CITY NATIONAL CORPORATION 555 S. Flower Street, 18th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90071 |
January 5, 2007 |
Via EDGAR and Facsimile Division of Corporation Finance Securities and Exchange Commission Mail Stop 4561 100 F Street, N.E. Washington, D.C. 20549 Attention: William C-L Friar Kathryn McHale |
Re: | City National Corporation | |||
Registration Statement on Form S-4 (333-139215) |
Ladies and Gentlemen: |
City National Corporation (“City National”) hereby requests that the effectiveness under |
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of the above-captioned Registration Statement be accelerated to |
12:00 p.m. on January 8, 2007, or as soon thereafter as practicable. |
In connection with the foregoing request for acceleration of effectiveness, the Registrant hereby acknowledges the following: |
1. Should the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) or the |
Commission Staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the filing |
effective, this action does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action |
with respect to the filing, and City National may not assert this action as a |
defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the |
federal securities laws of the United States; and |
2. The action of the Commission or the Commission Staff, acting pursuant to |
delegated authority, in declaring the filing effective, does not relieve City |
National from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the |
disclosure in the filing. |
Please contact Nicholas G. Demmo of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz at (212) 403-1381 |
with any questions you may have concerning this request. In addition, please notify Mr. Demmo when |
this request for acceleration has been granted. |
City National Corporation | ||
By:/s/ Michael B. Cahill | ||
Michael B. Cahill | ||
Executive Vice President and General | ||
Counsel |