The 2022 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/legal-rankings/corporate-ma-domestic-japan-2:2271:119:1
https://chambers.com/legal-rankings/corporate-ma-international-japan-2:2272:119:1