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EX-10.52 - EX-10.52 - Ares Commercial Real Estate Corpa2227485zex-10_52.htm
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EX-31.1 - EX-31.1 - Ares Commercial Real Estate Corpa2227485zex-31_1.htm
EX-21.1 - EX-21.1 - Ares Commercial Real Estate Corpa2227485zex-21_1.htm
EX-32.1 - EX-32.1 - Ares Commercial Real Estate Corpa2227485zex-32_1.htm

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Exhibit 23.1


Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

        We consent to the incorporation by reference in the following Registration Statements:

            (1)   Registration Statement (Form S-3 No. 333-188496) of Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation, and

            (2)   Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-181077) pertaining to the Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation 2012 Equity Incentive Plan of our report dated March 1, 2016, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation included in this Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 2015.

 
   

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

   

Los Angeles, California
March 1, 2016




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Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm