About

Founded in 1851, BPI was the first bank in the Philippines and in the Southeast Asia region. Together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, it offers a wide range of financial products and solutions that serve both retail and corporate clients. With such a profile to maintain, the company employs a large legal team to handle a multitude of financial regulations affecting it. At the helm of the legal function is vice president legal Beng Campos, who has been at the company since 2009 and is primarily responsible for the supervision and management of a legal team whose strategic legal guidance and critical documentation support encompasses the entire BPI Group of Companies – including its subsidiaries and affiliates. Supporting Campos in the role is the accomplished Maria Paz A. Garcia who, among other high profile duties, handles legal and compliance matters for BPI’s asset management and trust corporation businesses and Trini Anne Nieva, who heads the legal risk assessment and strategic planning department. In recent years, members of BPI’s legal function assisted the company in cementing its minority stake in Rizal Bank, enter into a strategic partnership with Australia’s Westpac and lead a consortium that raised US$525m for AES Philippines’ Masinloc power plant expansion.