Eric Marcks
Eric is a partner of the southgate firm in Tokyo, where he focuses on cross-border M&A and venture capital. Eric began his career in 2000 in San Francisco and Silicon Valley, and then spent 8 years with White & Case in Tokyo before establishing southgate in 2016.
Eric is recognized as one of only 15 “Leading Individuals” in the 2019 and 2020 editions of Legal 500 (Corporate/M&A Independent Local Firms) and he is the only lawyer at a Japanese firm ranked in the international firm category for Corporate/M&A in the 2019 and 2020 editions of the Chambers guide. Eric teaches courses on M&A and venture capital at Keio Law School.
Eric has been recommended by Chambers Asia-Pacific and The Legal 500 Asia Pacific in their 2018 Corporate/M&A sections.