This is a list of law firms that were established prior to the independence of Malaya.

States

Penang

• Adams and Alan, Penang (1900s)
• Ong Huck Lim (later known as Huck Lim & Hock Soo), 16A, Ah Quee building, Beach Street, Penang, SS (1930s)
• Hogan and Ivens, Penang and Malacca (founded by Claude Douglas Devereux Hogan and F. Burdett Ivens^[1]) (1930s)
• T. Rowan, Penang (1940)
• Cheng Ean and Soon Chee (founded by Lim Cheng Ean and Khoo Soon Chee), (1930s)^[2]
• Hogan, Adams and Allen (formerly known as Adams and Allen (1900s)), Penang (1930s)
• Logan & Ross, Penang (established 1874)
• Chew Choon Poon, 5, Church Street, Penang (1940s)
• GE Wright-Motion, Penang (1900s)
• H. H Abdoolcader, Georgetown Chambers, 39 Beach Street, Penang (1910s)
• Raghavan & Coy, Penang (1940s)
• Samuel Fung, Penang and Batu Pahat (1910s to 1930s)^[3][4][5]
• S. R Groom, 2, Church Street, Penang (circa 1890s)
• Presgrave and Clutton (founded by Edward William Presgrave and Walter Clutton in 1894 and dissolved in 1898)^[6]
• Presgrave & Matthews, Penang (established by Edward William Presgrave^[7] and W. Bromhead Matthews in 1898)
• William McNight Young, Penang (1910)^[8]

Kuala Lumpur

• Freeman & Madge, 54, Klyne Street, Kuala Lumpur (founded by ) (circa 1908)
• Shook Lin & Bok (also known as Shook Lin & Ramani in 1930), Kuala Lumpur (established 1918)
• Peter Chong & Co, Kuala Lumpur (circa 1930s)
• Lovelace & Hastings (founded by W. G. Warren Hastings), Kuala Lumpur (established 1913)
• Bannon & Bailey, Laidlaw Buildings, Java Street, Kuala Lumpur (founded by R. B. Bannon and Arnold Savage Bailey in 1920s and dissolved in 1963)^[9]
• Shearn, Delamore & Co (merger between Pooley & Co (established 1905) and Ford & Delamore (established 1922)), Kuala Lumpur (established 1938)
• Sanders and Co, Kuala Lumpur (1920s)^[10]
• Hewgill & Day (circa 1900s)
• Joaquim Brothers (circa 1890s)

Malacca

• Allen & Gledhill, Malacca (1930s)
• Goh Tiow Wan, 20, Jonker Street, (Top floor), Malacca (1930s)^[11][12]
• Rogers and Son, No. 40, First Cross Street, Malacca (1910s)
• Sault & Co, Malacca (also once known as Sault, Keith Sellar & Co, 64, First Cross Street, Malacca) (1930s)^{[13][14][15][16]}
• S. G Pillay, No. 15, First Cross Street, Malacca (circa 1920s)
• Mark Stone, 7, Heeren Street, Malacca (circa 1910s)^[17][18]
• Zehnder Bros, No. 27, Church Street, Malacca (circa 1910s)^[19]

Perak

• Byrant & Taylor (founded by Francis John Byrant in 1896), Ipoh^[20][21]
• Das & Co, Ipoh (1930s)
• Cheang Lee & Ong, 13 Hale Street, Ipoh (1940s)
• Gibb & Co (formerly known as Gibb & Hope), Ipoh, Kuala Lumpur and Penang (established 1892)
• Maxwell Kenion Cowdy & Jones (merger between Maxwell & Kenion (established 1905), and Cowdy & Jones (established 1913)), Ipoh
• Wreford and Thornton, Ipoh (circa 1910)^[22]
• J Dunford-Wood, Ipoh (circa 1920)
• Presgrave, Matthews and Maxwell, Ipoh (1900s)

Johor

• M. Ismail, 38, Jalan Ibrahim, Johor Bahru (1930s)
• S.C Goho, No. 8, Jalan Petrie, Muar (1920s)^[23][24]

Negeri Sembilan

• Ernest Jeff, 5, Cameron Street, Seremban (1930s)^[25][26]