The 2021 Chambers Global guide ranked southgate as one of the top firms in Japan in its Corporate/M&A (Domestic) category, and also ranked Mangyo Kinoshita among top Japanese lawyers in the category of Corporate/M&A (Domestic) and Eric Marcks among top international lawyers in Japan in the category of Corporate/M&A (International).

Details are available at the Chambers Global website:
https://chambers.com/guide/global?publicationTypeGroupId=2&practiceAreaId=2271&subsectionTypeId=1&locationId=119
https://chambers.com/guide/global?publicationTypeGroupId=2&practiceAreaId=2272&subsectionTypeId=1&locationId=119