Advocates & Solicitors
We are on a journey to deconstruct
how we practise law
What we do
For-Purpose Enterprises
Augmenting what social entrepreneurs do through organisational strategy and design
Business Sustainability Strategy
Helping businesses do sustainability better, aligning intelligence with purpose
Non-Profit Organisations
Strengthening civil society groups and NGOs for higher performance
Corporate & Commercial Work
Advising on corporate structures; negotiating and preparing commercial agreements
Cross-Sector Collaborations
Facilitating multi-party, multi-objective partnerships for positive impact
Special Projects
Projects for the furtherance of human aspirations which do not fit within traditional categories
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About us
We are a purpose-driven law firm. Here is our raison d'être.
Kiu & Co. exists to help leaders and change makers in their journey to bring about positive change.
Deep change requires systemic change. Their mission will require them to journey into the system, which has the tendency to divert their plans and dim their lights.
Our work is to support these travellers as they traverse the for-profit and non-profit worlds, while engaging with the public sector world, in service of their mission.
This is our primary purpose.
The firm's secondary purpose is to provide financial security for our people through carrying out the work that serves our primary purpose.
To achieve this secondary purpose, we also undertake conventional legal work on the condition that it does not detract from our primary purpose.
Accountability by purpose
We are developing a framework where all our stakeholders - our internal team, clients, collaborators and more - can use our purpose statement to help us to say what we mean and mean what we say.
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About Kiu Jia Yaw
Kiu Jia Yaw
LL.B. (Hons), LL.M.
Partner,
Kiu & Co.
Co-Deputy Chair,
Bar Council Environment & Climate Change Committee
Secretariat Member,
All-Party Parliamentary Group Malaysia on the Sustainable Development Goals (APPGM-SDG)
Member, ESG Committee,
The Chinese Chamber of Commerce & Industry of KL & Selangor (KLSCCCI)
Founder,
The For-Purpose Enterprise Project
Email: kiu.jiayaw@kiu-co.com
Jia Yaw was called to the Malaysian Bar in 2004.
He serves on the Bar Council Environment and Climate Change Committee which advises the Malaysian Bar Council in matters relating to the environment and climate change. He focuses on enhancing public participation, climate litigation and environmental justice.
Jia Yaw is a Secretariat Member of the All-Party Parliamentary Group of Malaysia on the Sustainable Development Goals (APPGM-SDG), a group established by Parliament to help Malaysia achieve the Sustainable Development Goals through the localisation of the goals at the constituency level.
Jia Yaw believes that purpose-orientated entrepreneurs, investors and donors, if they try hard enough for long enough, can bring about the changes in our patterns of production and consumption that we urgently need.
He advises businesses, social enterprises, non-profits and government bodies on organisational governance, design thinking and strategy. He serves as an advisor to Raleigh International Kuala Lumpur, a youth-led sustainable development NGO.
He was a Chevening Scholar, having read a master's degree in environmental law (LL.M.) at SOAS, University of London.
His trivial pursuits include coffee and mechanical keyboards.
