Mr. Dong Hwan NAM is an operations managing partner at D&A LLC. His practice is primarily focused on Corporate Restructuring, Insolvency & Restructuring, General Civil Disputes, National Defense, Tax Litigation, Election & Regulation, and Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG).

For over 30 years, Mr. Nam has handled numerous significant litigation and advisory matters, including state compensation claims arising from the Sinking of the MV Seohae, internal disputes within the Jogye Order (Purification Reform Council), GS25 brand identity changes, and the sale of restructuring companies such as Jindo.

Since 2001, he has been appointed as bankruptcy trustee for more than 100 companies, including Dongshin Co., Ltd., Jinro Bestore Co., Ltd., Tigerpools International Co., Ltd., Korea Sports News Co., Ltd., and Hyojawon Co., Ltd., and has successfully carried out related duties. He has also served in various public and professional roles, including as a member of the Korean Bar Association Investigation Committee, a member of the Taxpayer Protection Committee of NTS Yeoksam District Tax Office, Chair of the Bankruptcy Committee of the Seoul Bar Association, and a member of the National Election Opinion Survey Deliberation Committee.

Bar Admissions

• Admitted to Bar, Korea (1989)

Education

• Seoul National University (LLM, Completed Coursework, 1988)
• College of Law, Seoul National University (LLB, 1986)
• Andong High School (1982)

Significant Accomplishments

• D&A LLC (2009-Present)
• Attorney, AJU Law Group (1996)
• Established a private practice (1992)
• Judge Advocate, Republic of Korea Army (1989)
• Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea (1989)

Professional Activities and Experience

• Handled a case related to slush fund charges against a former CEO of POSCO (2 arrest warrant dismissals and acquittal of slush fund raising and breach of trust)
• Advised on a case of business breach of trust related to business failure by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering
• Handled a case on breach of trust related to Indonesian submarine exports by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering
• Handled a fraud case involving alleged stock-buying by a former mayor of Ansan (not guilty)
• Handled the appeal of a bribery case involving a former Paju mayor
• Handled the appeal of a judicial scrivener under court custody in the first instance trial (not guilty)
• Handled a case of breach of trust related to the closing of Wolsong Nuclear Power Plant involving the CEO and registered directors of Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co., Ltd. (not guilty)
• Handled a case on the acquisition of Seoul Auction stolen goods (not guilty)
• Handled an appeal for a 20 billion won fraud case and brought about an order for reinvestigation and prosecution
• Handled a business embezzlement case involving the CEO of a company that invested in the so-called “Cho Kuk family fund” (arrest warrant dismissed)
• Handled various advisory and M&A for: Korea Ocean Business Corporation, Korea Furniture, Seoul Auction, Incheon Fuel Cell, Pharma, etc.
• Brought about an acquittal in the first instance criminal trial of a CEO that was charged for aiding and abetting the meat duplicate mortgage loans

• Warrant Application Process Through Case Studies ABC, Korean National Police Agency