Chris Toh Pei Roo

Practice Areas

Customs Disputes

Income Tax Disputes

Trade Remedies

Anti-dumping Duties and Countervailing Measures

Safeguard Duties

Non-Tariff Barriers

Trade Facilitation

Professional Memberships

Associate Member - Chartered Tax Institute of Malaysia (CTIM)

Publications

Contributed to the Malaysian chapter of the Tax Disputes and Litigation Review (11th Edition, 2023)

Contributed to the Malaysian Chapter of the Lexology Getting the Deal Through – Tax Controversy 2024

Contributed to the Private Wealth and Private Client: Malaysia 2023

Personal

Chris represents and advises taxpayers in all aspects of tax law. He is particularly well experienced in judicial review, having represented and advised leading multinational corporations, charitable bodies, listed companies and prominent individuals in challenging decisions by the Inland Revenue, Customs and the Ministry of Finance in a wide spectrum of tax disputes. He has also acted for taxpayers in tax appeals, defending civil recovery proceedings, and resisting applications by the Inland Revenue under the Companies Act.

Chris speaks regularly on tax issues for various professional and trade organisations, including the Chartered Tax Institute of Malaysia (CTIM), the Malaysian Institute of Accountants, and the Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers. He is an Associate Member of CTIM and an examiner in Revenue Law for CTIM’s Professional Examinations and has been published in the Tax Disputes and Litigation Review, The Private Wealth & Private Client Review, and the Current Law Journal. He is also a contributor to the Malaysia Civil Procedure 2021 (White Book) on Order 53 (Judicial Review).

Chris holds a First-Class law degree from the University of Leeds, and a LLM in International Commercial Law from University College London and won the St Philips Chambers Prize for Commercial Dispute Resolution during the Bar Professional Training Course. Chris was recently recognised as a “Rising Star” for Tax in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2023 rankings.