[1] Called to the bar in 2011, his work has included representing alleged descendants of the last Sultan of the Sulu Empire against Malaysia in a multi-billion-dollar case involving Sabah and a colonial-era agreement.
[11] Cohen, and Elisabeth Mason of 4-5 Gray’s Inn Square, represented alleged descendants of the last Sultan of the Sulu Empire against Malaysia in a case involving Sabah and a colonial-era agreement.
Out of the eight sulu claimants,[18] one of which, Muhammad Fuad Abdullah Kiram, has been classified as a terrorist[19] pursuant to section 66B of the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorist Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001 effective 6 April 2023.
Knowing they did not have the financial means, Cohen in 2016 brought on board Therium, a British firm that has bankrolled legal actions by raising money from institutional investors, including a sovereign wealth fund”.
[23] A EuroNews article also accused Cohen of “backing organizations involved in climate denial and making millions from ads for ExxonMobil, BP, Chevron and Shell or entities like The American Petroleum Institute”.
[25] An April 2023 article by Maurizio Geri in Real Clear Defense said Cohen “serves as President of the Silicon Valley Arbitration and Mediation Center based in Palo Alto, California.
[26] It claimed that Cohen had close proximity with “US tech giants” and questioned “whether the lawsuit representing the Sulu heirs is linked to interests with a much larger stake in the geopolitical rivalry unfolding in the Asia-Pacific over control of the region’s data networks”.