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July 5, 2017
VIA EDGAR
Ms. Stephanie L. Sullivan
Senior Technical & Policy Advisor
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. |
Form20-F for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2016
Filed April 28, 2017
Form6-K Filed May 15, 2017
FileNo. 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 June 30, 2017, 2016, containing the comments of the Staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) with respect to the Form20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016 filed with the Commission on April 28, 2017 and the Form6-K filed with the Commission on May 15, 2017.
As per the correspondence between you and my colleague Joongwon Park on July 3, 2017, we are grateful that the Staff has agreed to grant an extension to respond to the Staff’s comments by July 31, 2017. The Company anticipates filing a response on or before July 31, 2017, and we will proceed on this basis unless we are notified otherwise by the Staff. We very much appreciate the Staff’s understanding and patience in this regard.
DANIEL FERTIG ADAM C. FURBER IAN C. HO 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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| Securities and Exchange Commission | July 5, 2017 |
Please contact me at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett (35th floor, ICBC Tower, 3 Garden Road, Central, Hong Kong, telephone number852-2514-7665 and fax number852-2869-7694), if we can be of any assistance to the Staff.
| Very truly yours, |
| /s/ Jin Hyuk Park |
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