NSW | NEXT LEVEL – Navigating What’s Next: The Trends Reshaping Legal Practice
Members and eligible non-members only
Sydney CBD, New South Wales
5 November 2026
12:30 pm - 3:30 pm AEDT
Piper Alderman, Level 23, Governor Macquarie Tower 1 Farrer Place,
Sydney CBD, New South Wales
3 hrs
Guy Mahony
Louis Loo
Ashleigh Kachel
| Topic | Leadership, Operational Management, Technology & Knowledge | |
| Type | Seminar | |
| CPD | 2 - Practice Management and Business Skills | |
| Pricing | Free |
| Full Member | Free |
| Online Member | Free |
| Affiliate | Free |
| Associate Member | Free |
Current Supporting Partners - Free (Contact us for assistance)
Non-members must be eligible for alpma membership to attend.
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Presented by
Guy Mahony, legalsuper
Louis Loo, Clio
Ashleigh Kachel, Xperate
Navigating What's Next: The Trends Reshaping Legal Practice
Legal practice is changing fast — AI, evolving client expectations, talent pressures, and tighter compliance demands are reshaping how firms operate and compete. This event, focuses on giving practice leaders a practical, interactive session built around the issues that matter most right now.
Join us for a moderated panel discussion — followed by a facilitated roundtable round where attendees dig deeper into the topic that matters most to them. It's a format designed for real conversation, not just presentation: practical takeaways, direct access to industry experts, and a room full of peers navigating the same challenges.
Time | Session
12:30 | Arrival & networking lunch
12:50 | Welcome
1:00 | Panel 1 — AI and the tech-enabled firm
1:45 | Panel 2 — Running the modern firm
2:30 | Break and move to roundtables
2:40 | Facilitated Discussion
3:30 | Close and thanks
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Presented by
Guy Mahony
Partnership Manager at legalsuper
Guy started at legalsuper in October 2019 and is based in legalsuper’s Sydney office. Guy has more than 20 years of experience in financial services, and most recently before joining legalsuper was a senior financial planner at a national firm. He knows everyone’s time is valuable and strives to foster genuine, lasting, and trustworthy relationships with his clients.
Guy is determined to help our members and employers, by sharing his wealth of knowledge and expertise amassed over the last 2 decades in financial services. Whether that be by helping firms understand their business, and what that might mean for their super needs; or helping members achieve a comfortable lifestyle in retirement.
Guy enjoys spending time in the great outdoors with family and friends, swimming, surfing, and volunteering at his local surf lifesaving club.
Louis Loo
Senior Account Executive at Clio
Louis is a Senior Account Executive at Clio who focuses on the mid-market space in the APAC region. He has 8 years of experience within the tech space, spanning across fintech, aviation tech and now legal tech. Louis works closely with mid to large law firms to align technology with their strategic objectives, helping firms to adopt the right solutions that best support their growth and operational needs
Ashleigh Kachel
Operations Manager APAC at Xperate
Ashleigh Kachel is an experienced operations and project management leader with a strong track record of delivering complex business transformation and technology implementation initiatives. As APAC Operations Manager at Xperate, she leads strategic programs that enhance operational performance, drive stakeholder alignment, and deliver measurable business outcomes across diverse client environments.
With extensive experience managing cross-functional projects within SaaS and client-centric organisations, Ashleigh specialises in leading end-to-end implementations, change management, stakeholder engagement, and process transformation. She excels at coordinating diverse teams, managing competing priorities, mitigating project risks, and ensuring successful adoption of new systems and ways of working.
Ashleigh brings a consultative and customer-focused approach to every engagement, developing a deep understanding of business requirements, user needs, and organisational objectives. Her ability to build strong relationships with senior stakeholders, project sponsors, subject matter experts, and end users enables her to deliver solutions that align with strategic goals while supporting long-term business success.
Passionate about driving change in complex professional services environments, Ashleigh has particular strengths in project governance, implementation planning, business process optimisation, user adoption, training and communications, and operational readiness. Her collaborative leadership style, combined with a commitment to continuous improvement and accountability, makes her well-positioned to lead large scale implementations within law firms, ensuring seamless delivery, stakeholder engagement, and sustained value realisation.
