Hyun Nam

Hyun Nam is a partner at SEUM and focuses on various litigation and corporate advisory matters, including civil and criminal, intellectual property, corporate bankruptcy/rehabilitation, and administration.

Hyun Nam was appointed as an apprentice judge of Gangneung Branch of the Chuncheon District Court in 2005 and served as a judge for 18 years until his resignation as a presiding judge of the Jeonju District Court in 2023. He has also served as a presiding judge of the Jeonju District Court, a judge of the Jeju Branch of the Gwangju High Court, the Seoul Central District Court, the Seoul Western District Court, and the Ansan Branch of the Suwon District Court.

In particular, he served as the presiding judge of a panel of the Civil and Family Division, presiding over the trial of high-value civil cases, divorce and property division cases, and inheritance cases from 2020 to 2023, and in 2019, handled various cases including civil, family, criminal, and administrative appeals at the High Court. He also served for three years as a criminal judge and for two and a half years as a judge at bankruptcy divisions.

He also served as a research judge (Intellectual Property Section) at the Supreme Court of Korea from 2008 to 2010, and as a director of the Korea Patent Law Society, where he handled various cases related to intellectual property rights.

In addition, Hyun Nam has engaged in various lectures and activities outside the courtroom, including a lecture on "Paths and Opportunities for Entrepreneurship" at Konkuk University's Entrepreneurship Education Center (2021), a lecture on "Cybersecurity" at Korea University's School of Information Security (2018), and a lecture on the role of the presiding judge in criminal trials at Sogang University's School of Law (2016), among others.

Hyun Nam serves as the leader of the litigation team at SEUM, drawing on his experience as a judge. When disputes arise, he takes the lead in resolving client issues by promptly and proactively handling all trial procedures based on his accurate analysis of the facts and legal principles.