diff --git a/boards/boards_legacy/arm/pan1780_evb/Kconfig b/boards/panasonic/pan1780_evb/Kconfig
similarity index 100%
rename from boards/boards_legacy/arm/pan1780_evb/Kconfig
rename to boards/panasonic/pan1780_evb/Kconfig
diff --git a/boards/boards_legacy/arm/pan1780_evb/Kconfig.defconfig b/boards/panasonic/pan1780_evb/Kconfig.defconfig
similarity index 84%
rename from boards/boards_legacy/arm/pan1780_evb/Kconfig.defconfig
rename to boards/panasonic/pan1780_evb/Kconfig.defconfig
index 4ce48bcab59..81bb7a60819 100644
--- a/boards/boards_legacy/arm/pan1780_evb/Kconfig.defconfig
+++ b/boards/panasonic/pan1780_evb/Kconfig.defconfig
@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@
 
 if BOARD_PAN1780_EVB
 
-config BOARD
-	default "pan1780_evb"
-
 config BT_CTLR
 	default BT
 
diff --git a/boards/boards_legacy/arm/pan1780_evb/Kconfig.board b/boards/panasonic/pan1780_evb/Kconfig.pan1780_evb
similarity index 75%
rename from boards/boards_legacy/arm/pan1780_evb/Kconfig.board
rename to boards/panasonic/pan1780_evb/Kconfig.pan1780_evb
index 54e8be6cfc3..3eb525bfbc8 100644
--- a/boards/boards_legacy/arm/pan1780_evb/Kconfig.board
+++ b/boards/panasonic/pan1780_evb/Kconfig.pan1780_evb
@@ -4,5 +4,6 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 config BOARD_PAN1780_EVB
-	bool "pan1780-evb"
-	depends on SOC_NRF52840_QIAA
+	bool
+	default y
+	select SOC_NRF52840_QIAA
diff --git a/boards/boards_legacy/arm/pan1780_evb/board.cmake b/boards/panasonic/pan1780_evb/board.cmake
similarity index 100%
rename from boards/boards_legacy/arm/pan1780_evb/board.cmake
rename to boards/panasonic/pan1780_evb/board.cmake
diff --git a/boards/panasonic/pan1780_evb/board.yml b/boards/panasonic/pan1780_evb/board.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5beb6323204
--- /dev/null
+++ b/boards/panasonic/pan1780_evb/board.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+board:
+  name: pan1780_evb
+  vendor: Panasonic Industrial Devices Europe GmbH
+  socs:
+  - name: nrf52840
diff --git a/boards/boards_legacy/arm/pan1780_evb/doc/index.rst b/boards/panasonic/pan1780_evb/doc/index.rst
similarity index 100%
rename from boards/boards_legacy/arm/pan1780_evb/doc/index.rst
rename to boards/panasonic/pan1780_evb/doc/index.rst
diff --git a/boards/boards_legacy/arm/pan1780_evb/doc/pan1780_evaluation_board.jpg b/boards/panasonic/pan1780_evb/doc/pan1780_evaluation_board.jpg
similarity index 100%
rename from boards/boards_legacy/arm/pan1780_evb/doc/pan1780_evaluation_board.jpg
rename to boards/panasonic/pan1780_evb/doc/pan1780_evaluation_board.jpg
diff --git a/boards/boards_legacy/arm/pan1780_evb/pan1780_evb-pinctrl.dtsi b/boards/panasonic/pan1780_evb/pan1780_evb-pinctrl.dtsi
similarity index 100%
rename from boards/boards_legacy/arm/pan1780_evb/pan1780_evb-pinctrl.dtsi
rename to boards/panasonic/pan1780_evb/pan1780_evb-pinctrl.dtsi
diff --git a/boards/boards_legacy/arm/pan1780_evb/pan1780_evb.dts b/boards/panasonic/pan1780_evb/pan1780_evb.dts
similarity index 100%
rename from boards/boards_legacy/arm/pan1780_evb/pan1780_evb.dts
rename to boards/panasonic/pan1780_evb/pan1780_evb.dts
diff --git a/boards/boards_legacy/arm/pan1780_evb/pan1780_evb.yaml b/boards/panasonic/pan1780_evb/pan1780_evb.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from boards/boards_legacy/arm/pan1780_evb/pan1780_evb.yaml
rename to boards/panasonic/pan1780_evb/pan1780_evb.yaml
diff --git a/boards/boards_legacy/arm/pan1780_evb/pan1780_evb_defconfig b/boards/panasonic/pan1780_evb/pan1780_evb_defconfig
similarity index 82%
rename from boards/boards_legacy/arm/pan1780_evb/pan1780_evb_defconfig
rename to boards/panasonic/pan1780_evb/pan1780_evb_defconfig
index 1bb9d720f52..16b6ca3b450 100644
--- a/boards/boards_legacy/arm/pan1780_evb/pan1780_evb_defconfig
+++ b/boards/panasonic/pan1780_evb/pan1780_evb_defconfig
@@ -3,10 +3,6 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2022 Panasonic Industrial Devices Europe GmbH
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-CONFIG_SOC_SERIES_NRF52X=y
-CONFIG_SOC_NRF52840_QIAA=y
-CONFIG_BOARD_PAN1780_EVB=y
-
 # Enable MPU
 CONFIG_ARM_MPU=y
 
diff --git a/boards/panasonic/pan1780_evb/pre_dt_board.cmake b/boards/panasonic/pan1780_evb/pre_dt_board.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3369c21d3af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/boards/panasonic/pan1780_evb/pre_dt_board.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2022 Nordic Semiconductor
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+# Suppress "unique_unit_address_if_enabled" to handle the following overlaps:
+# - power@40000000 & clock@40000000 & bprot@40000000
+# - acl@4001e000 & flash-controller@4001e000
+list(APPEND EXTRA_DTC_FLAGS "-Wno-unique_unit_address_if_enabled")