February 5, 2025

Richard J. Hendrix
Chief Executive Officer
Live Oak Acquisition Corp. V
4921 William Arnold Road
Memphis, TN 38117

       Re: Live Oak Acquisition Corp. V
           Registration Statement on Form S-1
           Filed January 10, 2025
           File No. 333-284207
Dear Richard J. Hendrix:

       We have reviewed your registration statement and have the following
comments.

        Please respond to this letter by amending your registration statement
and providing
the requested information. If you do not believe a comment applies to your
facts and
circumstances or do not believe an amendment is appropriate, please tell us why
in your
response.

       After reviewing any amendment to your registration statement and the
information
you provide in response to this letter, we may have additional comments.

Form S-1 Filed January 10, 2025
Cover Page

1.     We note potential conflicts of interest disclosure on the cover page.
Please revise your
       cross-references to include the locations of all related disclosures in
the prospectus.
       See Item 1602(a)(5) of Regulation S-K.
Prior Blank Check Experience, page 6

2.     For those SPACs that have completed a de-SPAC transaction, disclose the
current
       trading prices. See Item 1603(a)(3) of Regulation S-K.
Sponsor Information, page 11

3.     In your compensation table here and on page 110, please revise to
include the anti-
       dilution adjustment of the founder shares. Please also revise the table
to reflect that in
       addition to your sponsor, a member of your management team and advisor
or one of
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       their affiliates may be paid a finder   s fee, advisory fee, consulting
fee or success fee,
       as referenced on page 38. Lastly, please revise the table to reflect
that in addition to
       the sponsor, an affiliate of the sponsor may be paid a salary or fee in
connection with
       the business combination. See Item 1602(b)(6) and Item 1603(a)(6) of
Regulation S-
       K.
Risk Factors
We may be unable to obtain additional financing to complete our initial
business
combination...., page 65

4.     We note your disclosure that you may seek additional financing to
complete your
       initial business combination and the disclosure on page 61 that you may
sell
       additional shares through PIPE financing to complete your initial
business
       combination. Please expand to clearly disclose the impact to you and
investors,
       including that the arrangements result in costs particular to the
de-SPAC process that
       would not be anticipated in a traditional IPO. If true, disclose that
the agreements are
       intended to ensure a return on investment to the investor in return for
funds facilitating
       the sponsor   s completion of the business combination or providing
sufficient liquidity.
Use of Proceeds, page 91

5.     We note that in footnote 5, you have assumed use of proceeds for only 12
months for
       the office and administrative support. Given that you have up to 24
months to
       complete the initial business combination, please advise why you have
not included
       costs assuming you continue for that period of time.
Dilution, page 95

6.      We note that one of your calculations assumptions is that no ordinary
shares and
       convertible equity or debt securities are issued in connection with
additional financing
       in connection with an initial business combination. Please expand your
disclosure to
       highlight that you may need to do so as you intend to target an initial
business
       combination with a target company whose enterprise value is greater than
you could
       acquire with the net proceeds of the offering and the sale of private
placement shares,
       as stated on page 10 and elsewhere.
Dilution, page 96

7.     We note in your maximum redemptions columns you did not include the
deferred
       underwriting commissions in your Pro Forma net tangible book value after
this
       offering. Please tell us why or revise here and elsewhere.
        We remind you that the company and its management are responsible for
the accuracy
and adequacy of their disclosures, notwithstanding any review, comments, action
or absence
of action by the staff.

       Refer to Rules 460 and 461 regarding requests for acceleration. Please
allow adequate
time for us to review any amendment prior to the requested effective date of
the registration
statement.
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       Please contact Kellie Kim at 202-551-3129 or Shannon Menjivar at
202-551-3856 if
you have questions regarding comments on the financial statements and related
matters. Please contact Pearlyne Paulemon at 202-551-8714 or Pam Howell at
202-551-3357
with any other questions.



                                                        Sincerely,

                                                        Division of Corporation
Finance
                                                        Office of Real Estate &
Construction
cc:   Stuart Neuhauser