Camille Bianca Gatmaitan Santos

Bianca is recognized for her strategic, forward-looking approach to legal risk—specializing in regulatory defense, dispute avoidance and risk mitigation. Her core strength lies in helping clients prevent legal threats by aligning legal strategy with public policy, regulatory trends, and operational realities.

She advises some of the world’s leading and most innovative technology companies—spanning e-commerce, social media, entertainment, fintech, gaming, and consumer electronics. Bianca is a trusted advisor during periods of regulatory flux, offering end-to-end counsel on:

• Regulatory investigations and enforcement actions, including representation before administrative agencies and congressional inquiries.
• Strategic engagement with regulators, giving clients a proactive voice in shaping policy and defending their interests.
• Cross-border compliance alignment, working closely with in-house legal and policy teams to operationalize emerging laws and mitigate exposure.

Beyond preventative strategy, Bianca has deep experience in:

• Commercial and criminal litigation, including white-collar crime and regulatory violations.
• International arbitration, under ICC, UNCITRAL, and PDRCI rules, with arbitral seats in Metro Manila, Hong Kong, and Singapore.
• Corporate compliance programs, including anti-bribery, anti-corruption, whistleblower systems, and internal investigations.

Commercial Litigation

• Represent global platforms in the multi-agency technical working groups involved in the drafting of the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRRs) for landmark legislation, including the Anti-Online Sexual Abuse or Exploitation of Children (OSAEC) Act, the Expanded Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act, and the Internet Transactions Act. Provided legal and policy input on platform accountability, cross-border enforcement, and due process safeguards for internet intermediaries. 
• Represent global platforms in high-profile congressional hearings convened to investigate the spread of fake news and disinformation online. Advised on legal strategy, regulatory positioning, and public policy engagement in response to legislative proposals seeking to impose potential licensing requirements for foreign platforms. 
• Advise a global platform in responding to takedown requests from Philippine regulators concerning online content involving child exploitation, human trafficking, illegal recruitment, and unlawful sale of regulated products 
• Represent a marketplace platform in congressional hearings investigating the sale of unlicensed electronics in the Philippines and sellers’ failure to comply with mandatory product registration and safety labeling requirements. Advised on legal strategy in addressing national security concerns and regulatory evasion. Coordinated with internal legal, public policy, and communications teams to prepare testimony and manage reputational risk associated with the hearings.
• Advise global marketplace platforms on exposure under new e-commerce regulations including providing strategic guidance on adapting internal policies, consumer protection protocols, and dispute resolution mechanisms. 
• Provide strategic guidance to social media platforms on legal risks and regulatory compliance related to digital election campaigns for the 2025 National Elections, including counsel on content moderation policies, transparency obligations, and takedown protocols.
• Represent a global e-commerce platform, in adjudicatory proceedings before the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) concerning alleged violations of Philippine consumer protection laws.
• Represent an artificial intelligence driven fintech lending platform in administrative proceedings before the Securities and Exchange Commission
• Represent and defend a fintech platform in a civil case filed by a group of consumers in connection with the company’s digital lending services.  
• Represent a Canadian multinational insurance company and financial services provider in an administrative enforcement case filed by the Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) for alleged violation of the Philippine Competition Act (PCA) provisions on vertical anti-competitive restraints. This is the first administrative case involving an alleged violation of Section 14 (c) of the PCA on anti-competitive agreements. 
• Advise and assist a foreign transportation company in responding to a subpoena relating to an investigation on a potential cartel case. This is the first full administrative investigation of the PCC involving a possible price-fixing cartel. 
• Represent an American multinational entertainment company that specializes in streaming media and video-on-demand online in an administrative case before the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board.
• Assist an international digital security company in a senate inquiry in relation to the voter verification system for the 2019 Philippines National and Local Election
• Represent one of the world’s premier biopharmaceutical companies in winning a government tender for the national healthcare program. 
• Advise and represent the most player-focused game developer and publisher in the world with criminal litigation against tournament participants. 
• Assist and represent a Fortune 500 American company in the criminal prosecution of various employees in relation to harassment, libel, and fraud. 
• Assist and represent an international, nongovernmental organization focused on human rights and law enforcement on a pro bono basis, in several cases involving illegal trafficking of women and children. 
• Advise and conduct an internal investigation for a subsidiary of a global food manufacturer in the Philippines on potential liabilities with respect to foreign and local anti-bribery laws in relation to alleged improper payments allegedly made by the client's agents/representatives to Philippine government agencies and officials.
• Represent a Filipino tycoon in civil cases filed with the Sandiganbayan, the anti-graft court in the Philippines. 
• Conduct due diligence for a  leading global overhead crane company in the Philippines assessing anti-bribery and anti-corruption and anti-trust risks through targeted interviews and information review. 
• Assist a global healthcare products company with its anti-corruption enhancement program. Conduct investigations and advise on anti-bribery, compliance, and regulatory issues.

• Integrated Bar of the Philippines - Member/Former Assistant National Secretary
• International Bar Association - Member
• Philippine Institute of Arbitrators - Member/Institute Treasurer
• Young International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA) - Member, Local Steering Committee
• Chartered Institute of Arbitrators - Member
• Wholesale Electricity Spot Market - Accredited Arbitrator