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Exhibit 21.1

PACWEST BANCORP

LIST OF SUBSIDIARIES
AT MARCH 15, 2010

Subsidiaries of PacWest Bancorp:
  State:
Pacific Western Bank   California state-chartered bank

First Community/CA Statutory Trust I

 

Connecticut

First Community/CA Statutory Trust V

 

Connecticut

First Community/CA Statutory Trust VI

 

Delaware

First Community Statutory Trust VII

 

Delaware

Community/CA Capital Trust I

 

Delaware

Community/CA Capital Statutory Trust II

 

Delaware

Community/CA Capital Statutory Trust III

 

Delaware

 

Subsidiaries of Pacific Western Bank:
  State:
BFI Business Finance, Inc.    California



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PACWEST BANCORP LIST OF SUBSIDIARIES AT MARCH 15, 2010