The Cohen Group is a firm providing corporate leadership with strategic advice and assistance in marketing, regulatory affairs and deal sourcing, and capital raising activities. They cover every major business sector and every critical region of the world, including the Middle East, Asia-Pacific, Latin America and Europe. The firm is based in Washington, D.C. with offices in London, United Kingdom, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, New Delhi, India and Beijing and Tianjin, People's Republic of China.
The firm was founded in 2001 by former United States Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen to help multinational clients expand overseas. The Cohen Group has a strategic alliance with DLA Piper, a global law firm specializing in business, real estate, and technology. In May 2015, Bloomberg Television selected Secretary Cohen to become their World Affairs Contributor.
Employees of the Cohen Group include former members or staffers from the White House, the State Department, the Defense Department, and Congress. The most senior employees at the Cohen Group include:
Marc Grossman, former Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, United States Ambassador to Turkey
Joseph Ralston, former United States Air Force general, NATO Supreme Allied Commander, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
R. Nicholas Burns, former Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, United States Ambassador to Greece
Michael H. Corbin, former United States Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates
Jeffrey Davidow, former United States Ambassador to Zambia, United States Ambassador to Venezuela, United States Ambassador to Mexico
Paul J. Kern, former United States Army general, Commander of the Army Materiel Command, Senior Adviser for Army Research, Development and Acquisition
James Loy, former United States Coast Guard admiral, Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security, Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration, Commandant of the Coast Guard
Harry Raduege, former United States Air Force lieutenant general, Director of the Defense Information Systems Agency, Commander of the Joint Task Force-Global Network Operations
George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen, former Secretary General of NATO and United Kingdom Secretary of State for Defence
Joseph Yakovac, former United States Army lieutenant general, Director of the Army Acquisition Corps and Military Deputy to the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology
July 15, 2015, Ambassador Nicholas Burns: Syria’s worsening refugee crisis demands action from the West The Washington Post
July 9, 2015, Ambassador Nicholas Burns: The deal is historic, but the US must now act to contain Iran Financial Times
May 27, 2015, Secretary Cohen: Why President Obama Should Export Crude Oil Time
April 4, 2015, Secretary Cohen: President Obama Has Put Republicans and Our Allies in a Box Time
March 6, 2014, Secretary Cohen: Whither NATO? Difficulties in the Trans-Atlantic Relationship Spiegel Online
November 9, 2013, Ambassador Marc Grossman: The Power to Secure Afghanistan's Future is in the Hands of the People German Marshall Fund
November 11, 2012, Secretary Cohen: The Pivot to Asia and Obama’s Second Term Hindustan Times
