WINTRUST FINANCIAL CORPORATION
9700 W. Higgins Road, Suite 800
Rosemont, Illinois 60018
June 1, 2015
VIA EDGAR
Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F. Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: Wintrust Financial Corporation
Registration Statement on Form S-4
File No. 333-203880
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 461 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Wintrust Financial Corporation (the “Company”) hereby requests that its Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-203880) be declared effective at noon, Washington, D.C. time, on June 1, 2015, or as soon thereafter as practicable.
In connection with this request, the Company acknowledges that:
· should the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) or the Commission’s staff (the “Staff”), acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the filing effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing;
· the action of the Commission or the Staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the filing effective, does not relieve the Company from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; and
· the Company may not assert Staff comments and the declaration of effectiveness as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.
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| By: | /s/ Lisa J. Pattis |
| Name: | Lisa J. Pattis |
| Title: | Executive Vice President, General |
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| Counsel and Corporate Secretary |
