Our Team


Barristers

Leon Fernando del Canto

Head of Chambers, Barrister & Spanish Lawyer/Abogado

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León Fernando Del Canto leads Del Canto Chambers International Tax & Legal team. Fernando is a tax qualified English Barrister and Spanish Abogado and he is instructed regularly by solicitors and auditors all around the world. Fernando can be instructed by private clients as a public access Barrister and is accredited as such by the England and Wales Bar Standards Board. Fernando has audience rights in Ireland under the Bar Council in Ireland and in Spain under Abogacía Española.

Fernando has broad international tax & legal experience and has represented clients in Madrid, New York, London, Dublin, Delhi, Jersey, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Doha, Dubai, and Hong Kong. He advocates for private clients and their families as well as for companies with international operations.

He got his UK tax qualification with KPMG, Deloitte and Grant Thornton before moving to private practice. In 2006 he became the first Spanish citizen to hold a double qualification as a Barrister in England and Spanish Abogado when he joined The Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn in London. He is a member of the Worshipful Association of Tax Advisers in the City of London, a liveryman of the City of London.

Specialism:

UK and Spanish Tax Law, Commercial Law and Intellectual Property

Jurisdiction:

Spain, England and Wales (London) and Ireland

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Based in London
Year of Call 1999 (Spain), 2006 (England), 2021 (Ireland)

Josep Galvez

Barrister & Spanish Lawyer/Abogado

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Josep Gálvez is a litigation and arbitration Spanish abogado focused on business disputes. A former Judge in chancery and civil matters, Josep has extensive experience in a wide range of industries, representing clients in commercial, real estate or banking & finance disputes with particular focus on post-closing M&A and corporate litigation. Josep advises and represents clients in court and out-of-court commercial disputes.

Awarded as leading Arbitration and Mediation Lawyer in Spain by Best Lawyers© in 2020, Josep is also International Private Law Professor at the Universitat of Barcelona (UB).

Specialism:

International Litigation and ADR

Jurisdiction:

Spain, England and Wales (London)

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Based in Barcelona
Year of Call 2007 (Spain), 2022 (England)

Alex Fletcher

Barrister, Mediator & non-practicing Solicitor

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Alex is a Barrister, Mediator and non-practicing Solicitor in England and Wales. He has a Master’s degree in International Law from Bristol University with  special interest in International Child Abduction. He is a trustee of Two UK National charities,  a part-time law lecturer at Portsmouth University and regularly teaches and tutors Mediation students.

Alex specialises in Family Law and is regularly instructed on:

  • Financial remedy proceedings [separation of finances in divorce]
  • Child law proceedings [Arrangements for children on divorce or separation]
  • Pre and post nuptial agreements and cohabitation agreements

Alex has worked with families, children and local authorities in his work as a family lawyer since 2007. He is well regarded as an advocate and is highly persuasive both in court and out.

He achieves lasting results that few others can for families to progress from the situations they are in with meaning and purpose.

Specialism:

Family law, Intellectual Property

Jurisdiction:

England & Wales

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Year of Call: 2003

Barrister (non-practising) & Spanish Lawyer/Abogada 

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Dr. Natalia del Barrio is a Spanish lawyer with over 20 years experience in the fields of international arbitration and cross-cultural legal matters.

She is currently the Vice Dean of the Law School of the Universidad Europea and professor of Comparative Law.

Previously, Natalia has worked as in-house legal counsel with an extensive worldwide scope and has represented the Spanish Government (Ministry of Defence) in international organisations and committees.

She holds a PhD in Comparative Law, an LLM in Private Law from the Universidad Complutense and a Degree in Law & Business form ICADE-Universidad Pontificia Comillas. Her areas of expertise are Islamic Law and the interactions between Continental and Common Law.

Specialism:

International Law

Jurisdiction:

Spain (Madrid) and England and Wales (London). Based in Madrid

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Year of Call: 2000 (Madrid)

Julio Prieto

Barrister and Spanish Lawyer/Abogado

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Julio Prieto is a Barrister in the Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn in London and Spanish Abogado in the Colegio de Abogados de las Islas Baleares (Balearic Isles Bar Association). With ten years of legal and commercial experience. Julio holds a LLM in Taxation and his area of practice and of expertise for Del Canto Chambers is Private Clients, Tax and Commercial law.

Specialism:

Family law, Intellectual Property.

Jurisdiction:

Spain, England and Wales (London). Based in London and Palma de Mallorca.

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Year of call: Barrister May 2021. Spanish Abogado 2017.


Public Access Barristers

Alex Fletcher

Barrister, Mediator and non-practicing Solicitor

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Alex is a Barrister, Mediator and non-practicing Solicitor in England and Wales. He has a Master’s degree in International Law from Bristol University with  special interest in International Child Abduction. He is a trustee of Two UK National charities,  a part-time law lecturer at Portsmouth University and regularly teaches and tutors Mediation students.

Alex specialises in Family Law and is regularly instructed on:

  • Financial remedy proceedings [separation of finances in divorce]
  • Child law proceedings [Arrangements for children on divorce or separation]
  • Pre and post nuptial agreements and cohabitation agreements

Alex has worked with families, children and local authorities in his work as a family lawyer since 2007. He is well regarded as an advocate and is highly persuasive both in court and out.

He achieves lasting results that few others can for families to progress from the situations they are in with meaning and purpose.

Specialism:

Family law, Intellectual Property

Jurisdiction:

England & Wales

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Year of Call: 2003

Leon Fernando del Canto

Head of Chambers, Barrister and Spanish abogado

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León Fernando Del Canto leads Del Canto Chambers International Tax & Legal team. Fernando is a tax qualified English Barrister and Spanish Abogado and he is instructed regularly by solicitors and auditors all around the world. Fernando can be instructed by private clients as a public access Barrister and is accredited as such by the England and Wales Bar Standards Board. Fernando has audience rights in Ireland under the Bar Council in Ireland and in Spain under Abogacía Española.

Fernando has broad international tax & legal experience and has represented clients in Madrid, New York, London, Dublin, Delhi, Jersey, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Doha, Dubai, and Hong Kong. He advocates for private clients and their families as well as for companies with international operations.

He got his UK tax qualification with KPMG, Deloitte and Grant Thornton before moving to private practice. In 2006 he became the first Spanish citizen to hold a double qualification as a Barrister in England and Spanish Abogado when he joined The Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn in London. He is a member of the Worshipful Association of Tax Advisers in the City of London, a liveryman of the City of London.

Specialism:

UK and Spanish Tax Law, Commercial Law and Intellectual Property

Jurisdiction:

Spain, England and Wales (London) and Ireland

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Based in London
Year of Call 1999 (Spain), 2006 (England), 2021 (Ireland)

Tax & Legal Professionals

Andrés Báez Moreno

Spanish Lawyer/Abogado

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Prof. Dr. Andrés Báez Moreno is a Spanish Associate Professor of Tax Law at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. He is also a Lawyer at Madrid Bar with over 15 years experience. I can not see from this what it is he actually does for DCC at the moment. Is he simply an associate member who does not work for DCC at this point in time or does he undertake work for us, in which case it would be good to say what he does or has done for us?

He regularly acts as an expert witness before the Spanish tax authorities and courts, providing legal opinions on Spanish and international corporate taxation. In recent years he has also specialised in the international taxation of individuals. He holds a PhD in Taxation (2005) and an LLM in Public Law (2002) from the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. His areas of expertise are domestic Company taxation and international taxation both of companies and individuals, fields in which he has published three books and more tan fifty articles and contributions in periodicals and collective books published in Spain, the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany and the Netherlands.

Specialism:

International Tax & Intellectual Property

Jurisdiction:

Spain

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Year of call: Madrid 2013

Mónica Navarro

Chief Legal Counsel

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Mónica Navarro is a Colombian abogada with a degree from Externado de Colombia University. She is a specialist in Intellectual Property, Copyrights and New Technologies and now works for Del Canto Chambers in this field. She has over 10 years of experience as a legal advisor for several government agencies in rule making, public policies and public law litigation including judicial review, statutory appeals, civil enforcement and public procurement law.

Specialism:

Intellectual Property & Governance

Jurisdiction:

Ireland and Colombia

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Based in Dublin
Year of Call: Bogotá, 2001

Soukaina Dlaima

Spanish Lawyer/Abogada

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Expert in Euro-Arab Relations (London) Soukaina is a Spanish lawyer  and  a recognised expert. She is a member of the Madrid Bar Association (Ilustre Colegio de Abogados de Madrid) and is currently preparing her admission to the English and Welsh Bar. She practices in Del Canto Chambers London office and advises international private clients in family, civil and commercial matters. She has a passion for communications and is fluent in Arabic, English, Italian and French.

Specialism:

Family Law

Jurisdiction:

Spain

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Year of Call:  Madrid, 2017

Claudio Rodríguez

Spanish Lawyer/Abogado

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Spanish abogado with a degree from the University of Cordoba (UDC). Claudio  works for Del Canto Chambers as  a specialist in Corporate, Tax and, Administrative Law. Registered European Lawyer in the Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn in the UK and Spanish Abogado in the Colegio de Abogados de Madrid –Madrid Bar Association-, he holds an LLM in Taxation. An expert in tax inspections and double tax treaty matters.

Specialism:

Spanish Tax Law 

Jurisdiction:

Spain 

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Year of Call: Madrid, 2015

Luisa Cid

Spanish Lawyer/Abogada

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Luisa Cid is a Spanish and European Lawyer with extensive experience both in private practice and public service. Her areas of expertise are Corporate Law, Administrative Law and Contracts.

She has vast international experience in the UK, Ireland, Canada, and the USA; and has been  Secretary-General for the Conference of Atlantic Arc Cities and a  Member of the Spanish National Committee of ICOMOS (UNESCO).

Over the years, Ms. Cid has been a Counselor and member of the board for several public administrations, foundations, and companies, and President of the Galician Entrepreneur Women Foundation. Luisa Cid is a Master of Laws ( ICADE Pontificia Comillas University), Master in Public Policy ( A Coruna University ), and Postgraduate in Public Administrative and Urban Planning Law (Santiago de Compostela University).

She is a Member of the Galician Royal Academy of Jurisprudence and Legislation.

Specialism:

Spanish Civil and Commercial Law

Jurisdiction:

Spain

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Year of call: 1997 La Coruña.

Maryam Jassim Al-Bader

GCC Legal Counsel

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Maryam Jassim Al-Bader is an international Qatari lawyer with more than 8 years experience working in the Gulf Cooperation Council. Maryam has worked as in-house legal counsel in one of the biggest organisations in Qatar, where she handled the establishment of the Intellectual Property division. Maryam has handled a variety of Intellectual Property legal matters Internationally and locally for Del Canton Chambers. . She completed her LLB in the UK and her LLM in Boston College, MA – USA.

Specialism:

Intellectual Property and Commercial Law

Jurisdiction:

Qatari lawyer (Doha)

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Year of Call: Doha, 2013

Antonio Aguilera

Head of Spanish Litigation, Abogado

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Antonio is a Spanish lawyer with over 15 years of experience in banking and bankruptcy proceedings. MBA at the San Telmo International Institute, he is an accredited Expert in the Prevention of Money Laundering by the Bank of Spain. He is one of the few Spanish lawyers with a degree in Islamic Finance from King Abdelaziz University in Saudi Arabia.

Specialism:

Civil and Commercial Law

Jurisdiction:

Spain. Based in Córdoba.

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Year of Call Córdoba, 2006

Jaime López Roiboo

Counsel Lawyer and Tax Adviser

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Double Degree in Law and Business Administration by the Pablo de Olavide University of Seville (Spain), Spanish Abogado in the Madrid Bar Association, and holds an LLM in Taxation, Jaime is a qualified Spanish Tax Advisor with extensive experience in international taxes, no resident and M&A procedures.
 
He began his career in KPMG in the M&A, private Client and Global Mobility Services departments, before moving to private practice in 2017, where develops his functions as Spanish tax advisor and corporate lawyer advising Spanish and international private clients and companies.

Specialism:

Tax Law, International Tax

Jurisdiction:

Sevilla, Spain

Gonzalo Rodríguez Marín

International Legal Advisor

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Gonzalo Rodríguez is a spanish lawyer and currently the General Coordinator of the Centre for Islamic Economics and Finance at the IE Business School, one to the top 10 Business Schools in the world according to the Financial Times.

Previously he was a lawyer at Triodos Bank, the leading ethical bank in Europe and legal adviser at Garrigues Abogados (the Iberian peninsula’s leading tax and legal services firm in terms of professional headcount and billing). He received his MAJ (LLM) from IE Business School, a Degree in law from Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, an International Executive Program in Islamic Finance at IE Business School and he also holds studies in political science from Universidad Complutense de Madrid.

Specialism:

International Legal Advisor

Jurisdiction:

Spain. Based in Madrid.

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Year of call: Madrid 2004

Francisco Almansa

Spanish Lawyer/Abogado

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Mr. Francisco Almansa is a lawyer of Spanish citizenship. As a lawyer he accumulates extensive work experience in the areas of real estate, tax advice for nonresidents, immigration by investment programs in Europe and litigation at international level.

Mr. Almansa obtained his Law degree from the University of Almeria in 2001, and a Master’s Degree in International Migrations and transnational movements of people from the European University of Madrid (Spain).

Currently he is member of the Lawyers Association Bars of Almería and Madrid (Spain) and is a practicing Jurist in Moscow (Russian Federation). He currently spends his time among Madrid, Moscow and Dubai.

Mr. Almansa has been a senior foreign advisor of the High Court of Intellectual Property of the Russian Federation since 2013, and he is accredited by the Spanish General Consulate in the Russian Federation (since 2014) and the Spanish Chamber of Commerce in the Russian Federation (since 2008).

He has been during all his career a frequent speaker in relations between Russia and Spain, both as a speaker in different professional events (Almeria, Madrid, Málaga, Alicante, Marbella, Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Krasnodar and Dubai) as being featured by Spanish and international media (El Mundo, Expansión, Cinco Días, RBK, Business FM, Voice of Russia, Russia Beyond the Headlines, radio Mediametrics, etc.)

Specialism:

Intellectual Property

Jurisdiction:

Moscow (Russia)

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Year of call: Almeria (Spain) 2001

Ana Mudra

Legal Consultant & Board Secretary

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Ana is completing her qualification as Solicitor in England and Wales. She has a LLB with the Universidad Europea of Madrid, and worked for Credit Suisse. She has completed mini pupillage with Hassans in Gibraltar, with Lamb Chambers and Normanton Chambers in London and currently provides tax & legal research services to Del Canto Chambers in English and Spanish Law and HR related matters.

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Based in London

Andrea Pozo del Coso

Spanish Immigration Consultant

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Andrea Pozo is completing her qualification with a LLM, Master´s in Law with the Universidad Antonio de Nebrija of Madrid. She has a LLB with the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos of Madrid. She has completed her legal internship in an Anglo-Spanish Law firm in London, and in a Spanish Law firm in Madrid.  Andrea is part of the Immigration team of Del Canto Chambers.

Specialism:

Spanish law, Immigration Law, International Private Law

Jurisdiction:

Spain. Based in London

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Year of call: she will become a Spanish Abogado in June 2023. 

Chambers Management Team

Xavier Nova

Global Chambers Director

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Xavier has more than 30 years of experience working with individuals, corporations and foundations in countries such as Qatar, India, USA, United Kingdom and other European countries. This experience has given him extensive knowledge of business customs, while allowing him to develop a deep respect for different cultures, languages and religions. “I truly believe that Human Values and Business should go hand in hand”. Xavier is now the Global Head of Del Canto Chambers with overall control of all areas of our work.

Specialism:

International Business

Jurisdiction:

Barcelona and Dublin

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Based in Barcelona and Dublin

Leon Fernando del Canto

Head of Chambers, Barrister & Spanish Lawyer/Abogado

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León Fernando Del Canto leads Del Canto Chambers International Tax & Legal team. Fernando is a tax qualified English Barrister and Spanish Abogado and he is instructed regularly by solicitors and auditors all around the world. Fernando can be instructed by private clients as a public access Barrister and is accredited as such by the England and Wales Bar Standards Board. Fernando has audience rights in Ireland under the Bar Council in Ireland and in Spain under Abogacía Española.

Fernando has broad international tax & legal experience and has represented clients in Madrid, New York, London, Dublin, Delhi, Jersey, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Doha, Dubai, and Hong Kong. He advocates for private clients and their families as well as for companies with international operations.

He got his UK tax qualification with KPMG, Deloitte and Grant Thornton before moving to private practice. In 2006 he became the first Spanish citizen to hold a double qualification as a Barrister in England and Spanish Abogado when he joined The Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn in London. He is a member of the Worshipful Association of Tax Advisers in the City of London, a liveryman of the City of London.

Specialism:

UK and Spanish Tax Law, Commercial Law and Intellectual Property

Jurisdiction:

Spain, England and Wales (London) and Ireland

Info:

Based in London
Year of Call 1999 (Spain), 2006 (England), 2021 (Ireland)

Mónica Navarro

Chief Legal Counsel

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Mónica Navarro is a Colombian abogada with a degree from Externado de Colombia University. She is a specialist in Intellectual Property, Copyrights and New Technologies and now works for Del Canto Chambers in this field. She has over 10 years of experience as a legal advisor for several government agencies in rule making, public policies and public law litigation including judicial review, statutory appeals, civil enforcement and public procurement law.

Specialism:

Intellectual Property & Governance

Jurisdiction:

Ireland and Colombia

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Based in Dublin
Year of Call: Bogotá, 2001

Ana Mudra

Legal Consultant & Board Secretary

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Ana is completing her qualification as Solicitor in England and Wales. She has a LLB with the Universidad Europea of Madrid, and worked for Credit Suisse. She has completed mini pupillage with Hassans in Gibraltar, with Lamb Chambers and Normanton Chambers in London and currently provides tax & legal research services to Del Canto Chambers in English and Spanish Law and HR related matters.

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Based in London

Paula Losada

International Tax Adviser/ Economist

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Paula Losada Simón-Ricart obtained a Business Administration degree and a Master’s degree in Tax Consultancy from the University of Navarra. She did an Erasmus program in WHU University (Köblenz, Germany) and a Business Management training in IESE Business School. She had more than eight years experience working in accounting and tax management of companies in different sectors. She works as a Spanish Tax Consultant for international and Spanish companies and individuals and provides advice on a variety of Spanish tax and accounting matters.

Specialism:

Tax & Accounting

Jurisdiction:

Cadiz, Spain

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Year of call: 2008

Eva de Francisco

Head of Administration 

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Eva is the Head of Administration at Del Canto Chambers with  over 25 years of experience in a variety of international companies and foundations in Spain, the US, Mexico, the UK and Qatar.

Eva’s experience lies in fiscal supervision, accounting, business strategy and project management at an international level.

Carlota Piserra

Administration and Finance Officer

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Carlota is the Administration and Finance officer, with over 20 years of experience working for the multinational company General Motors Componentes SA, since its opening in Cadiz (Spain), nearly a decade in the Employment department of the Regional Government in Andalucia (Spain) for special European funded projects, and the last years working for international law and accounting firms based in Spain. Specialised in Accounting, Sales analysis, general management of business projects including Human Resources.

Ana Belén Benito

Accountant

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Ana is a qualified spanish accountant with several years of experience and works with a number of international companies based in Spain.

Cristina Merchan

Labour – Human resources

Jennifer Ward

Clerk

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Jenny Ward is the Clerk at Del Canto Chambers.  With over 30 years of experience working with large corporate and Start-Up businesses, she has worked with a diverse range of industries in the UK and internationally.  Jenny has held roles within administration, procurement, sales and project management.  She is also a Director of a Culture Change company providing consultancy advice in behavioural safety. 

Mercedes Bellavista

Project Management and Translation

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