Ross Denton
Senior Counsel
Areas of Focus
- International Trade
- Export Controls & Economic Sanctions
- Anti-Money Laundering
- Antibribery/Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)
- World Trade Organization (WTO) Dispute Resolution & Counseling
- Oil & Gas
- More than 30 years of experience advising multinationals on international trade and compliance issues.
- Advises clients on investigations, disclosures and remediation of export control, sanctions and AML issues.
- Represents clients in trade remedies matters before the WTO, EU Courts of Justice and other fora.
For more than 30 years, Ross has advised multinational clients, with a particular focus on American and Japanese companies, across the full spectrum of international trade matters, from export controls and economic sanctions to trade remedies litigation, as well as related areas such as anti-bribery & corruption (ABC) and anti-money laundering (AML).
He has extensive experience in export controls and sanctions matters, including conducting risk assessments and compliance audits, developing training programs and representing clients before agencies and developing/implementing compliance remediation programs.
Ross has also advised clients in World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute settlements, trade remedies cases, and on matters related to free trade agreements, including North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)/United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), European Union (EU)-Canada, EU-Singapore and EU-Japan.
Prior to joining Akin, Ross served in consultant, solicitor and partner roles at several leading international trade firms.
- Advised a UK fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) PLC that was under investigation by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) as to how to develop an integrated AML, Corporate Criminal Offence (CCO), sanctions and ABC policy, and assisted in drafting key elements of that policy.
- Advised a oil major to shape the EU and UK reaction to Iran, working with the business and Government Affairs function to ensure that certain non-EU assets were not affected by EU sanctions.
- Advised that oil major to develop compliance measures relating to Iran and carried out periodic assessments of compliance.
EducationLL.M., University of Michigan Law School, 1989
LL.M., University of Exeter School of Law, England, 1985
LL.B., University of Birmingham, 1984
LL.M., University of Michigan Law School, 1989
LL.M., University of Exeter School of Law, England, 1985
LL.B., University of Birmingham, 1984
Bar AdmissionsSolicitor, England and Wales
Solicitor, England and Wales
- Listed as a Leading Partner in the 2024 UK Legal 500 rankings for EU and competition: trade, WTO anti-dumping and customs.
