PROFILE

Yesenia Judith Barberena is an associate in the Los Angeles office of Latham & Watkins.

Yesenia represents institutional lenders, corporate borrowers, and equity sponsors in financing transactions.

Yesenia’s experience includes representation of clients in connection with a wide range of financing transactions, including secured credit facilities, acquisition financing, and asset-based and working capital financing.

During law school, Yesenia was a writing fellow, and a member of the George Washington International Law Review.

Thought Leadership

• “Prisoners in Latin America: What the Inter-American Human Rights System Can Do to Protect Prisoners’ Human Rights,” 47 GEO. WASH. INT’L L. REV. 669 (2015)