Latham & Watkins LLP

Marcela Ruenes represents a full range of lead arrangers, lenders, and borrowers on their most complex US and cross-border finance and private credit transactions.

Marcela draws on extensive experience across global markets and a sophisticated understanding of parties’ needs and objectives on all sides of a financing to guide investment and commercial banks, direct lenders, borrowers, and private equity firms on:

• • Leveraged financings and acquisition financings
  • Unitranche financings
  • Asset-based lending
  • Investment grade loans
  • Debt restructurings including debtors-in-possession and exit financings
  • Private credit transactions

A recognized leader within the firm, she has served on Latham’s Diversity Leadership Committee, Recruiting Committee, and Mentoring Committee and as Global Leader of the Hispanic/Latin American Lawyers Group.

Marcela maintains an active pro bono practice, with a particular focus on immigration and asylum matters, including representing victims of domestic violence in obtaining protection under VAWA.
Marcela remains active with Columbia Law School, where she regularly speaks on panels discussing both commercial and diversity-related topics.

Before joining Latham, she was an associate in the Mexico City office of a leading Mexican law firm.