January 17, 2023 | 12:00am
MANILA, Philippines — Lawyer Benedicta Du- Baladad has been elected as president of the Administration Affiliation of the Philippines (MAP).
Du-Baladad is the founding companion and chief govt officer of Du-Baladad & Associates (BDB Legislation).
“Atty. Du-Baladad brings to the desk a stable expertise in administration – an accountant and a lawyer, with a joint diploma of Masters of Legislation and Worldwide Tax Program on the Harvard College, USA,” the MAP mentioned.
“Her expertise, experience, willpower, and robust will, all contributed to creating BDB Legislation one of many main tax and company legislation corporations at present resulting in its constant recognition as an impressive tax legislation agency by worldwide rating our bodies, together with the Chambers and Companions, Worldwide Tax Assessment, Authorized 500 and Asia Authorized Enterprise,”it mentioned.
Du-Baladad is a multi-awarded lawyer, being named as Nationwide Chief for Southeast Asia – Company Tax within the 2022 version of Who’s Who Authorized (WWL) Thought Leaders and is constantly ranked by Asia Enterprise Legislation Journal as one of many Philippines’ prime 100 attorneys (2018-2022).
“A extremely regarded identify within the area of taxation, she has been acknowledged for consecutive years as an elite tax practitioner by Worldwide Tax Assessment, a Band 1 main lawyer by Chambers and Companions, and a tax dispute decision lawyer by Girls in Enterprise Legislation,”MAP mentioned.
The brand new MAP president beforehand served as president of the Monetary Executives Institute of the Philippines (FINEX) in 2017.Throughout her time period, she spearheaded the creation of the FINEX Academy as a middle of studying and excellence on capital market improvement within the nation.
From 2019 to 2022, she served because the co-chairman of the Capital Market Growth Council.
Du-Baladad was additionally a former official of the Bureau of Inner Income (BIR), the place she served in numerous posts in places of work concerned in operations, coverage formulation and authorized.
Certainly one of her important contributions within the BIR was the establishing of and designing the organizational construction of the Giant Taxpayers Service (LTS).
She moved to the personal sector in 2001 and shortly thereafter turned the president of the Tax Administration Affiliation of the Philippines (TMAP), a premiere group of tax practitioners within the nation.
