LLP[4][8] and, before that, worked for 32 years at Clifford Chance,[4][9] becoming a partner in 1998.
Political office
He was briefly a London Borough of Camden councillor in 2022.[10]