ATLANTIC UNION BANKSHARES CORPORATION

 

December 13, 2024

 

VIA EDGAR

 

Securities and Exchange Commission

Division of Corporate Finance

Office of Finance

100 F. Street, N.E.

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

Attention: Robert Arzonetti

 

  Re: Atlantic Union Bankshares Corporation

Registration Statement on Form S-4

File No. 333-283382

Request for Effectiveness

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

Pursuant to Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Atlantic Union Bankshares Corporation, a Virginia corporation (the “Registrant”), hereby requests acceleration of effectiveness of its registration statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-283382), as amended, to 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time on December 17, 2024, or as soon as practicable thereafter.

 

The Registrant hereby authorizes Lee Hochbaum of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP to orally modify or withdraw this request for acceleration.

 

Please contact Lee Hochbaum of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP at (212) 450-4736 or lee.hochbaum@davispolk.com with any questions you may have concerning this request, and please notify him when this request for acceleration has been granted.

 

  Very truly yours,
   
  /s/ Rachael R. Lape
  Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Atlantic Union Bankshares Corporation