Jane Cohen is an associate in the International Trade Practice Group, in the Washington, D.C., office of King & Spalding. Her practice focuses on U.S. export controls, embargoes and economic sanctions, and international trade policy.
Ms. Cohen advises clients in a wide array of industries on compliance with regulations administered and enforced by the United States Departments of State, Treasury and Commerce. She assists companies with classifying products on the Commerce Control List and the U.S. Munitions List, licensing exports and re‑exports of products, developing and updating internal compliance programs, preparing voluntary disclosures for violations of export controls and sanctions laws, and conducting due diligence inquiries in M&A transactions.
Prior to joining King & Spalding, Ms. Cohen was an associate in the International Trade Group of MK Technology, LLC, where she advised clients on all aspects of compliance with export controls, and embargo and sanctions laws. Her experience also includes work as an Adjunct Associate with the law firm of Nateman Kalik & Lewin, where she focused on antidumping and WTO regulations. Previously, Ms. Cohen served as a law clerk in the Office of Commissioner Carol T. Crawford of the U.S. International Trade Commission and in the Office of Chief Counsel for Import Administration of the United States Department of Commerce.
In 2000, Ms. Cohen received her J.D. from the American University Washington College of Law and her M.A. from the American University School of International Service. While at American, she also served as a Senior Note and Comment Editor for the Business Law Advisor. Ms. Cohen received her B.A., with honors, from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1996. She is admitted to practice law in the District of Columbia and New York and is a member of the New York State Bar Association. She is also a member of the National Council on International Trade Development (NCITD). Ms. Cohen is a native Russian speaker.
Recent Publications
- King & Spalding Client Alert: “OFAC Issues Iranian Financial Sanctions Regulations” (October 2010)
- “Understanding Project Shield America”, National Law Journal (September 2010)
- King & Spalding Client Alert: “Multilateral Sanctions Against Iran” (September 2010)
- King & Spalding Client Alert: “U.S. State Department Proposes to Ease Controls on Exports to Dual- and Third-Country Nationals” (September 2010)
- King & Spalding Client Alert: “U.S. Defense Secretary Gates Unveils the Obama Administration’s Plan for Fundamental Changes to the U.S. Export Control System” (April 2010)
- King & Spalding Client Alert: “U.S. Census Bureau Finally Issues Mandatory Export Information Filing Requirement” (June 2008)
- King & Spalding Client Alert: “Penalties Increase For Export Control And Economic Sanctions Violations” (October 2007)
- King & Spalding Client Alert: “Increased Sanctions And Restrictions On Exports To Burma (Myanmar)” (October 2007)
- King & Spalding Client Alert: “Iran-Related Provisions of Iran-Libya Sanctions Act Extended, Strengthened” (October 2006)
- “Regulation Decryption: Streamlined Encryption Rule Will Continue to Baffle Exporters,” The Export Practitioner (2003)
- “Unequal Justice on Tech Transfer Enforcement: With a New EAA on the Horizon, Will the Penalty Gap Between BXA and State Narrow?,” The Export Practitioner (2002)
- “Breaking Down TSRA: What BIS and OFAC Intended Exporters to Understand,” The Export Practitioner (2002)
- “Foreign Manufactured & American Made: Using the ‘Buy American Act’ to Supply Uncle Sam,” The Export Practitioner (2002)
- “The Wye River Memorandum: Making Economic Prosperity for Palestinians a Reality,” 1 ALSB Int’L Bus. L.J. 24, (2000)
Memberships
- New York State Bar Association
- National Council on International Trade Development (NCITD)
- Articles Editor of the International Business Law Review, Academy of Legal Studies in Business
