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Max Gutbrod is a German-born lawyer, author of scholarly works, angel investor, supporter of music and film, and flutist. A lawyer in private practice since 1990, Mr. Gutbrod joined Baker McKenzie in 1993 and served as a partner in Moscow from 1996 until his retirement in 2020. In 2015, he was an executive producer of the acclaimed documentary film Absent. As a flutist, Mr. Gutbrod is dedicated to contemporary music and in particular  Brazilian composers, and he recently completed a performance tour of that country. In January 2019, he presented a major concert of orchestral works by Mosolov at the Moscow Conservatory. In 2022, following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Mr. Gutbrod returned to Berlin.