John Freeman has more than 25 years of experience handling a wide array of cross-border legal and commercial issues for major multinational companies. 

Prior to joining Digital Edge, John was Chief Legal and Compliance Officer at Tata Communications where he managed the company’s legal, regulatory and compliance functions globally. John has extensive experience in both domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, as well as local and regional joint ventures, amalgamations and corporate reorganizations. He has led and served as co-counsel on a variety of transactions, successfully closing more than 20 mergers and acquisitions during his career ranging in value of up to US$14 billion.

A native of the USA, John earned his bachelor’s degree in Economics and Political Science, and his Juris Doctorate (JD), from the University of Minnesota.