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VIA EDGAR

Stacie Gorman

Division of Corporation Finance

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

100 F Street, NE

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

RE:

GS Acquisition Holdings Corp II

Registration Statement on Form S-1

Filed June 11, 2020

File No. 333-239096

Dear Ms. Gorman:

On behalf of GS Acquisition Holdings Corp II (the “Company” or “we”), in connection with the proposed initial public offering of the Company’s securities, we have filed today Amendment No. 1 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (the “Amended Registration Statement”). In response to the oral comment of the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission received on June 23, 2020, attached as Exhibit 3.3 to the Amended Registration Statement is an updated Form of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, which contains a revised federal forum provision which conforms to the corresponding disclosure in the Amended Registration Statement.

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U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

June 24, 2020

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Please contact me at (650) 470-4540 should you require further information.

 

		Very truly yours,
		/s/ Gregg Noel
		Gregg Noel

 

cc:		GS Acquisition Holdings Corp II
		Tom Knott
cc:		Ropes & Gray LLP
		Paul D. Tropp and Christopher J. Capuzzi