Yeongchan Nam

Overview

Yeongchan Nam is a managing partner of ClassHankyul, and his career includes time as a judge, corporate office worker, and attorney.

Initially hired as a judge with the Seoul Civil District Court and served 18 years as a judge with the Seoul High Court Criminal Investigation Division, Chief Judge of the Daejeon District Court, and 2 terms as a Researcher with the Supreme Court. Afterwards, Attorney Nam managed corporate legal risks as the Chief Compliance Officer of the SK Group and performed ESG activities as the chairman of the Corporate Ethics Officers Association of the Federation of Korean Industries, and has worked as an attorney since 2014.

Yeongchan Nam is responsible for corporate and financial matters, with a focus on M&As, restructuring and rehabilitation, venture businesses, raising investment, compliance, supporting new technology businesses with regulatory problems, etc., corporate criminal cases, etc. In addition, Attorney Nam engages in society building activities such as holding the “Korea-China-Japan East Asia Forum”, etc., as the chair of the Korea Volunteer Forum.

Experience

1985 Passed 26th Bar Exam
1987 Judicial Research and Training Institute (16th Class)
1987 ~ 2004 Judge, Seoul Civil District Court; Judge and Researcher, Seoul High Court; Chief Judge, Daejeon District Court; Researcher (Chief Judge), Supreme Court
2005 ~ 2014 Vice President and President, SK Telecom (general management of legal affairs, CSR, external relations, fair trade, PR, sports team, etc.)
2018 ~ Present Chair, Korea Volunteer Forum
2019 ~ Present CEO and Professor, Ewha Woman’s University College of Management
2020 ~ 2023 Chair, CFO Alumni Association of Seoul National University Business School
2022 ~ Present Independent Director, Samtaesa
2024 ~ Present Director, Korea Future Foundation
Present Managing Partner, ClassHankyul

Education

1973 Shinil High School
1977 Seoul National University College of Law (LL.B.)
1982 Seoul National University Graduate School of Law (LL.M.)
1996 Visiting Researcher, Göttingen University in Germany
2002 Researcher, Max Frank Institute of Criminal Law in Germany
2006 Passed CEO Course, Seoul National University Business School
2009 Chief CFO strategy course, Seoul National University Business School

Representative Matters

- Managed H telecom M&A
- Response and consultation on R country club golf course rehabilitation procedure
- Consultation on S automobile parts company’s defense against hostile M&A
- Consultation on responses to international adoption of laws related to SKT
- Consultation on SA / M&A between S shipbuilding and S Finance
- Consultation on Eugene Corp’s acquisition of YTN
- Investment advisory contracts with NEW BERRY GLOBAL LIMITED, SK Telecom (CHINA) HOLDING Co., LTD, DY HOLDINGS CO., LTD, etc.
- Consultation on Serious Accidents Punishment Act for the Korean Engineering Association, etc.
- Consultation on acquisition of Newberry Global Limited
- Consultation on improvements to the worker environment system and the Enforcement Decree and Enforcement Rules of the Value-Added Tax Act for the Korea HR Service Industry Association
- Consultation and litigation representation regarding the Jeju A recreational housing complex construction
- Consultation on regulatory sandboxes for the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy and the Ministry of Environment
- Consultation on appropriateness of exclusive tendering for Korea Export Import Bank’s Philippine project consultants
- Consultation on introduction of comprehensive fees for mobile carriers

Publications

- “Harvard Business School Asia Business Conference” Keynote Speaker (2009)
- Maeil Business Newspaper editorial column (Maeil Business Newspaper, 2018)
- CEO column (Yeongnam Ilbo, 2020)
- Opinion column (Maeil Newspaper, 2022)

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Yeongchan Nam

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