Eoin Gillen is APAC Chief Legal Officer at PIMCO, based in Hong Kong. In this capacity, he leads a team of lawyers providing legal support for all of PIMCO’s activities and entities in the region, including fund formation and the distribution of public and private funds. Eoin joined PIMCO in early 2026 and, prior to that, was APAC General Counsel at BNP Paribas, where he managed a team of c. 140 legal professionals based across 12 jurisdictions in APAC, supporting BNP Paribas Group’s activities in the region across Corporate and Institutional Banking, Wealth Management and Asset Management business lines. During his time in leadership roles, Eoin has worked to enhance the efficiency of the teams he has managed, while also building a robust control framework to manage legal and operational risks. He has also promoted the adoption of technology within the legal function and has overseen the automation of routine document production, supporting the expansion and scalability of flow businesses and freeing up time to focus on the development of new products, activities and markets, and related legal risk management.

Having worked in finance for over 20 years, Eoin is an experienced lawyer who spent much of his career advising on derivatives, securities and financial regulation. He previously headed the APAC Global Markets and Regulatory Advisory legal teams at BNP Paribas and also held the position of Head of Legal for Greater China and South Korea, managing territory legal teams in mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and South Korea. Before joining BNP Paribas, he trained and worked with a leading law firm in London and also worked as a legal structurer on the credit trading desk of one of the largest structured credit investors in the United Kingdom. Eoin holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the University of Cambridge.