Freshfields makes real estate partner Johnson global finance head Legal Business4 August 2016Law firm managementStrategic recruitment Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has appointed real estate finance partner Simon Johnson as its new global head of finance following a ‘recalibration’ of its finance team.Your limit of 1 article in 30 days is up. Please login for full access or subscribe. Corporate users - click here for simple access (no password needed). For more information, please contact [email protected] Related ContentMore in this categoryExternal investment trend continues as offshore leader seals private equity deal‘Anything that begins with admin is at risk’ – the pressures fuelling firms’ business services cutsThe law firms impressing clients with their commerciality – and what GCs want‘How hard are you prepared to work?’ – partners who’ve made it on how they built a book of business‘We don’t have a large ship to turn around’ – Eversheds Sutherland co-CEOs to canvas partners on strategy plansNRF to incentivise cross-border work with formalised global management committeeFreshfields launches in Boston with Latham private capital M&A hireRevolving Doors: Hogan Lovells and Linklaters boost competition as Simpson Thacher snaps up US funds quartetRevolving Doors: Clifford Chance, Akin and Dechert bolster PE and finance teams in the City