Via EDGAR

 

December 10, 2018

Securities and Exchange Commission

Division of Corporation Finance

100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, D.C. 20549-4628

Attn: David Gessert

 
   
Re: Union Bankshares Corporation
 

Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-4

Filed December 10, 2018

  File No. 333-228455

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

Pursuant to Rule 461 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Union Bankshares Corporation hereby respectfully requests that the effective date of the above referenced Registration Statement on Form S-4 be accelerated to 4:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on December 12, 2018, or as soon as practicable thereafter.

 

Please contact Michael P. Reed of Covington & Burling LLP at (202) 662-5988 with any questions you may have regarding this request. In addition, please notify Mr. Reed by telephone when this request for acceleration has been granted.

  

  Respectfully,
   
  Union Bankshares Corporation
 

 

 

  By: /s/ Robert M. Gorman
  Name: Robert M. Gorman
 

Title:

Executive Vice President and Chief

Financial Officer

 

cc: Rachael R. Lape, Union Bankshares Corporation

Michael W. Clarke, Access National Corporation

Michael P. Reed, Covington & Burling LLP

Jacob A. Lutz, III, Troutman Sanders LLP

Seth A. Winter, Troutman Sanders LLP