An independent law firm that serves
leaders, innovators and change makers.
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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Recent activities
9 September 2021
[Podcast] BFM, Inside Story | Kuala Langat North Forest Reserve Regazettement
In the wake of the Selangor government's U-turn on the degazettement of the KLNFR, Jia Yaw talks about some legal measures needed to protect forest reserves.
22 July 2021
[Webinar] Directors' Duties and Climate Change
The Bar Council Environment & Climate Change Committee co-organised this webinar with Climate Governance Malaysia (CGM)
24 May 2021
[Podcast] BFM, Morning Brief | Selangor's motivations to degazette forest reserves
A chat on how forest reserves can be degazetted or excised. This is against the backdrop of the Selangor State Government's plan to degazette the Kuala Langat North Forest Reserve.
8 September 2021
Astro Awani, Consider This | Kuala Langat Whose Rights Prevailed?
Astro's anchors speak with Jia Yaw following the Selangor government's decision this evening to re-gazette the KLNFR and scrap its controversial development plans.
2 July 2021
[Webinar] BCSD Malaysia | Human Rights and the Environment: Improving Supply Chain Compliance
Jia Yaw shared about how to get started on a human rights policy for business organisations.
12 April 2021
[Roundtable] KASA's Roundtable Discussion on Malaysia's Low Emissions Pathway
The Ministry of Environment & Water hosted a multi-sector discussion on Malaysia's low emissions pathway.
1 August 2021
Completion of the Study on Strengthening Environmental Governance in Malaysia
After months of intense work, ASM's report has been submitted to the Ministry of Environment & Water (KASA)
9 June 2021
[News] South China Morning Post | Can the Penang Reclamation project be stopped?
Critics say the multibillion-dollar island-building scheme, also known as BiodiverCity, will devastate marine life and may be rendered obsolete by coronovirus-fuelled work-from-home practices.
9 April 2021
[Podcast] BFM, Morning Brief | Paradigm shift needed for environmental legislation
Following the frequent water pollution incidents in 2019 and 2020, Jia Yaw speaks about some necessary reforms.
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 help and support these travellers as they traverse the for-profit and non-profit worlds within the system 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 of Kiu & Co.'s stakeholders - our lawyers, staff, interns, clients, collaborators and more - can use our purpose statement as a tool to:
1. help sharpen our purpose; and
2. hold us accountable
through engagement and criticism.
About Kiu Jia Yaw
Kiu Jia Yaw
LL.B. (Hons), LL.M.
Admitted to the Malaysian Bar in 2004
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)
Founder,
The For-Purpose Enterprise Project
Email: kiu.jiayaw@kiu-co.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kiujiayaw/
Jia Yaw is a practising lawyer and an advocate for sustainable development. He 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 SDGs 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.
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