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Hoyoon Nam has extensive experience representing clients in the maritime and transportation industries.

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He helps banks, investment funds, asset owners, corporate borrowers and financial sponsors with all types of financing and corporate transactions, as well as restructuring matters.

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Hoyoon is also experienced in direct lending and other private credit matters, representing private debt providers in matters involving acquisition debt, special situations, rescue and bridge financing, as well as working capital and liquidity-enhancing credit transactions.

Hoyoon is particularly skilled in cross-border and offshore matters, regularly representing clients in the United States, England and Wales, and the Marshall Islands. He works to find commercial solutions to the issues his clients face and seeks to build long-term relationships with his clients. A native of South Korea, and qualified in New York, England and Wales and the Marshall Islands, Hoyoon understands the sensitivities around the cultural and market norms in different jurisdictions and approaches legal issues with commercial solutions in mind.

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Led the international Vedder team representing Windstar Cruises, a leader in the small ship luxury cruising sector, in connection with its purchase of two new all-suite Star Class ships.

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Represented Constellation Oil Services, a Brazilian offshore drilling company, in connection with contracts with Brazil’s Petrobras to deploy two ultra-deepwater rigs. The total value of the contracts, including mobilization fees, extension options and additional services, amounted to approximately $1 billion.

Represented U.S.-based investment fund in connection with an opportunity zone investment

Represented Norway-based seafood company in connection with its U.S.-based investment activities

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Hoyoon Nam

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Credentials

Education

Bar Admissions

Recognition

Insights & Events

Global Transportation Finance Newsletter December 2025

Marine Insurance in Ship Finance Transactions: How Insurance Structure Affects Risk

Vedder Price Represents Windstar Cruises in Fleet Expansion Transaction

Four Vedder Price Practice Areas and Fourteen Attorneys Named to Legal 500’s UK Rankings 2026

Global Transportation Finance Newsletter September 2025

Shipping Insurance 101 with Molly McCafferty

Vedder Price Practice Areas and Attorneys Recognized in The Legal 500 United States in 2025

Vedder Price Recognized in Chambers USA in 2025

Hoyoon Nam

Credentials

Education

Bar Admissions

Recognition

Insights & Events

Global Transportation Finance Newsletter December 2025

Marine Insurance in Ship Finance Transactions: How Insurance Structure Affects Risk

Vedder Price Represents Windstar Cruises in Fleet Expansion Transaction

Four Vedder Price Practice Areas and Fourteen Attorneys Named to Legal 500’s UK Rankings 2026

Global Transportation Finance Newsletter September 2025

Shipping Insurance 101 with Molly McCafferty

Vedder Price Practice Areas and Attorneys Recognized in The Legal 500 United States in 2025

Vedder Price Recognized in Chambers USA in 2025

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