Mr. Yeongchan Nam is a managing partner at ClassHankyul. Mr. Nam’s career encompasses time as a judge, corporate officer, 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, Presiding Judge of the Daejeon District Court, and 2 terms as a Judiciary Researcher with the Supreme Court. Afterwards, Mr. 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 rendered legal services as an attorney since 2014.
Mr. 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, Mr. 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.
Overview
Experience
- 1985 Passed 26th Korean Bar Exam
- 1987 Judicial Research and Training Institute (16th Class)
- 1987 ~ 2004 Judge, Seoul Civil District Court; Judge and Researcher, Seoul High Court; Presiding Judge, Daejeon District Court; Judiciary Researcher (Presiding 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 Outside 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 Completed 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
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- “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)
Yeongchan Nam
Managing Partner
T. +82-2-2251-7502
F. +82-2-555-5008
E. barnam@classhklaw.com