
Peggy Chow
Of Counsel,
Herbert Smith Freehills
Peggy is a data and cyber security law specialist. Her focus is on cross-border and multi-jurisdictional matters, working with clients to create regionally consistent yet locally compliant approaches. Based in Singapore, Peggy provides clients with a ‘one-stop-shop’ for all multi-jurisdiction and/or cross-border data protection law, data localisation and cybersecurity law issues in Asia. She also advises on GDPR. Peggy holds the CIPP/A (Certified Information Privacy Professional/ Asia) qualification. Peggy has spoken at numerous conferences on Asia data protection and GDPR in the region. Peggy was named as a Thomson Reuters Stand-out Lawyer in 2022. Peggy was recognised as (i) a Rising Star in APAC by IFLR in the privacy and data protection category in 2021; and (ii) an Expert in the Rising Stars Expert Guide for her work in privacy and data protection in 2020 and 2021. She was ranked as a Next Generation Lawyer in the Legal 500 Asia Pacific Guide in 2017 and 2018. She is qualified to practice Hong Kong laws and English laws, and a foreign registered lawyer in Singapore. She is fluent in English and Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese).