ICBC TOWER, 35TH FLOOR
3 GARDEN ROAD
HONG KONG
(852) 2514-7600
FACSIMILE (852) 2869-7694
DIRECT DIAL NUMBER (852) 2514-7665 | E-MAIL ADDRESS jpark@stblaw.com |
October 10, 2014
VIA EDGAR
Mr. Christian Windsor
Special Counsel
Division of Corporate Finance
Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
| Re: | Shinhan Financial Group Co., Ltd. |
Form 20-F for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2013
Filed April 30, 2014
File No. 001-31798
Dear Mr. Windsor:
We are writing on behalf of our client, Shinhan Financial Group Co., Ltd. (the “Company”) in response to your letter, dated September 30, 2014, containing the comments of the Staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) with respect to the Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013 filed with the Commission on April 30, 2014.
As per the correspondence between you and my colleague Johneth Park on October 8, 2014, we would like to request that the Company be allowed to respond to the Staff’s comments by October 31, 2014. We very much appreciate the Staff’s understanding and patience in this regard.
Please contact me at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett (35th floor, ICBC Tower, 3 Garden Road, Central, Hong Kong, telephone number 852-2514-7665 and fax number 852-2869-7694), if we can be of any assistance to the Staff.
Leiming Chen Philip M.J. Culhane Daniel Fertig Anthony D. King Celia C.L. Lam Chris K.H. Lin Jin Hyuk Park Kathryn King Sudol Christopher K.S. Wong
Resident Partners
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| Very truly yours, |
| /s/ Jin Hyuk Park |