{"id":5382,"date":"2026-01-21T18:16:27","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T09:16:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southgate-law.com\/?p=5382"},"modified":"2026-01-21T18:16:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T09:16:29","slug":"5382","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southgate-law.com\/en\/news\/202601-5382\/","title":{"rendered":"The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2026 Ranks southgate\/Eric Marcks\/Takahito Fujii"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>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 2026:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Corporate and M&amp;A: Independent Local Firms<\/span><br>southgate<br>Leading partners: Gaiben &#8211; Eric Marcks <br>Other Key Lawyers: Takeshi Iitani, A. Reid Monroe-Sheridan, Akira Kawashiro<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The guide observed that \u201c<em>southgate is particularly well-regarded for its M&amp;A and venture capital work, with a client base spanning the technology, IT, industrial, automotive, and fashion industries.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Clients noted: <br>\u201c<em>Team members&#8217; knowledge and problem-solving skills are excellent, and quick to respond.<\/em>\u201d<br>\u201c<em>Eric Marcks is an excellent lawyer. Trustworthy. Provides clear, sensible advice. Broad thinking.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">TMT: Independent Local Firms<\/span><br>southgate<br>Leading partners: Gaiben &#8211; Eric Marcks (the only international lawyer at a Japanese law firm ranked in this category)<br>Rising Stars: Bengoshi &#8211; Takahito Fujii<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For details please see the Legal 500 Asia Pacific website below.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legal500.com\/c\/japan\/corporate-and-ma-independent-local-firms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.legal500.com\/c\/japan\/corporate-and-ma-independent-local-firms\/<\/a> <br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legal500.com\/c\/japan\/tmt-independent-local-firms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.legal500.com\/c\/japan\/tmt-independent-local-firms\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a id=\"_msocom_1\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 2026: Corporate and M&amp;A: Independent Local FirmssouthgateLeading partners: Gaiben &#8211; Eric Marcks Other Key Lawyers: Takeshi Iitani, A. Reid Monroe-Sheridan, Akira Kawashiro The guide  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southgate-law.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southgate-law.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southgate-law.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southgate-law.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southgate-law.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5382"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/southgate-law.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5382\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5384,"href":"https:\/\/southgate-law.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5382\/revisions\/5384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southgate-law.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southgate-law.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southgate-law.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}