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Rankings published in 2026
Banking - Foreign
Tier 1
13 firms ranked
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Tier 1

A&O Shearman
16 practice areas
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Clifford Chance
16 practice areas
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Linklaters
15 practice areas
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Tier 2

Baker McKenzie
14 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
8 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
13 practice areas
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White & Case
12 practice areas
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Tier 3

Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
15 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
15 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
16 practice areas
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Reed Smith
7 practice areas
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Ropes & Gray
8 practice areas
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
9 practice areas
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Capital markets - Foreign
Tier 2
25 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Clifford Chance
16 practice areas
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Davis Polk & Wardwell
8 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
13 practice areas
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Tier 2

A&O Shearman
16 practice areas
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Freshfields
12 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
8 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
15 practice areas
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Linklaters
15 practice areas
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
9 practice areas
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Tier 3

Baker McKenzie
14 practice areas
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Cooley
5 practice areas
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DLA Piper
14 practice areas
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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
13 practice areas
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O'Melveny & Myers
8 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
16 practice areas
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Sidley Austin
11 practice areas
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Slaughter and May
6 practice areas
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Sullivan & Cromwell
8 practice areas
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Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
5 practice areas
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Tier 4

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
10 practice areas
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Milbank
12 practice areas
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Morgan Lewis & Bockius
5 practice areas
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Reed Smith
7 practice areas
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Dorsey & Whitney
6 practice areas
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Ropes & Gray
8 practice areas
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M&A - Foreign
Tier 1
45 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Clifford Chance
16 practice areas
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Freshfields
12 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
8 practice areas
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Linklaters
15 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
13 practice areas
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Tier 2

A&O Shearman
16 practice areas
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Baker McKenzie
14 practice areas
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Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
10 practice areas
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Davis Polk & Wardwell
8 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
15 practice areas
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Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
6 practice areas
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
9 practice areas
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
7 practice areas
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Tier 3

DLA Piper
14 practice areas
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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
8 practice areas
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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
13 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
15 practice areas
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Morgan Lewis & Bockius
5 practice areas
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Morrison & Foerster
11 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
13 practice areas
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O'Melveny & Myers
8 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
16 practice areas
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Sidley Austin
11 practice areas
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Slaughter and May
6 practice areas
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White & Case
12 practice areas
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Tier 4

Ashurst Perkins Coie
8 practice areas
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CMS
4 practice areas
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Cooley
5 practice areas
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Jones Day
11 practice areas
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Milbank
12 practice areas
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MinterEllison
6 practice areas
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Pinsent Masons
9 practice areas
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Reed Smith
7 practice areas
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Ropes & Gray
8 practice areas
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Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
5 practice areas
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Notable

Cuatrecasas
4 practice areas
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Dorsey & Whitney
6 practice areas
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GRATA International
6 practice areas
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Garrigues
6 practice areas
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Gide Loyrette Nouel
9 practice areas
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Goodwin Procter
5 practice areas
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LPA Law
3 practice areas
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Nishimura & Asahi
3 practice areas
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Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
3 practice areas
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Taylor Wessing
7 practice areas
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Project development - Foreign
Tier 1
20 firms ranked
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Tier 1

A&O Shearman
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Clifford Chance
16 practice areas
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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
13 practice areas
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Linklaters
15 practice areas
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Tier 2

Baker McKenzie
14 practice areas
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King & Wood
14 practice areas
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Milbank
12 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
13 practice areas
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Tier 3

Ashurst Perkins Coie
8 practice areas
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DLA Piper
14 practice areas
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Gide Loyrette Nouel
9 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
15 practice areas
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Jones Day
11 practice areas
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Pinsent Masons
9 practice areas
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White & Case
12 practice areas
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Tier 4

MinterEllison
6 practice areas
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Simmons & Simmons
14 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
13 practice areas
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GRATA International
6 practice areas
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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
8 practice areas
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Project finance - Foreign
Tier 2
13 firms ranked
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Tier 1

A&O Shearman
16 practice areas
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Clifford Chance
16 practice areas
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Tier 2

Baker McKenzie
14 practice areas
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Linklaters
15 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
13 practice areas
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White & Case
12 practice areas
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Tier 3

Ashurst Perkins Coie
8 practice areas
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DLA Piper
14 practice areas
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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
13 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
15 practice areas
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Jones Day
11 practice areas
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Milbank
12 practice areas
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Simmons & Simmons
14 practice areas
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3 results3 results
Deal Highlights
135 results135 results
Deal Name Deal Date Firm Name Jurisdiction Deal Type Lawyer Names Client Names Client Role
Wuxing City Investment HK Co. Ltd - Bond Issue
2021-09-01
Linklaters
China (National)
Bond issue
BOSC International Co Ltd, CMBC International Holdings, Luso International Banking Ltd, Harmonia Capital Co Ltd, China Industrial Securities International Financial Group Ltd, Dongxing Securities Co Ltd, Fosun Hani Securities Ltd, Shanghai Pudong Development (Group) Co Ltd
Underwriter
China Modern Dairy Holdings Ltd - Bond Issue
2021-07-01
Linklaters
China (National)
Bond issue
Barclays, Citigroup, Central China International Capital Ltd, DBS Bank, JP Morgan Chase
Underwriter
Beijing Construction Engineering Group Co Ltd - Bond Issue
2021-07-01
Linklaters
China (National)
Bond issue
Central China International Capital Ltd, China Merchants Bank, Bank of China, BNP Paribas, Shanghai Pudong Development (Group) Co Ltd, China Silk Road International Capital, Shenwan Hongyuan Group, Bank of Communications, CSC Financial Co Ltd, Deutsche Bank, Huaxia Bank (Singapore), ICBC
Underwriter
Hangzhou Fuyang City Construction Investment Group Co Ltd - Bond Issue
2021-06-01
Linklaters
China (National)
Bond issue
China Everbright Bank, Industrial Bank Co Ltd, Bank of Communications, Central China International Capital Ltd, China Merchants Bank, Shanghai Pudong Development (Group) Co Ltd
Underwriter
Chongqing Nan'an Urban Construction & Development (Group) Co Ltd - Bond Issue
2021-06-01
Linklaters
China (National)
Bond issue
Industrial Bank Co Ltd, Guotai Junan Capital, Bank of China, CEB International Capital Corp Ltd, China Merchants Bank, Orient Securities, CNCB (Hong Kong) Capital Ltd, China Industrial Securities International Financial Group Ltd, Haitong Securities Co Ltd, China Everbright Bank
Underwriter
Shanghai Kangda New Materials Hong Kong - Bond Issue
2021-05-01
Linklaters
China (National)
Bond issue
Zhongtai International Securities Ltd
Underwriter
China Eastern Airlines Corp Ltd - Bond Issue
2021-07-01
Linklaters
China (National)
Bond issue
Bank of Communications, CSC Financial Co Ltd, CISI Financial, Bank of China, CCB International (Holdings) Ltd, DBS Bank, Standard Chartered Bank, ICBC, CITIC Group Corp, China Everbright Bank, China Minsheng Banking, Haitong Securities Co Ltd, Shanghai Pudong Development (Group) Co Ltd
Underwriter
Zhejiang Expressway Co Ltd - Bond Issue
2021-07-01
Linklaters
China (National)
Bond issue
China Everbright Bank, Central China International Capital Ltd, ICBC, Citigroup, Bank of China, Industrial Bank Co Ltd, Shanghai Pudong Development (Group) Co Ltd, Barclays, China Minsheng Banking, Standard Chartered Bank
Underwriter
Shangrao Innovation Development Industry Investment Group Co Ltd - Bond Issue
2021-08-01
Linklaters
China (National)
Bond issue
Bank of New York Mellon Corp
Underwriter
China Everbright Bank - Bond Issue
2021-03-01
Linklaters
China (National)
Bond issue
China Everbright Bank
Issuer
Hong Zu (BVI) Ltd - Bond Issue
2021-02-01
Linklaters
China (National)
Bond issue
Hong Zu (BVI) Ltd
Issuer
EVE Battery Investment Ltd - Bond Issue
2021-11-01
Linklaters
China (National)
Bond issue
Citigroup
Underwriter
Zhaoqing Guolian Investment Holdings Co Ltd - Bond Issue
2021-10-01
Linklaters
China (National)
Bond issue
CEB International Capital Corp Ltd, China Zheshang Bank Co Ltd, CITIC Group Corp, CMBC International Holdings, CSC Financial Co Ltd, Donghai Securities Co Ltd, Dongxing Securities Co Ltd, Fosun Hani Securities Ltd, GF Securities Co Ltd, Hua Xia Bank Co Ltd, Shanghai Pudong Innotek Capital Co Ltd, Southwest Securities, SPDB International Capital Ltd
Underwriter
Chengdu Xingcheng Investment Group Co Ltd - Bond Issue
2021-10-01
Linklaters
China (National)
Bond issue
Agricultural Bank of China, Bank of East Asia, Central China International Capital Ltd, CITIC Group Corp, ICBC, Industrial Bank Co Ltd, Shanghai Pudong Development (Group) Co Ltd
Underwriter
China Everbright Bank - Bond Issue
2021-11-01
Linklaters
China (National)
Bond issue
China Everbright Bank
Issuer
Fuyuan Worldwide Ltd - Bond Issue
2021-11-01
Linklaters
China (National)
Bond issue
Orient Securities, SDG Securities (HK) Ltd, Shenwan Hongyuan Group, TF International Securities Group Ltd, Zhongtai International Securities Ltd
Underwriter
China Bohai Bank Co - Bond Issue
2021-11-01
Linklaters
China (National)
Bond issue
Bank of China, Bank of Communications, CCB International (Holdings) Ltd, Central China International Capital Ltd, China Everbright Bank, China Merchants Bank, China Minsheng Banking, China Zheshang Bank Co Ltd, CITIC Group Corp, GF Securities Co Ltd, Guotai Junan Capital, Haitong Securities Co Ltd, ICBC, Industrial Bank of Korea, Shanghai Pudong Development (Group) Co Ltd, Standard Chartered Bank
Underwriter
Yichang High-tech Investment Development Co Ltd - Bond Issue
2021-11-01
Linklaters
China (National)
Bond issue
China Industrial Securities International Financial Group Ltd, China International Capital Corp, China Minsheng Banking, CITIC Group Corp, CMBC International Holdings, Guotai Junan Capital, Guoyuan Securities Co Ltd, Hua Xia Bank Co Ltd, Industrial Bank Co Ltd, Shanghai Pudong Development (Group) Co Ltd
Underwriter
Helenbergh China Holdings Ltd - Bond Issue
2021-10-01
Linklaters
China (National)
Bond issue
CCB International (Holdings) Ltd, Haitong Securities Co Ltd, ICBC, YONXI Securities Ltd
Underwriter
Zhejiang Xinchang Investment & Development Co Ltd - Bond Issue
2021-11-01
Linklaters
China (National)
Bond issue
China Industrial Securities International Financial Group Ltd, China Zheshang Bank Co Ltd, Guotai Junan Capital, Shenwan Hongyuan Group
Underwriter
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New hires were made across corporate, M&A, regulatory, finance and antitrust practices in the UK, US, Italy, Belgium, Germany and Asia-Pacific
ESG
Lawyers welcome the European Commission revamp, saying the reforms bring long-needed clarity to sustainable finance
As the European banking sector continues to consolidate, M&A and regulatory lawyers that can smooth the path to deal completion are proving their value
Carl Fernandes, global head of Linklaters’ financial regulation group, outlines the firm’s opportunities in the financial sector, particularly in Europe and the US
New hires were made across the finance, M&A and funds practices in New York, London and Paris
ESG
A unified approach to the carbon markets will help lower costs and break down barriers for investment in low carbon technologies
New hires were made across the capital markets, finance and M&A practices in New York, London, Frankfurt and Hamburg
ESG
A number of recent developments in the regulation, such as country risk classification, mean that businesses need to consider whether they can benefit from simplified due diligence requirements
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