Maxim Rasputin, head of corporate practice at EPAM attended the 5th Corporate Lawyer 2010 Business Forum held in Moscow on 15-16 November 2010.

The forum was attended by both Russian and international in-house lawyers, representatives of legal departments and law firms from such industries as finance, fuel & energy, metallurgy, legal consulting, telecoms, pharmaceuticals, retail, FMCG, construction, development and others.

Interactive sessions and roundtable discussions during the event encouraged interaction between speakers and the audience, providing an opportunity for each participant to voice their own opinion.

The subjects discussed during the event included:

• Legislative amendments, law enforcement procedures;
• Antitrust regulation. Corporate law and judiciary reform;
• Liaison between in-house lawyers and external advisors; The issue of law firm rankings;
• The Customs Union. Foreign trade contract, where to focus;
• Legal strategy of a company; Building and managing a legal department in a holding; Improving performance;
• Restructuring and business development, M&A, corporate dispute resolution, bankruptcy;
• Intellectual property issues.

Maxim Rasputin also attended the “Changes in Corporate Law. Prospects of Applying Foreign Law to Individual Transactions” session of the Forum.