Akshay Misra

Experience

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  Bajpai and company

  Mar 2009 - Apr 2010

  Supreme court

  Worked as standing counsel for various telecom GSM operators. Represented them in the Supreme courts and TDSAT under telephone and broadcasting laws.Responsible for filing and drafting various legal filings.

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  Pangea3

  May 2010 - May 2019

  Senior associate

  Majorly helped in data segregation and identifying KEY documents.

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  Thomson Reuters

  Dec 2015 - May 2019

  Actively involved in project management, client relationships, business development activities, process development and workflow processes; and setting up the review team for onshore and offshore locations. Managing various teams simultaneously within range of 20-100 members. Performed various higher value services work for various clients. Worked as an extended team of the client.Collaborate and focus on development of client base, hiring and development of key personnel to support review division during onshore and offshore expansion for review capabilitiesEstablish and maintain onshore review platform vendor relationships.Daily communications directly with in-house and external counsel at Fortune 500 Corporations and Firms.Created and supervised solutions related to complex document reviews for production in discovery and fact investigation, including design and implementation of project management workflows that integrated SharePoint and Six Sigma processes.Advised clients and contributed through leadership with respect to the impact of predictive coding and technology-assisted review processes, focusing on achieving real cost efficiency, addressing risk management concerns.Directly worked with international law firms.Managing a large number of discovery projects for the world’s top financial institutions arising out of litigation and investigations initiated by the DOJ, SEC, FINRA, and other regulatory bodies.Trained teams on subject matter and review platforms, oversaw deliverable quality, and built processes and workflows to ensure that projects are completed on time and within budget. Show less Actively involved in project management, client relationships, business development activities, process development and workflow processes; and setting up the review team for onshore and offshore locations.• Collaborate and focus on development of client base, hiring and development of key personnel to support review division during onshore and offshore expansion for review capabilities• Manage Inside sales team and other activities for setting up phone conversation and in-person meetings with the e-discovery team. Train litigation and Inside sales team on e-discovery, EDRM life cycle and core solution offeringsManaging teams of more than 50 members at the same time.Managing more than 1 project simultaneously.Regular calls and emails communication with the clients and the vendors. POC for all the clients.Directly worked under the client without any supervision.• Establish and maintain onshore review platform vendor relationships• Introduce and guide law firm partners and litigation support directors to the most efficient uses of technology solutions. Advice law firm and corporate counsel regarding the efficient use of clustering, e-mail threading, assisted review (Computer Assisted Review - CAR, Technology Assisted Review - TAR)• Working on RFI's & RFP's to secure long-term business• Assisted and produced case studies, training programs, marketing and branding materials Show less

  • Senior Manager

    Jan 2017 - May 2019

  • Manager

    Dec 2015 - Dec 2016
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  Ernst & Young

  Jun 2019 - Jan 2022

  Lead Manager
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  Elevate

  Jan 2022 - Jul 2023

  Associate Director

  o Responsible for overall client experience, including monitoring and meeting SLAs, leading corporate governance meetings for particular clients, and developing client relationships.o Manage engagements on a day-to-day basis; creating strategies to achieve engagement objectives; identifies and mitigates risks.o Resolving escalations initiated by clients o Actively monitoring of financial aspects of projects and engagements.o Perform to leverage particular projects into additional business development opportunities.o Holistic approach to the department's staffing needs, adjusting between projects (including cross-office projects) as required.o Focused on, and suggests, continued process improvements.o Perform Extensive administrative responsibilities, primarily centered on staffing, recruitment, and employee appraisal processes. o Serve as department/function representative on campus- or client-visits.o Manage needs of junior employees.o Coach, counsel, and develop managers.o Actively seek to improve operational efficiency on projects and internal initiatives. o Identify and escalate department-wide issues and problems to leadership.o Establish strong relationship with Finance, HR, Admin and BE and other support functions. Show less

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  Deloitte

  Aug 2023 - Apr 2024

  Associate Director
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  Iota Analytics

  May 2024 - now

  Associate Vice President