JMP GROUP LLC
600 Montgomery Street, Suite 1100
San Francisco, CA 94111
September 17, 2019
VIA EDGAR
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attn: | David Lin, Staff Attorney |
Re: | JMP Group LLC |
File No. 333-233389
Ladies and Gentlemen:
JMP Group LLC (the “Company”) hereby requests that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission take appropriate action to declare the above-referenced Registration Statement on Form S-1 to become effective on Thursday, September 19, 2019, at 3:00 p.m., Eastern Time, or as soon thereafter as practicable.
The Company hereby authorizes Andrew Thorpe of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, counsel to the Company, to orally modify or withdraw this request for acceleration.
The Company requests that it be notified of such effectiveness by a telephone call to Andrew Thorpe at (415) 773-5970.
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Very truly yours, | ||
JMP GROUP LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Raymond S. Jackson | |
Name: | Raymond S. Jackson | |
Title: | Chief Financial Officer |
cc: | Walter Conroy, JMP Group LLC Andrew Thorpe, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP David Goldschmidt, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP |
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