Matthew A. Bock, Esq.
MANAGING PARTNER

Matthew A. Bock is the Managing Partner of Bock Trade Law, a firm devoted exclusively to customs and international trade law and to import, export controls, and economic sanctions regulatory compliance. The firm is based in Boston, and New York remains a central place of business for its practice. Before joining the firm, Matthew practiced with a customs and international trade law firm in Dallas, Texas, and with Ernst & Young’s Global Trade practice in Dallas and Houston.

On the import side, Matthew represents clients before U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in protests, requests for information and notices of action, prior disclosures, penalty proceedings, and binding ruling requests. He also advises on customs valuation (including First Sale and related-party transactions), tariff classification, country of origin, Foreign-Trade Zones, and the current Section 232 and Section 301 tariff programs. On the export side, he counsels clients on the Export Administration Regulations, the International Traffic in Arms Regulations, the sanctions programs administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control, and antiboycott compliance, and he regularly represents clients before the Bureau of Industry and Security, the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls, and OFAC.

A significant part of Matthew’s practice involves European companies doing business in the United States. He works regularly with European clients through several EU-based law firms, primarily in France and Italy, and advises those clients and their counsel on U.S. customs, tariff, export controls, and sanctions matters. He works with clients in both English and French.

Matthew leads the firm’s International Trade practice, which is ranked in the Chambers USA Spotlight Guide for International Trade (Massachusetts: Boston) in 2026 and 2027. He served on the 2021–2022 USMCA Chapter 10 Binational Panel Roster, which hears NAFTA Chapter 19 and USMCA Chapter 10 disputes, and he was named a Super Lawyers New England “Rising Star” for International Law in each year from 2016 through 2021.

Matthew is a licensed customs broker and is admitted to practice in Massachusetts, New York, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Court of International Trade. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Coalition of New England Companies for Trade (CONECT). He is also a member of the Customs and International Trade Bar Association (CITBA), the French-American Chambers of Commerce in New England and New York, and the New England Council, where he sits on the Trade Committee.

Matthew holds a J.D. from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, an LL.M. in International Economic Law from SOAS, University of London, and a B.S. in Multinational Business Operations from Florida State University.