EUROMONEY LMG WOMEN IN BUSINESS LAW AWARDS 2013 - EUROPE AND AMERICAS SHORTLISTS ANNOUNCED
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Americas: 2013 shortlist
The awards ceremony will take place on Wednesday, June 5 at Essex House in New York. To reserve your place, please email Stephanie Stevenson, or call +1-212-224-3406.
Practice area nominees
Best in antitrust/competition
Deborah Feinstein, Arnold & Porter
Deborah Garza, Covington & Burling
Aimee Goldstein, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Ilene Gotts, Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz
Roxann Henry, Morrison & Foerster
Katherine Kay, Stikeman Elliott
Beth Wilkinson, Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
Margaret Zwisler, Latham & Watkins
Best in aviation
Ana Luisa Castro Cunha Derenusson, De Luca Derenusson Schuttoff e Azevedo Advogados
Elizabeth Evans, Jones Day
Eileen Gleimer, Crowell & Moring
Robin Jenson, Daugherty Fowler Peregrin Haught & Jenson
Maria Regina Mangabeira Albernaz Lynch, Motta Fernandes Rocha Advogados
Elizabeth Mireya Freidenberg, Freidenberg Freidenberg & Lifsic
Anita Mosner, Holland & Knight
M J Spelliscy, Holland & Knight
Erin M Van Laanen, McAfee & Taft
Diane Westwood Wilson, Clyde & Co
Best in banking & finance
Lori Ann Bean, Clifford Chance
Claudette Christian, Hogan Lovells
Cynthia Urda Kassis, Shearman & Sterling
Maura O'Sullivan, Shearman & Sterling
Margaret Peponis, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Sarah Ward, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Marissa Wesely, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Karen Wong, Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy
Best in capital markets
Julie Allen, Proskauer Rose
LizabethAnn Eisen, Cravath Swaine & Moore
Stacy Kanter, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Deanna Kirkpatrick, Davis Polk & Wardwell
Phyllis Korff, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Francesca Odell, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Anna Pinedo, Morrison & Foerster
Antonia Stolper, Shearman & Sterling
Best in commercial arbitration
Julie Bédard, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Jean Engelmayer Kalicki, Arnold & Porter
Rachael Kent, WilmerHale
Carolyn Lamm, White & Case
Claudia Salomon, Latham & Watkins
Jennifer Smith, Baker Botts
Abby Cohen Smutny, White & Case
Best in copyright
Roberta Bren, Oblon Spivak McClelland Maier & Neustadt
Dale Cendali, Kirkland & Ellis
Daralyn Durie, Durie Tangri
Ann Ford, DLA Piper
Susan Kohlmann, Jenner & Block
Lisa Pearson, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Best in corporate governance
Holly Gregory, Weil Gotshal & Manges
Amy Goodman, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Carol Hansell, Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg
Laura McMahon, Fulbright & Jaworski
Ellen Odoner, Weil Gotshal & Manges
Best in energy, natural resources & mining
Donna Attanasio, White & Case
Marcia Backus, Vinson & Elkins
Robin Fredrickson, Latham & Watkins
Deborah Gitomer, Fulbright & Jaworski
Sheila Slocum Hollis, Duane Morris
Karol Lyn Newman, McDermott Will & Emery
Best in environment
Virginia Albrecht, Hunton & Williams
Adriana Mathias Baptista, TozziniFreire Advogados
Kerri Barsh, Greenberg Traurig
Michèle Corash, Morrison & Foerster
Carol Dinkins, Vinson & Elkins
Andrea Bear Field, Hunton & Williams
Betty Moy Huber, Davis Polk & Wardwell
Sarah Powell, Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg
Best in financial regulation
Annette Nazareth, Davis Polk & Wardwell
Barbara Mendelson, Morrison & Foerster
Margaret Tahyar, Davis Polk & Wardwell
Jamie Boucher, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Dana Fleischman, Latham & Watkins
Sharon Nelles, Sullivan & Cromwell
Colleen Mahoney, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Best in insolvency & restructuring
Corinne Ball, Jones Day
Lisa Beckerman, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Marcia Goldstein, Weil Gotshal & Manges
Madlyn Gleich Primoff, Kaye Scholer
Margot Schonholtz, Willkie Farr & Gallagher
Lisa Schweitzer, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Karen Wagner, Davis Polk & Wardwell
Best in insurance & reinsurance
Jane Byrne, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
Nancy Sher Cohen, Proskauer Rose
Robin Cohen, Kasowitz Benson Torres & Friedman
Linda Kornfeld, Jenner & Block
Rachel Kronowitz, Gilbert
Cynthia Shoss, Sutherland Asbill & Brennan
Mary Jane Stitt, Blake Cassels & Graydon
Susan Stone, Sidley Austin
Mary Kay Vyskocil, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Best in investment funds
Stephanie Breslow, Schulte Roth & Zabel
Sarah Cogan, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Laurel FitzPatrick, Ropes & Gray
Nora Jordan, Davis Polk & Wardwell
Elizabeth Lenas, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Margery Neale, Willkie Farr & Gallagher
Robin Painter, Proskauer Rose
Best in labor & employment
Nancy Abell, Paul Hastings
Barbara Brown, Paul Hastings
Lynne Hermle, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
Bettina Plevan, Proskauer Rose
Susan Serota, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
Ann Vladeck, Vladeck Waldman Elias & Engelhard
Best in life sciences
Jennifer Camacho, Greenberg Traurig
Lori Cohen, Greenberg Traurig
Laura Coruzzi, Jones Day
N. 'Kay' Karen Deming, Troutman Sanders
Catherine Polizzi, Morrison & Foerster
M. Patricia Thayer, Sidley Austin
Best in litigation
Sandra Goldstein, Cravath Swaine & Moore
Sara Gourley, Sidley Austin
Lori Leskin, Kaye Scholer
Joan Lukey, Ropes & Gray
Kathy Patrick, Gibbs & Bruns
Hillary Richard, Brune & Richard
Kathleen Sullivan, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
Best in media & entertainment
Susan Abramovitch, Gowling Lafleur Henderson
Michele Farquhar, Hogan Lovells
Ruth Fisher, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Marissa Román Griffith, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Bernice Karn, Cassels Brock
Susan Williams, Loeb & Loeb
Best in mergers & acquisitions
Audra Cohen, Sullivan & Cromwell
Sharon Flanagan, Sidley Austin
Diane Frankle, Kaye Scholer
Chantal Kordula, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Patricia Menéndez-Cambó, Greenberg Traurig
Eileen Nugent, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Jane Ross, Weil Gotshal & Manges
Faiza Saeed, Cravath Swaine & Moore
Best in patent
Meredith Martin Addy, Steptoe & Johnson
Leora Ben-Ami, Kirkland & Ellis
Margaret Boulware, Boulware & Valoir
Sarah Chapin Columbia, McDermott Will & Emery
Dianne Elderkin, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Elizabeth Holland, Kenyon & Kenyon
Rachel Krevans, Morrison & Foerster
Gladys Monroy, Morrison & Foerster
Best in private equity
Adrienne Atkinson, Willkie Farr & Gallagher
Franci Blassberg, Debevoise & Plimpton
Yukako Kawata, Davis Polk & Wardwell
Marni Lerner, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Alison Ressler, Sullivan & Cromwell
Sarah Rothermel, WilmerHale
Allison Schneirov, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Best in real estate
Kimberly Blacklow, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Pamela Duffy, Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass
Susanna Fodor, Jones Day
Jane Smith, Fulbright & Jaworski
Meredith Kane, Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
Best in structured finance
Janet Barbiere, Kaye Scholer
Katharine Crost, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
Anna Glick, Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft
Cathy Kaplan, Sidley Austin
Laura Palma, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Donna Parisi, Shearman & Sterling
Anna Pinedo, Morrison & Foerster
Rebecca Simmons, Sullivan & Cromwell
Best in tax
Kimberly Blanchard, Weil Gotshal & Manges
Jennifer Fuller, Fenwick & West
Susan Johnston, Ropes & Gray
Erika Nijenhuis, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Adrienne Oliver, Norton Rose
Pamela Olson, PwC
Gretchen Sierra, Deloitte
Carrie Smit, Goodmans
Sally Thurston, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Best in tax dispute resolution
Miriam Fisher, Latham & Watkins
Sandra Jack QC, Felesky Flynn
Barbara Kaplan, Greenberg Traurig
Julia Kazaks, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Kathy Pakenham, Cooley
Jean Pawlow, McDermott Will & Emery
Rosemarie Wertschek QC, McCarthy Tétrault
Best in trademark
Martha Baber, Alston & Bird
Baila Celedonia, Cowan Liebowitz & Latman
Susan Heller, Greenberg Traurig
Janet Hoffman, Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu
Linda McLeod, Finnegan
Mary Squyres, Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione
Donna Tobin, BakerHostetler
Best in transfer pricing
Carol Dunahoo, Baker & McKenzie
Patricia Gimbel Lewis, Caplin & Drysdale
Sandra Goldberg, Ernst & Young
Kathrine Kimball, Deloitte
D. Clarke Norton, DLA Piper
Emma Purdy, PwC
Rema Serafi, KPMG
Best in wealth management
Patricia Annino, Prince Lobel Tye
Susan Bart, Sidley Austin
Leigh-Alexandra Basha, Holland & Knight
Leah Bishop, Loeb & Loeb
Shari Levitan, Holland & Knight
Carlyn McCaffrey, McDermott Will & Emery
Georgiana Slade, Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy
Rising star: corporate
Erica Berthou, Debevoise & Plimpton
Margaret Isa Butler, Greenberg Traurig
Jaclyn Cohen, Weil Gotshal & Manges
Elizabeth Cooper, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Allison Harlow Fumai, Dechert
Rising star: finance
Christine Lazatin, Proskauer Rose
Caroline Reckler, Latham & Watkins
Zarifa Brown Reynolds, Greenberg Traurig
Allison Satyr, Sidley Austin
Laura Swihart, Dechert
Rising star: IP
Stephanie Bald, Finnegan
Anita Choi, Morrison & Foerster
Bindu Donovan, Sidley Austin
Julie Holloway, Latham & Watkins
Daphne Lainson, Smart & Biggar/Fetherstonhaugh
Rising star: litigation
Sarit Batner, McCarthy Tétrault
Elizabeth Halpern, Hogan Lovells
Rita Lin, Morrison & Foerster
Elizabeth McKeen, O'Melveny & Myers
Jimena Vega Olmos, PAGBAM
Angela Vicari, Kaye Scholer
Rising star: tax
Sarah Butters, Holland & Knight
Michelle Jewett, Morrison & Foerster
Amanda Heale, Osler Hoskin & Harcourt
Jessica Hough, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Julie Marion, Latham & Watkins
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Europe: 2013 shortlist
The awards ceremony will take place on Wednesday June 19, at the Dorchester in London. To reserve your place, please email Stephanie Stevenson, or call +1-212-224-3406.
Practice area nominees
Best in aviation
Maylis Casati-Ollier, Clyde & Co
Maria Cetta, Clyde & Co
Maria Chambers, Setterwalls
Catherine Duffy, A&L Goodbody
Vonnick le Guillou, Bird & Bird
Laura Pierallini, Studio Legale Pierallini
Best in banking and finance
Farmida Bi, Norton Rose
Katlen Blöcker, Hogan Lovells
Helen Burton, Ashurst
Catherine Duffy, A&L Goodbody
Erika Papp, CMS Cameron McKenna
Anita Schläpfer, Schellenberg Wittmer
Bettina Steinhauer, Clifford Chance
Best in capital markets: Debt
Vanessa Blackmore, Sullivan & Cromwell
Tracy Edmonson, Latham & Watkins
Elaine Keats, Linklaters
Sharon Lewis, Hogan Lovells
Sarah Murphy, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Petra Zijp, NautaDutilh
Best in capital markets: Equity
Annika Andersson, Advokatfirman Lindahl
Gabriele Apfelbacher, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Nilufer von Bismarck, Slaughter and May
Vanessa Blackmore, Sullivan & Cromwell
Anna Frankowska, Weil Gotshal & Manges
Gillian Holgate, Allen & Overy
Natalie Walter, Covington & Burling
Best in commercial arbitration
Claudia Annacker, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Juliet Blanch, Weil Gotshal & Manges
Judith Gill QC, Allen & Overy
Gabrielle Kaufman-Kohler, Levi Kaufman-Kohler
Carole Malinvaud, Gide Loyrette Nouel
Karyl Nairn QC, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Anne Véronique Schlaepfer, Schellenberg Wittmer
Nathalie Voser, Schellenberg Wittmer
Best in competition and antitrust
Silvia D'Alberti, Allen & Overy
Anne Federle, Bird & Bird
Cani Fernández, Cuatrecasas Gonçalves Pereira
Catriona Hatton, Baker Botts
Claire Jeffs, Slaughter and May
Kristina Nordlander, Sidley Austin
Deirdre Trapp, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Anne Wachsmann, Linklaters
Best in copyright
Mary Bagnall, Charles Russell
Mireille Buydens, Liedekerke Wolters Waelbroeck Kirkpatrick
Lindsay Lane, 8 New Square
Simona Lavagnini, LGV Avvocati
Lisa Peets, Covington & Burling
Jacqueline Schaap, Klos Morel Vos & Schaap
Best in corporate governance
Marta Frackowiak, DLA Piper Wiater
Eva Hägg, Mannheimer Swartling
Vanessa Knapp, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Isabelle MacElhone, Hogan Lovells
Ellen Soerjatin, Stek
Pauliina Tenhunen, Castrén & Snellman
Daniela Weber-Rey, Clifford Chance
Best in energy, natural resources & mining
Elisabetta Aarts, Loyens & Loeff
Danielle Beggs, Dentons
Helen Griffiths, Slaughter and May
Fiona Hobbs, Linklaters
Anne Lapierre, Norton Rose
Kamila Tarnacka, Baker & McKenzie Krzyzowski i Wspólnicy Spólka Komandytowa
Penelope Warne, CMS Cameron McKenna
Fiona Woolf, CMS Cameron McKenna
Best in environment
Nicolien van den Biggelaar, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
Vanessa Havard-Williams, Linklaters
Helen Loose, Bird & Bird
Jacqueline Mailly, Hogan Lovells
Caroline May, Norton Rose
Deborah Spence, Arthur Cox
Best in financial regulation
Elizabeth Barrett, Slaughter and May
Margaret Chamberlain, Travers Smith
Ruth Fox, Slaughter and May
Angela Hayes, Mayer Brown
Helen Marshall, Bingham
Francine Schlingmann, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
Best in insolvency & restructuring
Patricia Godfrey, Nabarro
Alison Goldthorp, Addleshaw Goddard
Deborah Gregory, Hogan Lovells
Rebecca Jarvis, Linklaters
Rita Lowe, CMS Cameron McKenna
Jennifer Marshall, Allen & Overy
Sarah Paterson, Slaughter and May
Yen Sum, Linklaters
Best in insurance and reinsurance
Katherine Coates, Clifford Chance
Clarisse Billot, Clyde & Co
Sharon Daly, Matheson
Helena Rempler, Mannheimer Swartling
Maria Ross, Norton Rose
Belinda Schofield, CMS Cameron McKenna
Best in international trade
Lourdes Catrain, Hogan Lovells
Ursula O'Dwyer, Philip Lee
Anita Esslinger, Bryan Cave
Paulette Vander Schueren, Mayer Brown
Gabrielle Williamson, Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek
Best in investment funds
Kirstene Baillie, Field Fisher Waterhouse
Joëlle Hauser, Clifford Chance
Isabelle Lebbe, Arendt & Medernach
Frédérique Lifrange, Elvinger Hoss & Prussen
Hilary Prescott, Covington & Burling
Jacqueline Richomme, Mourant Ozannes
Pamela Thompson, Eversheds
Best in labour and employment
Elaine Aarons, Withers
Sue Ashtiany, Nabarro
Mirjam de Blécourt, Baker & McKenzie
Karin Bodewes, Baker & McKenzie
Christine O'Brien, Baker & McKenzie
Ingeborg Moen Borgerud, Arntzen de Besche
Hermine Voûte, Loyens & Loeff
Best in life sciences
Zoë Butler, Powell Gilbert
Morag Macdonald, Bird & Bird
Maria Isabel Manley, Bristows
Lucinda Osborne, Covington & Burling
Ewa Rutkowska, Baker & McKenzie Krzyzowski i Wspólnicy Spólka Komandytowa
Sally Shorthose, Bird & Bird
Diana Sternfeld, Rouse
Best in litigation
Lista Cannon, Fulbright & Jaworski
Valerie Davies, Norton Rose
Isabel Foley, Arthur Cox
Sonya Leydecker, Herbert Smith Freehills
Joanna Page, Allen & Overy
Irene Welser, CHSH
Best in mergers & acquisitions
Oxana Balayan, Hogan Lovells
Elena Baxter, Bredin Prat
Nilufer von Bismarck, Slaughter and May
Myra Garrett, William Fry
Clodagh Hayes, Linklaters
Farah Ispahani, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Frances Murphy, Slaughter and May
Annelies van der Pauw, Allen & Overy
Best in offshore
Caroline Chan, Ogier
Helen Crossley, Appleby
Sally Edwards, Ogier
Zillah Howard, Bedell
Jacqueline Richomme, Mourant Ozannes
Jessica Roland, Mourant Ozannes
Lisa Springate, Bedell
Best in patents
Marina Cousté, Reed Smith
Nicola Dagg, Allen & Overy
Sally Field, Bristows
Penny Gilbert, Powell Gilbert
Sophie Rich, Herbert Smith Freehills
Sabine Rojahn, Taylor Wessing
Best in private equity
Stephanie Biggs, Kirkland & Ellis
Emma Danks, Taylor Wessing
Josyane Gold, SJ Berwin
Susan Howard, Allen & Overy
Karine Kodde, Allen & Overy
Amy Mahon, Clifford Chance
Best in product liability
Ina Brock, Hogan Lovells
Alison Brown, Arnold & Porter
Cécile Derycke, Hogan Lovells
Jacqueline Harris, Pinsent Masons
Francesca Rolla,Hogan Lovells
Anne Ware, Kennedys
Best in real estate
Erika Åslund, Cederquist
Amanda Howard, Nabarro
Alexandra Lethbridge, Bristows
Françoise Maigrot, Linklaters
Annerie Ploumen, Van Doorne
Marie Scott, Nabarro
Mairead Sherlock, A&L Goodbody
Best in shipping and maritime
Teresa Andrade Dias, Andrade Dias & Associados
Elizabeth Blackburn QC, Stone Chambers
Christine Ezcutari, Norton Rose
Ann Fenech, Fenech & Fenech Advocates
Vivienne Pitroff, Holman Fenwick Willan
Joanna Steele, Bentleys Stokes and Lowless
Best in structured finance
Tamara Box, Reed Smith
Angela Clist, Allen & Overy
Jacky Kelly, Weil Gotshal & Manges
Sharon Lewis, Hogan Lovells
Tara O'Reilly, William Fry
Sally Onions, Allen & Overy
Corinne Schot, Baker & McKenzie
Kirti Vasu, Clifford Chance
Best in tax
Fulvia Astolfi, Hogan Lovells
Catherine Charpentier, Ashurst
Brenda Coleman, Weil Gotshal & Manges
Heather Gething, Herbert Smith Freehills
Sara Luder, Slaughter and May
Best in tax dispute resolution
Penny Hamilton, Pump Court Tax Chambers
Monique van Herksen, Ernst & Young
Sarah Falk, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Abreen Khan, Deloitte
Nicola Shaw QC, Gray's Inn Tax Chambers
Dorota Szubielska, Chadbourne & Parke
Philippa Whipple QC, One Crown Office Row
Best in TMT
Jacqueline Hurt, Olswang
Marjolein Geus, Bird & Bird
Emma Lenthall, Reed Smith
Guendalina Ponti, Guendalina Ponti E Lorenzo De Sanctis Studio Legale
Dóra Petrányi, CMS Cameron McKenna
Selina Potter, Olswang
Lisbeth Savill, O'Melveny & Myers
Best in trademark
Anna Carboni, Redd
Marie-Aimée de Dampierre, Hogan Lovells
Karen Fong, Rouse
Michaela Huth-Dierig, Boehmert & Boehmert
Amanda Michaels, Hogarth Chambers
Jane Mutimear, Bird & Bird
Helen Newman, Olswang
Best in transfer pricing
Laurence Delorme, Independent
Annie Devoy, PwC
Iwona Georgijew, Deloitte
Wendy Nicholls, Grant Thornton
Stephanie Pantelidaki, KPMG
Ágata Uceda, DLA Piper
Isabel Verlinden, PwC
Best in trusts and estates
Ceris Gardner, Maurice Turnor Gardner
Dawn Goodman,Withers
Sue Laing, Boodle Hatfield
Susan O'Connell, O'Connell Brennan
Penelope Reed QC, Fine Stone Buildings
Shân Warnock-Smith QC, Five Stone Buildings
Tina Wüstemann, Bär & Karrer
Best in white collar crime
Louise Delahunty, Sullivan & Cromwell
Nicola Finnerty, Corker Binning
Kathleen Harris, Arnold & Porter
Clare Montgomery QC, Matrix Chambers
Jo Rickards, DLA Piper
Elizabeth Robertson, K&L Gates
Anne Wehnert, Thomas Deckers Wehnert Elsner
Rising star: Corporate
Sarah Cole, CMS Cameron McKenna
Tracey Lochhead, Linklaters
Polina Lyadnova, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Sophie McGrath, Morrison & Foerster
Rising star: Finance
Susan Crawford, Clifford Chance
Sarah Marsden, Linklaters
Alexia Russell, Watson Farley & Williams
Michaela Schmiederova, Morgan Lewis & Bockius
Rising star: IP
Jennifer Antcliff, Powell Gilbert
Ana Castedo, Hogan Lovells
Sarah Cole, CMS Cameron McKenna
Karianne Thomas, Van Doorne
Sarah Turner, Hogan Lovells
Rising star: Litigation
Helen Carty, Clifford Chance
Christine Gateau, Hogan Lovells
Eve Mulconry, Arthur Cox
Susan Rosser, Mayer Brown
Kirstin Schwedt, Linklaters
Maria Yaremenko, Hogan Lovells
Rising star: Tax
Sylvia Dikmans, Houthoff Buruma
Katrin Gänsler, Allen & Overy
Kirsty McGuigan, Taylor Wessing
Lynne Walkington, Linklaters
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