SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM
PARTNERS CHRISTOPHER W. BETTS GEOFFREY CHAN * SHU DU * ANDREW L. FOSTER * CHI T. STEVE KWOK * EDWARD H.P. LAM ◆* HAIPING LI * RORY MCALPINE ◆ JONATHAN B. STONE * PALOMA P. WANG ◆ (ALSO ADMITTEDIN ENGLAND & WALES) * (ALSO ADMITTEDIN NEW YORK)
REGISTERED FOREIGN LAWYER Z. JULIE GAO (CALIFORNIA) | 世達國際律師事務所
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VIA EDGAR
Mr. Larry Spirgel
Mr. Jeff Kauten
Mr. Robert Littlepage
Mr. Joseph Cascarano
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Technology
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, NE
Washington, D.C. 20549
| Re: | Dada Nexus Limited (CIK No. 0001793862) |
Registration Statement on Form F-1 (File No. 333-238193)
Dear Mr. Spirgel, Mr. Kauten, Mr. Littlepage and Mr. Cascarano:
On behalf of our client, Dada Nexus Limited, a foreign private issuer organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Company”), we are filing herewith Amendment No. 2 to the Company’s registration statement on Form F-1 (the “Registration Statement”) containing a preliminary prospectus with a price range and certain exhibits via EDGAR to the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”).
To facilitate your review, we are separately delivering to you today five courtesy copies of the Registration Statement, marked to show changes to the registration statement filed with the Commission on May 15, 2020, as well as two copies of the filed exhibits.
Securities and Exchange Commission
June 1, 2020
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The Company respectfully advises the Staff that the Company plans to commence the road show for the proposed offering on or about June 1, 2020. In addition, the Company plans to request that the Staff declare the effectiveness of the Registration Statement on or about June 4, 2020, and will file joint acceleration requests in time before the requested effective time. The Company would greatly appreciate the Staff’s continuing assistance and support to the Company in meeting the proposed timetable for the offering.
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If you have any questions regarding the Registration Statement, please contact the undersigned by phone at +852 3740-4863 or via e-mail at julie.gao@skadden.com, or Hui Feng, partner at Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Certified Public Accountants LLP, by telephone at +86 21 6141-2173 or via email at hufeng@deloitte.com.cn. Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Certified Public Accountants LLP is the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company.
| Very truly yours, |
/s/ Z. Julie Gao |
| Z. Julie Gao |
Enclosures.
| cc: | Philip Jiaqi Kuai, Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer, Dada Nexus Limited Beck Zhaoming Chen, Chief Financial Officer, Dada Nexus Limited |
Hui Feng, Partner, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Certified Public Accountants LLP
David Zhang, Esq., Partner, Kirkland & Ellis International LLP
Steve Lin, Esq., Partner, Kirkland & Ellis International LLP
