August 3, 2020
VIA EDGAR
Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
| Re: | Great Ajax Corp. |
Registration Statement on Form S-3
File Number 333-239182 (“Registration Statement”)
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Great Ajax Corp. (the “Company”) hereby requests that the effectiveness of the above-referenced registration statement on Form S-3 be accelerated so that it will become effective at 4:05 p.m. Eastern time on August 5, 2020, or as soon thereafter as practicable.
Please telephone the undersigned (503-226-4614) or Anna T. Pinedo of Mayer Brown LLP (212-506-2275) if you have any questions with respect to the foregoing.
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| Very truly yours, | |||
| GREAT AJAX CORP. | |||
| By: | /s/ Lawrence Mendelsohn | ||
| Name: | Lawrence Mendelsohn | ||
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | ||
| cc: | Anna T. Pinedo |
Mayer Brown LLP
