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Eric Marcks<\/h1><\/div>
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Admissions<\/strong><\/td>\nCalifornia State Bar, 2000
\nRegistered Foreign Attorney in Japan (Gaikokuho Jimu Bengoshi<\/em>), 2008<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Education<\/strong><\/td>\nJD, University of Texas at Austin, with Honors, 2000
\nKyushu University, Japan,
\nJapanese Ministry of Education Scholarship, 1997
\nMA, Harvard University, 1995
\nBA, Middlebury College, 1991<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Languages<\/strong><\/td>\nEnglish, French, Japanese<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>
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Practice Experience<\/h3><\/div>

Eric Marcks, a co-founder of southgate, advises on corporate and commercial matters, with a focus on cross-border M&A, venture capital financings, and joint ventures.<\/p>\n

Eric began his legal career in 2000 in the San Francisco and Silicon Valley offices of an international firm, representing start-up companies and the VC funds that finance them. He worked with start-ups in all stages of their growth, from incorporation and commercial transactions to financings and exits.<\/p>\n

Eric joined the Tokyo office of White & Case in 2007, where he represented Japanese companies in their overseas investments and commercial transactions around the world and global companies in their activities in Japan.<\/p>\n

Eric is recognized as a leading transactional lawyer in the following publications:<\/p>\n