At the time of the IMF bailout, Minsup Seong served as the Managing Partner of Lawfirm Hanbit, which was in charge of legal advice and execution throughout the financial industry restructuring process, and was in charge of corporate restructuring, rehabilitation, bankruptcy, inter-company M&A, asset-backed securitization, and sale of NPLs. In November of 2007, Minsup Seong paused his career as a lawyer with 16 years of experience and became a professor of Sookmyung Women’s University, College of Law.
As a professor in charge of legal practice and commercial law (corporate law, etc.), Minsup Seong was able to add legal theoretical depth to his legal practice experience by publishing a number of research papers in academic journals, and while working as an outside director of financial companies such as Korea Real Estate Investment and Trust and Hana Securities, he was able to continue to follow the changing flow of financial markets. Meanwhile, as a professor at College of Law with legal practice experience, he provided several legal advice related to the School’s administrative works, and he also directly and indirectly participated in the daily legal disputes of fellow teachers and students and helped them. These experiences in school life have served as an opportunity to enhance his ability to resolve legal disputes throughout daily life, together with the maintenance of his expertise as a lawyer specialized in finance.
After Minsup Seong retired from Sookmyung Women’s University on August 31, 2023, he joined ClassHankyul, and has been providing legal advice and conducting litigation related to corporate governance, compliance, management right disputes, loan products, financial investment products, and project/structured finance transactions for financial companies which are his major clients. Meanwhile, Minsup Seong also provides legal advice and conducts litigation related to general civil cases and family cases.
Overview
Experience
- 1983 ~ 1988 Korea Exchange Bank
- 1989 Passed 31st Korean Bar Examination
- 1990 ~ 1992 Judicial Research and Training Institute (21st Class)
- 1992 ~ 2007 Managing Partner, Lawfirm Hanbit
- 1998 Member of the Committee for Evaluation of Management of Banks, Member of the Committee for Evaluation of Management of Securities Companies
- 2004 Kookmin University (completed the combined master’s and doctoral program)
- 2004 ~ 2020 Commissioner, Citizens’ Servicing Office Committee, Seoul YMCA
- 2007 ~ 2023 Professor, Sookmyung Women’s University, College of Law
- 2010 ~ 2012 Dean, Sookmyung Women’s University, College of Law
- 2010 ~ 2012 Vice President, Korea Law Professors Association
- 2011 ~ 2012 President, National College of Law Council
- 2012 ~ 2015 Outside Director, Korea Real Estate Investment and Trust
- 2019 ~ 2024 Outside Director, Hana Securities (Hana Financial Investment)
- Present Arbitrator, Korean Commercial Arbitration Board
- Foundation Director, The Yoonmin Foundation
- Attorney at Law, ClassHankyul
Education
- 1977 Korea High School
- 1982 Seoul National University, College of Law (LL.B.)
Minsup Seong
Attorney at Law
T. +82-2-3458-9421
F. +82-2-3487-3811
E. msseong@classhklaw.com
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Finance / Investment
- Capital Markets and Financial Investment Services (Financial Investment Trading/Investment Brokerage/Trust/Collective Investment/Private Equity Fund (PEF))
- Securitization/Structured Finance and Acquisition Finance
- Real Estate Finance (PF, REIT, Real Estate Trust, SOC, BTL, BTO)
- Financial Instrument Investor Litigation
- Overseas Finance / Overseas Investment / Foreign Exchange Transactions / Foreign Investment
- Corporate / M&A
- Litigation & Arbitration