JAPAN Law and Practice Contributed by: Reid Monroe-Sheridan, Takahito Fujii, Haruya Suzuki, Yutaro Ito and Tomohiro Oshige, southgate
southgate is a boutique cross-border trans - actional firm based in Tokyo, Japan. Founded in 2016 as a true partnership of Japanese and foreign lawyers, the firm’s practice focuses on cross-border mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, corporate governance and venture capital financings. southgate blends the experi - ence and standards of a large international law firm with the responsiveness, flexibility, accessi -
bility and personal attentiveness of a boutique. The firm’s team of Japanese and US lawyers combines strong Japanese law capabilities with an international approach and a deep un - derstanding of overseas business practices to deliver the level of service global clients expect for their most challenging cross-border matters. southgate and its attorneys are recognised by Chambers & Parters for their expertise in M&A.
Authors
Reid Monroe-Sheridan is a partner at southgate and has experience spanning international mergers and acquisitions, venture financings, US securities law matters, and
Takahito Fujii is a partner at southgate and focuses on domestic and cross-border M&A, strategic alliances, and corporate and securities matters. Takahito combines his
international commercial agreements such as core technology licensing contracts. Fluent in Japanese, Reid regularly advises public and private Japanese and American companies in these areas. Reid received his J.D. from Harvard Law School and began his career at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett in New York and Tokyo.
legal experience with strong business skills developed during a four-year secondment to the M&A advisory department of a major Japanese securities company and refined while employed for nearly three years in the business development team of a Tokyo-based global consumer products company, where he handled cross-border M&A and new investments.
Haruya Suzuki practises in the areas of domestic and cross- border M&A and start-up investments, general corporate matters, employment, insolvency, compliance matters
Yutaro Ito is a senior associate at southgate and focuses on domestic and cross-border M&A, start-up investments, corporate law and securities regulations. Yutaro spent two
and dispute resolution. Haruya started his career at a law firm specialising in insolvency and dispute resolution matters, and before joining southgate, he was a partner at a boutique domestic law firm where he focused on employment and compliance matters. Haruya currently serves as a bankruptcy trustee at the Tokyo District Court.
years on secondment in the principal investment and the private equity fund departments of a major Japanese securities company, where he engaged in domestic and cross-border M&A, start-up investments, finance and renewable energy projects.
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