Roger Matthews

Roger Matthews is a Partner and leads the UK International Trade practice at Dentons, specialising in Corporate Compliance. He advises clients across all sectors on financial and trade sanctions, export controls, WTO law, UK trade agreements, trade remedies, customs, foreign direct investment restrictions and supply chain analysis. He also advises on financial crime issues, including money laundering and bribery and corruption.

Roger's practice ranges from advisory, strategic, contractual and compliance advice to engaging with regulators, making licence applications, and handling investigations and contentious matters. He has particular expertise in the UK's post‑Brexit trade and regulatory environment, advising clients in manufacturing, financial services, energy, mining, retail, pharmaceuticals and IT services, as well as government bodies. Before private practice, Roger served as a national expert on sanctions at the European Commission, and worked in the HM Treasury sanctions and financial regulatory teams and the PRA legal team at the Bank of England.

Roger holds an M.A. in Law from Oxford University (1997) and an M.A. in EU Law from King's College London (2012). He is ranked in Band 1 for Sanctions by Chambers UK (2026) and recognised as a leading partner in Trade by The Legal 500 UK (2026).