Kangda Law Firm

Civil and Commercial Dispute Resolution

Partner

Ms. Hou Beili previously worked in the court system for many years, engaged in civil and commercial adjudication. She served as a judge at a district people's court in Beijing, primarily handling civil and commercial cases. During her tenure at the court, she handled over 2,000 civil and commercial cases, including contract disputes such as commercial residential sales contract disputes, housing lease contract disputes, and construction contract disputes, as well as marriage and family and inheritance cases including divorce disputes, post-divorce property disputes, inheritance disputes, and child support disputes, accumulating extensive experience in civil and commercial adjudication.

From March 2016 to the present, she has been working at Kangda Law Firm, primarily engaged in major, complex, and difficult civil and commercial dispute resolution in the areas of real estate, marriage and family, and inheritance. She currently serves as the Director of Kangda's Marriage and Inheritance Research Centre.

Marriage and Family Law

Ms. Hou Beili was invited by Credit Suisse Wealth to give lectures to high-net-worth families on how to protect their assets under the current legal and social framework. She has also been interviewed multiple times by media outlets including China Central Television's First Time, Beijing Television's Rule of Law in Progress, and Legal Daily to provide commentary on social hotspots and cases.

Real Estate

Ms. Hou Beili has served as standing legal counsel to the Chaoyang Branch of the Beijing Municipal Commission of Planning and Natural Resources, the Beijing Municipal Commission of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, the Beijing Chaoyang District Housing Management Bureau, the Beijing Chaoyang District Real Estate Registration Affairs Centre, and the Beijing Fengtai District Real Estate Registration Affairs Centre, among other entities. She participated in the revision of model texts including the Beijing Commercial Residential Sales Contract, Pre-owned Housing Sales Contract, Beijing Housing Lease Contract, Beijing Housing Rental Brokerage Service Contract, and Beijing Housing Tenancy Brokerage Service Contract. She assisted the Chaoyang District Real Estate Registration Affairs Centre and the Fengtai District Real Estate Registration Affairs Centre in handling a large number of inheritance inspection and survey matters, and participated in housing expropriation and compensation projects in areas including Yong'anli, Chaoyang District, accumulating extensive practical experience.

Ms. Hou has provided real estate-related litigation and special legal services to numerous large and medium-sized companies, including: Anhui Chang'an City Real Estate Development Co., Ltd. overdue property certificate litigation; Beijing Lotte Venus Building Development Co., Ltd. (LG Corporation) housing reform project special legal services; and Beijing Dongfang Huitong Electric Co., Ltd. demolition and relocation compensation special legal services.

Chinese (Mandarin)

Professional Affiliations

• Arbitrator of the Beihai Arbitration Commission

• Mediator of the Beijing Diversified Mediation Development Promotion Association

• Member of the Legal Committee of the Beijing Real Estate Intermediary Industry Association

• Deputy Secretary-General of the Dispute Resolution Research Committee of the Chaoyang District Lawyers Association, Beijing

• Member of the Youth Federation of the Beijing Economic and Technological Development Zone

• Master's Degree, China University of Political Science and Law

• Bachelor's Degree, China University of Political Science and Law

Honours and Awards

• In January 2016, her article "Legal Perspective on the 'Parking Space Dispute' — A Typological Study of Parking Space Dispute Adjudication" received the Second Prize at the 2015 Annual Conference of the Civil and Commercial Adjudication Theory Professional Committee of the China Adjudication Theory Research Association, themed "Compilation of the Chinese Civil Code and Civil and Commercial Adjudication."

• In June 2014, her article "Legal Perspective on the 'Parking Space Dispute' — A Typological Study of Parking Space Dispute Adjudication" was recognised as a Second Prize in the 2013 Beijing Court Publications Contribution Awards.

• In February 2012, her article "Can a New Regulation Eradicate 'Group Renting'?" received the Excellence Award for 2011 in the Judges' Law Interpretation Column.

Professional Publications

• "Research on Matrimonial Disputes of Actual Controllers of Listed Companies," published in Capital Market Dispute Resolution: Research and Analysis of Hot Issues (co-authored, Social Sciences Academic Press, September 2019)

• "Does the Exercise of Exclusive Rights by Owners over Public Parts of a Building Constitute Infringement — Liu Dun v. Wu Jingfeng (Removal of Obstruction)," published in Annual Cases of Chinese Courts (2015)

• "The Impact of Trade Practices on the Validity of Housing Sales Contracts — Guo Chunyan v. Wang Shiquan (Housing Sales Contract)," published in Annual Cases of Chinese Courts (2016)