
Hylands Law Firm
Lawyers
Xiaoli GAO
- Phone+86 139 1008 1775
- Email[email protected]
Work Department
Real Estate and Construction,Dispute Resolution,Energy and Natural Resources
Position
Partner
Career
2025–Present | Beijing Hylands Law Firm | Partner 2019–2024 | Beijing Anli Law Firm | Partner 2014–2019 | Beijing Zhowei Law Firm | Partner
Practice Background
Attorney Gao Xiaoli specializes in real estate (primary land development), construction and infrastructure, corporate affairs, international trade, and dispute resolution. With over 30 years of practice, Attorney Gao has provided ongoing and specialized legal services to numerous large state-owned enterprises and listed real estate companies. She has represented clients in domestic and international litigation and arbitration, and has extensive experience in legal services related to: municipal facilities, transportation infrastructure land use, joint bidding, integrated metro station projects, corporate mergers and acquisitions, primary land development, demolition, resettlement, compensation, real estate construction, development, design, sales, and property management.
Attorney Gao possesses extensive expertise in traditional real estate legal services while actively expanding into emerging industries such as fashion, culture, and sports. Continuously deepening and broadening the scope of legal services, he has provided full-process legal support—including project planning, contract review, intellectual property protection, and compliance management—to renowned cultural and sports enterprises such as the Asian Models Association, Kunlun Fight (China's premier professional combat sports event), and Dongyang Bolijia Pictures.
Representative Clients
Siemens (China) Co., Ltd., China Center for Information Industry Development (CCID Group), China Cinda Asset Management Co., Ltd., China Orient Asset Management Co., Ltd., China Economic and Technical Investment Guarantee Co., Ltd., China Hengtian Group Co., Ltd., CITIC Construction Co., Ltd., Beijing Infrastructure Investment Co., Ltd., Beijing Information Infrastructure Construction Co., Ltd., Beijing Urban Construction Group Co., Ltd., Beijing Urban Construction Design Development Group Co., Ltd., Beijing Urban Construction Yatai Construction Group Co., Ltd., Beijing Urban Construction Xingtai Real Estate Development Co., Ltd., Beijing Urban Construction Road & Bridge Construction Group Co., Ltd., Beijing Chengao Real Estate Co., Ltd., Beijing Urban Construction Xingrui Real Estate Development Co., Ltd., Beijing Urban Construction Xingyun Real Estate Co., Ltd., Beijing Urban Construction Baoding Real Estate Development Co., Ltd., Beijing Century Hongcheng Real Estate Co., Ltd., Nanjing Century Hongcheng Real Estate Co., Ltd., Beijing Urban Construction Xingye Real Estate Co., Ltd., Beijing Urban Construction Xinghe Real Estate Development Co., Ltd., Beijing Urban Construction (Hainan) Real Estate Co., Ltd., Beijing Urban Construction Xingshun Real Estate Development Co., Ltd., Beijing Urban Construction Xincheng Investment Development Co., Ltd., Beijing Xincheng Xingye Real Estate Development Co., Ltd., Beijing CCID Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing Urban Sub-center Station Comprehensive Hub Construction Management Co., Ltd., Hebei Jingche Rail Transit Rolling Stock Equipment Co., Ltd., Beijing Jingchuang Investment Co., Ltd., Beijing Jingmi Investment Co., Ltd., Beijing Jingtou Xingye Real Estate Co., Ltd., Beijing Jiaokong Silicon Valley Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing Jingtou Xingping Real Estate Co., Ltd., Beijing Jingtou Xingchao Real Estate Co., Ltd., Beijing Jingtou Xingye Real Estate Co., Ltd., Beijing Jingtou Xingtan Real Estate Co., Ltd., Beijing Jingtou Xingtong Real Estate Co., Ltd., Beijing Jingtou Yingde Real Estate Co., Ltd., Beijing Jingtou Fengde Real Estate Co., Ltd., China Guangfa Bank Co., Ltd., Zhongrun Huayi Equity Investment Fund Management (Beijing) Co., Ltd., Zhida Financial Holdings Investment Management (Beijing) Co., Ltd., Zhongheng Investment Holding Co., Ltd., Shandong Weigao Group (Hong Kong-listed company, stock code: 8199), China-Singapore Real Estate Group (Hong Kong-listed company), Century Golden Resources Investment Group Co., Ltd., Sigilia Opus Door & Window Hardware (Beijing) Co., Ltd., Japan Applied Technology Co., Ltd., Sweden BST Fireproof Board Manufacturing Co., France Schlumberger Co., etc.
Representative Achievements
1. Represented Shaanxi Provincial Import and Export Corporation in an international trade arbitration case before the Kyiv International Arbitration Court in Ukraine.
2. Represented Shaanxi Provincial Import and Export Corporation in a barter trade arbitration case before the Moscow International Arbitration Court in Russia.
3. Led three retrial cases involving construction disputes between CITIC Construction Co., Ltd., Haiqing Company, and Longxin Company. Represented CITIC Construction Co., Ltd. in filing a retrial petition with the Supreme People's Court. The total value of the cases exceeded RMB 200 million. The disputed projects were located in the Republic of Angola, constituting foreign-related engineering contract disputes related to key overseas projects under China's Belt and Road Initiative.
4. Represented Beijing Urban Construction Group Co., Ltd. in eighteen arbitration cases concerning the Chengde and Qianming Big Data Center Industrial Park projects at the Beijing Arbitration Commission. Oversaw case initiation and property preservation procedures, including: - Six construction contract dispute cases initiated by Beijing Urban Construction Group Co., Ltd. as the claimant, with a total claim amount of nearly RMB 210 million; Eleven cases where Beijing Urban Construction Group Co., Ltd. was the respondent in construction contract disputes, with a total claim amount of nearly RMB 160 million.
5. Represented Beijing Urban Construction Road & Bridge Construction Group Co., Ltd. in two construction subcontract arbitration cases against Fujian Meili Ecological Construction Group Co., Ltd. at the Beijing Arbitration Commission. Both projects involved PPP initiatives, with a combined claim amount exceeding RMB 100 million.
6. Represented Beijing Urban Construction Road & Bridge Construction Group Co., Ltd. in a series of enforcement cases against Shanxi Guandong Real Estate Development Co., Ltd., involving the Shanxi High Court and the Supreme People's Court during the enforcement process.
7. Represented Beijing Urban Construction Yatai Construction Group Co., Ltd. in construction contract disputes with Inner Mongolia Malachin Hospital and Gaoling Energy Investment Group Co., Ltd., with a total claim amount of nearly 35 million yuan.
8. Represented Beijing Urban Construction Eighth Construction Development Co., Ltd. in a dispute with Beijing Shengtong Green Home Real Estate Development Co., Ltd. over construction payments and project quality, with a claim amount of nearly 20 million yuan. Handled pre-litigation asset preservation, participated in court hearings, and followed up on project quality assessments.
9. Represented clients in the PPP project for 14 municipal roads and comprehensive utility tunnels in Jinsha County, Guizhou Province, and related cases, with a total project investment of approximately 4.24 billion yuan.
10. Represented the PPP project for civil engineering works of Jinzhong-Taiyuan Intercity Railway Line 2 in Jinzhong City, Shanxi Province, with a total investment of approximately RMB 2.34 billion.
11. Represented the PPP project for the Middle Section of Airport Avenue (Wenlin Road to Airport North Expressway) in Dianzhong New District, Kunming City, Yunnan Province, with a total investment of approximately RMB 2.05 billion.
12. Anqing Outer Ring North Road PPP Project in Anhui Province, with a total investment of approximately 1.976 billion yuan.
13. Sanya Tram Demonstration Line Government and Social Capital Cooperation (PPP) Project, with a total investment of approximately 1.47 billion yuan.
14. Qingyun County Urban and Rural Infrastructure Construction PPP Project in Shandong Province, with a total investment of approximately 170 million yuan.
15. Haidian District Weigongcun Land Use Rights Dispute Case (Claim Amount: 500 million yuan)
Languages
Chinese English
Memberships
1994 | Chinese lawyer qualification
Social Positions Delegate to the 10th Beijing Lawyers' Congress Member of the Real Estate Law Committee, Beijing Lawyers Association Member of the Legal Affairs Committee, Beijing Chaoyang District, China Democratic National Construction Association Registered Expert in the PPP Expert Database, National Development and Reform Commission Registered Expert in the PPP Expert Database, Ministry of Finance
Education
1990–1994 | Northwest University | Bachelor of Laws in International Economic Law