Latham & Watkins' Latin America Practice Recognized by The Legal 500 Latin America
Firm honored for exemplary performance across key practice areas in Latin America.
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:
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.
In large syndicated financings, Marcela’s representative investment bank clients include:
In single-lender and club financings, Marcela’s representative clients include:
Marcela’s transactional experience includes advising:
Firm honored for exemplary performance across key practice areas in Latin America.
New York counsel Marcela Ruenes recognized by Latinvex for the second year in a row for her strong track record in the region.
Marcela Ruenes is a member of Latham’s Banking and Latin America Practices.