A. Reid Monroe-Sheridan, Takahito Fujii, Haruya Suzuki, Yutaro Ito and Tomohiro Oshige co-author chapter on Venture Capital in Chambers and Partners series
A. Reid Monroe-Sheridan, Takahito Fujii, Haruya Suzuki, Yutaro Ito and Tomohiro Oshige co-author chapter on Venture Capital in Chambers and Partners series
The Best Lawyers guide has recommended Eric Marcks and Takeshi Iitani in its Japan 2026 Edition Awards as follows.
Eric Marcks
– Corporate and Mergers and Acquisitions Law
– International Business Transactions
Takeshi Iitani
– Corporate and Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Akira Kawashiro and Haruya Suzuki are […]
Takahito Fujii and Akira Kawashiro presented on “Investment Practices of Corporate Venture Capital)” at a seminar hosted by the Financial Management Forum on March 7, 2025.
Ping Hsu has joined southgate. Ping began his career at Mayer Brown LLP in Chicago, advising clients on M&A, public company advisory, and de-SPAC transactions. Before joining southgate, Ping also worked at Greenberg Traurig LLP in Singapore, where he represented Japanese, Singaporean, and Taiwanese companies in various corporate transactions.
The 2025 Chambers Global guide ranked southgate as one of the top firms in Japan in its Corporate/M&A (Domestic) category, marking the seventh year in a row we have received this honor. The guide also ranked Eric Marcks among top international lawyers in Japan in the category of Corporate/M&A (International) and Akira Kawashiro […]
Daisuke Eguchi has joined southgate. Daisuke began his career in 2017 at a major Japanese law firm, where he engaged in domestic and cross-border M&A, defense against hostile takeovers and shareholder activism, corporate governance, securities regulations, and other general corporate legal matters. He has also been seconded both to the Ministry of […]
southgate was ranked as one of the top firms and Eric Marcks and Takahito Fujii have been ranked among top lawyers in the following categories for the Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2025:
Corporate and M&A: Independent Local Firms
southgate
Leading partners: Gaiben – Eric Marcks (the only international lawyer at […]
The 2025 Chambers Asia-Pacific guide ranked southgate as one of the top firms in Japan in its Corporate/M&A (Domestic) category, marking the eighth year in a row we have received this honor. The guide also ranked Eric Marcks among top international lawyers in Japan in the category of Corporate/M&A (International) and Akira Kawashiro […]
Takahito Fujii and Akira Kawashiro presented on “Learning the basics of startup financing through a term sheet” at a seminar hosted by Tokyo Women in VC on December 9, 2024.