Chester Toh

Chester Toh co-heads Rajah & Tann Asia’s Myanmar Practice and he is a director at the Firm’s Yangon office. At the same time, he heads up the Integrated Regulatory Practice at Rajah & Tann Singapore. He has previously practised at a Magic Circle firm in London, Hong Kong and Beijing. Supporting clients in Myanmar since 2011, he has been lauded for his work in Myanmar by legal publications such as Chambers Asia Pacific, IFLR and Legal 500. Aside from Myanmar, Chester has advised many international clients on market entry and regulatory compliance in other Southeast Asian markets. His regulatory practice spans antitrust, data privacy and sector specific regulation particularly in the tech and communications sectors. Chester is a co-chair of Amcham Myanmar’s Banking, Finance, Legal & Tax Committee. He is also a certified sanctions specialist and in particular, he is well versed with sanctions from various countries pertaining to Myanmar.