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EXHIBIT 23.1

 

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Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

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January 24, 2018

 

Re:

Registration Statement, filed by Wells Fargo & Company,

    

File No. 333-221324

Wells Fargo & Company,

420 Montgomery Street,

San Francisco, California 94104

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as special tax counsel to Wells Fargo & Company, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the preparation and filing of a registration statement on Form S-3, File No. 333-221324 (the “Registration Statement”), including a prospectus in the form in which it appears in the Registration Statement, for the purpose of registering under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the issuance from time to time of Medium-Term Notes, Series S and Medium-Term Notes, Series T (the “Notes”).

We hereby consent to the reference to us under the heading “United States Federal Tax Considerations” in any pricing supplement relating to the offer and sale of any particular Notes prepared and filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission on this date or a future date. In giving such consent, we do not admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

Very truly yours,

/s/ Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP  

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP