Ms. Ho Nien Yi obtained her law degree from the University of Glamorgan, Wales in 1996. Upon her return home, she proceeded to do her Certificate in Legal Practice (CLP) in University of Malaya and later her pupilage in Megat Najumuddin Leong & Co. She was admitted to the Malaysian Bar in 1999.

She started her legal practice in Anad & Noraini in the area of civil litigation, specializing in insurance matters.   She also has experience in corporate works (e.g. share sales, shareholder agreement, joint ventures, public listing of companies, restructuring exercises, mergers and acquisitions, due diligence including liaising with corporate bodies such as Bank Negara and Securities Commission) in which she practiced for two years in Megat Najmuddin Leong & Co. before she decided to join Alliance Bank Malaysia Berhad in their legal department where she was involved in vetting banking/corporate documents and giving legal advices to the different departments in the Bank.

She was back in legal practice in November 2002 and joined Rashid Tasin, KL Tan and Low as a conveyancing and banking lawyer. She handled basic conveyancing that is the drafting of Sale and Purchase Agreement and loan agreement for banks where no standard documents were provided.

In 2004, she joined Yeoh Mazlina & Partners, Subang Branch as a legal assistant practicing in the area of conveyancing and banking. She was made partner of Yeoh Mazlina & Partners in January. Under her supervision, the Branch has managed to be in the panels in a number of banks namely Malayan Banking Berhad, Public Bank Berhad, Hong Leong Bank Berhad, Alliance Bank Malaysia Berhad, RHB Bank Berhad and OCBC Bank (Malaysia) Berhad. 

Ms. Ho has also managed to admit their Branch to be one of the panel solicitors for the developer Sime Darby Brunsfield Damansara Sdn. Bhd. in their projects under Medalla Serviced Apartments @ Oasis Corporate Park, Senada Kiara and PJ Midtown.