Speaker Background
Christine Toh graduated with a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) from the University of London (External) in 2012 and completed her Certificate of Legal Practice (CLP) in 2013. She read in the Chambers of Vin & Isaac Lee and was admitted as an Advocate and Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya in November 2014. She also holds a Bachelor of Commerce / Bachelor of Business System which she obtained from Monash University in 2004 and completed her Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) exams in 2006. She became a member of ACCA in 2009. Christine joined MahWengKwai & Associates as an associate in July 2016 and was recognised as a senior associate in January 2018. Christine was made a partner of the firm in March 2019. Christine’s primary areas of practice are construction (adjudication, arbitration and litigation), tax, matrimonial disputes and general litigation.
Awards and Recognition
● Legal 500 [2021] ranks MWKA in Tier 2 for Real Estate and Construction: “Christine Toh has acted for architects, quantity surveyors and engineers in construction disputes, handling disputes through arbitration, adjudication and litigation.”
● Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific [2021] ranks MWKA in Other Notable Firms for Construction “The main disputes contacts are managing partner Raymond Mah, who specialises in corporate and civil litigation, appeals and arbitration, and partners Chong Chieh Gan and Christine Toh.”
● AsiaLaw Profiles [2020] ranks MWKA as Recommended Firm in Dispute Resolution: “Christine Toh - Competent and professional.”