July 16, 2019
VIA EDGAR
Office of Financial Services
Division of Corporation Finance
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, NE
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attn: Joshua Shainess, Attorney-Adviser
Re: Afya Limited
Registration Statement on Form F-1, as amended
File No. 333-232309
Dear Mr. Shainess:
Pursuant to Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Afya Limited (the “Company”), hereby requests that the effective date of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form F-1 (File No. 333-232309) (the “Registration Statement”) be accelerated by the Securities and Exchange Commission so that the Registration Statement will become effective at 4:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, on July 18, 2019, or as soon as practicable thereafter. The Company hereby authorizes Manuel Garciadiaz of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, counsel to the Company, to modify or withdraw this request for acceleration orally. By separate letter, the underwriters of the issuance of the securities being registered join in this request for acceleration.
The Company requests that we be notified of such effectiveness by a telephone call to Mr. Garciadiaz at +1 212 450-6095 and that such effectiveness also be confirmed in writing.
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| Afya Limited | ||
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| By: | /s/ Virgilio Deloy Capobianco Gibbon | |
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| Name: | Virgilio Deloy Capobianco Gibbon |
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| Title: | Chief Executive Officer |