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Vrishank Khanal

@vrishankkhanal

Legal Operations Director at Morgan Stanley leading Wealth Management Advisory legal operations and AI-enabled transformation.

India

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At Morgan Stanley, I lead the Wealth Management Advisory Legal function and provide Legal Operations leadership across a 120-member Legal organization. I oversee 14 legal functions, three operating verticals and three Director-level leaders.

I lead transformation and automation initiatives, including AI-enabled solutions and agents using Microsoft Copilot, Excel and SharePoint. I also use data and UPT analytics to optimize capacity, resource allocation and delivery.

At Thomson Reuters – Professional Services (eDiscovery) and PANGEA3 (Thomson Reuters Group), I worked on eDiscovery operations and investigations. My work included process documentation, data analysis and quality control, as well as developing workflow processes and project playbooks.

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Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Director – Wealth Management Advisory

Current

Morgan Stanley

Apr 2020 - Present (6 years 6 months)

Lead an 18-member Wealth Management Advisory Legal function and provide Legal Operations leadership across a 120-member Legal organization. Oversee 14 legal functions, three operating verticals, and three Director-level leaders, while driving transformation, AI, and automation initiatives.

Legal Operations Team Leadership Stakeholder Management AI and Automation Microsoft Copilot Excel SharePoint Data Analysis Process Optimization Governance Succession Planning Talent Development Cross Border Operations

eDiscovery Service Analyst

Thomson Reuters

Nov 2017 - Apr 2020 (2 years 5 months)

Part of Thomson Reuters' eDiscovery operations spanning multiple locations, focusing on identification, collection, processing, review analysis, and production of Electronically Stored Information. Conducted on-site work in the U.S. at Eagan, Minnesota, and developed process documentation and playbooks.

eDiscovery Data Analysis Quality Control Concordance Summation Data Processing Document Review Process documentation

Senior Associate

Pangea3

Oct 2014 - Nov 2017 (3 years 1 month)

Contributed to eDiscovery assistance for major law firms, Fortune 500 companies, investment banks, and pharmaceutical companies. Worked on projects related to Foreign Exchange Fraud, Money Laundering, Intellectual Property, and Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities, and developed workflow processes for Forensic Investigations.

eDiscovery Forensic Investigations Technology Assisted Review Database Management Workflow Development Legal Research