About

Eoin Gillen is APAC General Counsel at BNP Paribas, based in Hong Kong. Eoin leads a team of approximately 140 legal professionals based in 12 jurisdictions across APAC supporting BNP Paribas Group’s activities in the region. His team includes specialist lawyers supporting the Corporate and Institutional Banking and Wealth Management business lines as well as transversal teams covering corporate, digital, employment, non-contentious regulatory, litigation and regulatory investigations. Since taking the role of APAC General Counsel in 2020, Eoin has overseen a progressive and ongoing modernisation of the legal department, working to enhance efficiency and control costs while also building a robust control framework to manage operational risks. He has also worked to promote the adoption and use of technology within the team and his teams have helped to automate the production of routine documentation, supporting the expansion and scalability of flow businesses and freeing up time to focus on development of new products, activities and markets and related legal risk management. His teams have also built expertise in sustainable finance and coordinated across product lines and regions to share best practices on this fast-evolving area.