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September 26, 2016
VIA EDGAR
Ms. Stephanie L. Sullivan
Senior Assistant Chief Accountant
Office of Financial Services
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, 2015
Filed April 29, 2016
Form 6-K Filed August 16, 2016
File No. 001-31798
Dear Ms. Sullivan:
We are writing on behalf of our client, Shinhan Financial Group Co., Ltd. (the “Company”) in response to your letter, dated September 19, 2016, 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, 2015 filed with the Commission on April 29, 2016 and the Form 6-K filed with the Commission on August 16, 2016.
As per the correspondence between Mr. Michael Henderson, Staff Accountant, and my colleague Iksoo Kim on September 22, 2016, we would like to formally request that the Company be allowed to respond to the Staff’s comments by October 31, 2016. We very much appreciate the Staff’s understanding and patience in this regard.
| DANIEL FERTIG ADAM C. FURBER ANTHONY D. KING CELIA C.L. LAM CHRIS K.H. LIN JIN HYUK PARK KATHRYN KING SUDOL CHRISTOPHER K.S. WONG |
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| Securities and Exchange Commission | September 26, 2016 | |||
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.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Jin Hyuk Park
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