Akshay Verma - Facebook: Managing Legal Ops with Exponential Growth

After a middle school field trip to Yosemite National Park, Akshay Verma was inspired to pursue environmental law. After a stint as a paralegal for Latham & Watkins, he went on to practice environmental law at Farella Braun & Martel. He then transitioned to legal consulting and business development at Axiom. Today, he’s Director, Head of Legal Ops at Facebook where he helps their legal department “run lean, mean… while spending less green.” What we talked about: - Learning what it takes to run a legal department while at Axiom - Balancing spend on outside counsel with pressures to keep costs low - Pressuring outside counsel to diversify partnership ranks - Getting wins early on in your legal ops career *Hear more stories by subscribing to Innovative Legal Leadership on** Apple Podcasts**, **Spotify**, or any podcast platform.* *Listening on a desktop & can’t see the links? Just search for Innovative Legal Leadership in your favorite podcast player.*