European wax center, inc.
5830 Granite Parkway, 3rd Floor
Plano, TX 75024
May 17, 2022
via edgar
Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attention: Janice Adeloye; Jennifer López Molina
| Re: | European Wax Center, Inc. |
| Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed on May 17, 2022 | |
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Request for Acceleration |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, European Wax Center, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), hereby requests that the effective date for the registration statement referred to above be accelerated so that it will be declared effective at 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time on May 19, 2022, or as soon as possible thereafter. The Company hereby authorizes Thomas Fraser of Ropes & Gray LLP, counsel to the Company, to orally modify or withdraw this request for acceleration.
Please call Thomas Fraser of Ropes & Gray LLP, counsel to the Company, at (617) 951-7063 as soon as the registration statement has been declared effective.
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| Very truly yours, | |||
| EUROPEAN WAX CENTER, INC. | |||
| By: | /s/ Gavin O’Connor | ||
| Name: | Gavin O’Connor | ||
| Title: | Chief Legal Officer, Chief Human Resources Officer and Corporate Secretary | ||