Mangyo Kinoshita

Mangyo is an attorney qualified to practice Japanese law and California law and the founding partner of “southgate”. His practice primarily focuses on cross-border and domestic M&A, joint venture, strategic alliances, private equity and venture capital. He also regularly represents social entrepreneurs as well as social impact funds. Before founding southgate, Mangyo was a corporate partner at White & Case, an international law firm, and O’Melveny & Myers LLP, another international law firm where he led its corporate practice in Tokyo. At Gojo, Mangyo monitors management from an independent standpoint by attending board meetings and investment committee meetings as well as supervises day-to-day business execution.