southgate has been selected as one of four finalists for the Asian Legal Business Japan Law Awards 2017 in the category of Boutique Law Firm of the Year for our work on cross-border transactional matters. The winner will be announced at a ceremony on June 7, 2017.

Mangyo Kinoshita is ranked as a Band 3 Corporate/M&A lawyer in Japan by Chambers and Partners in its Global 2017, placing him among the top Japan-qualified transactional lawyers in Japan. The guide relayed comments from clients saying that Mangyo is “very good and knowledgeable” and “gives extremely dedicated advice”.

Asian Legal Business (“ALB”) featured southgate in its 2017 “Firms to Watch” list. ALB selected law firms “that are small but are already making waves, and either challenging (or with the potential to challenge) much larger law firms for their share of the work”. southgate was one of only 15 law firms in Asia – […]

Eric Marcks led a case study of an M&A transaction at a conference hosted by the Japan Patent Office in Tokyo on January 29, 2017. The objective of the session was to introduce and discuss legal issues that arise in cross-border acquisitions of technology companies.

Mangyo Kinoshita is ranked as a Band 3 Corporate/M&A lawyer in Japan by Chambers and Partners in its Asia-Pacific 2017, placing him among the top Japan-qualified transactional lawyers in Japan. The guide relayed comments from clients saying that Mangyo is “very good and knowledgeable” and “gives extremely dedicated advice”.

Eric Marcks spoke on “Innovation through Corporate Venture Capital” at the Asian Development Bank Institute Finance and Innovation Conference held in Tokyo on December 9, 2016.

Mangyo Kinoshita was featured in an article in the November 21, 2016 Nikkei Business Daily in relation to the rising trend of corporate venture capital (CVC).

The Legal 500 Asia Pacific ranked southgate as one of the top firms in its Corporate and M&A: Independent Local Firms category.

For details please see Legal 500 Asia Pacific website below.
http://www.legal500.com/c/japan/corporate-and-manda/independent-local-firms

Mangyo Kinoshita co-authored a book entitled “Legal Consultation for NPOs” published by Eiji Press.
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Eric Marcks and Mangyo Kinoshita published an article entitled “Seeking Innovation Through Corporate Venture Capital” in the September/October 2016 issue of Japan SPOTLIGHT.