November 20, 2018
Via EDGAR
Jessica Livingston
Office of Financial Services
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
100 F Street, N.E. | Mail Stop 4720
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: PacWest Bancorp
Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-4
Filed November 20, 2018
File No. 333-228275
To Whom It May Concern:
PacWest Bancorp (the “Company”) hereby requests that the effectiveness under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of the above-captioned Registration Statement on Form S-4, as amended, be accelerated to 4:00 p.m. Eastern time on Tuesday, November 20, 2018, or as soon thereafter as practicable.
Please contact Patrick S. Brown of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP at (310) 712-6603 with any questions you may have concerning this request. In addition, please notify Mr. Brown when this request for acceleration has been granted.
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| By | /s/ Kori L. Ogrosky |
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| Kori L. Ogrosky |
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| Executive Vice President, General |
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| Counsel and Corporate Secretary |
cc: | Patrick S. Brown |
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