OPTHEA LIMITED
650 Chapel Street
South Yarra, Victoria 3141, Australia
October 15, 2020
VIA EDGAR
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attn: | Jeffrey Gabor |
Dorrie Yale
Nudrat Salik
Brian Cascio
RE: | Opthea Limited |
Registration Statement on Form F-1
File No. 333-249020
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Opthea Limited (the “Registrant”) hereby requests that the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) take appropriate action to cause the above-referenced Registration Statement on Form F-1 to become effective on October 15, 2020, at 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, or as soon thereafter as is practicable or at such later time as the Registrant may orally request via telephone call to the staff of the Commission. The Registrant hereby authorizes each of Div Gupta and Milson Yu of Cooley LLP, counsel to the Registrant, to make such request on its behalf.
Once the Registration Statement has been declared effective, please orally confirm that event with Div Gupta of Cooley LLP, counsel to the Registrant, at (212) 479-6474, or in his absence, Milson Yu at (650) 843-5296.
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Very truly yours, | ||
OPTHEA LIMITED | ||
By: | /s/ Megan Baldwin | |
Name: | Megan Baldwin | |
Title: | Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director |
cc: | Michael Tonroe, Opthea Limited |
Ferish Patel, Cooley LLP
Div Gupta, Cooley LLP
John McKenna, Cooley LLP
Brent Siler, Cooley LLP
Milson Yu, Cooley LLP
Edwin O’Connor, Goodwin Procter LLP
Seo Salimi, Goodwin Procter LLP
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