Herbert Smith Freehills will introduce a new remuneration system for the 2015 financial year which will see legacy Herbert Smith move away from its more rigid lockstep system towards Freehills’ more performance based approach.

Clayton Utz has announced the appointment of a new Chief Executive Partner to succeed incumbent Darryl McDonough, effective July 2014.

Lavan Legal has announced two new partners for its banking & finance team.

Bauer Media GC Adrian Goss has been elected national president of the Australian Corporate Lawyers Association and Gillian Wong, Manager Legal at St Barbara Limited, is the new national vice president, ACLA has announced.

Gilbert + Tobin’s new Sydney offices in Barangaroo will be completely open plan, managing partner Danny Gilbert has revealed. This was just one of the topics discussed during a filmed ALB Roundtable discussion involving the managing partners of King & Wood Mallesons, Curwoods, Herbert Smith Freehills, Mills Oakley and Clifford Chance.

Companies need a strong team of in-house counsel and a proactive approach to properly protect their brand, speakers at the Asia Ethics Summit said.

The "perfect storm" of whistleblower activity is a global phenomenon that is creating a need for more internal investigations, panelists said at the Asia Ethics Summit in Hong Kong.

A greater emphasis on enforcement as well as consistency of local regulation across Asia are at the top of the corporate wishlist, panellists said at the Asia Ethics Summit in Hong Kong.

For many companies operating in Asia’s most corrupt markets, it is important to develop simple, consistent compliance frameworks with local buy-in, a panel discussion at the Asia Ethics Summit said.

Employee education and a proactive approach from senior management are key to maintaining a company’s ethical standards, panellists at the Asia Ethics Summit in Hong Kong said.