0001193125-16-661593.txt : 20160902 0001193125-16-661593.hdr.sgml : 20160902 20160728113902 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-16-661593 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: CORRESP PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20160728 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Blackstone Alternative Alpha Fund II CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001566814 IRS NUMBER: 300760484 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 345 PARK AVENUE STREET 2: 16TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10154 BUSINESS PHONE: 212-583-5000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 345 PARK AVENUE STREET 2: 16TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10154 CORRESP 1 filename1.htm BLACKSTONE ALTERNATIVE ALPHA FUND II

BLACKSTONE ALTERNATIVE ALPHA FUND II

345 Park Avenue

28th Floor

New York, New York 10154

July 28, 2016

United States Securities and Exchange Commission

100 F Street N.E.

Washington, DC 20549

Attention: Mr. Jay Williamson

 

Re: Blackstone Alternative Alpha Fund II (the “Fund”)

Registration Statement on Form N-2 (File Nos. 811-22792 and 333-211533)

Dear Mr. Williamson:

Pursuant to Rule 461(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), the Fund respectfully requests that the effectiveness of the above-referenced registration statement on Form N-2 (the “Registration Statement”) be accelerated to 1:00 p.m. on Friday, July 29, 2016, or as soon thereafter as practicable.

The Fund acknowledges that (i) should the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) or its staff (the “staff”), acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the filing effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any actions with respect to the filing, (ii) the action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the filing effective, does not relieve the Fund from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing, and (iii) the Fund may not assert this action as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.

Please call Sarah Clinton of Ropes & Gray LLP at (617) 951-7375 as soon as the Registration Statement has been declared effective.

Very truly yours,
BLACKSTONE ALTERNATIVE ALPHA FUND II
By:  

/s/ Peter Koffler

Name:   Peter Koffler
Title:   Authorized Signatory
BLACKSTONE ADVISORY PARTNERS L.P.
By:  

/s/ Peter Koffler

Name:   Peter Koffler
Title:   Authorized Signatory