Marcela Ruenes is counsel and a member of the Finance Department, Banking and Latin America Practices of Latham & Waltkins. Ms. Ruenes advises a full range of lead arrangers, lenders, and borrowers. Her practice focuses on complex cross-border transactions including leveraged financings, acquisition financings, asset-based lending, and investment grade loans, as well as debt restructurings including debtor-in-possession and exit financings. Ms. Ruenes represents investment and commercial banks, direct lenders, borrowers, and private equity firms in a range of domestic and cross-border finance transactions. 

She draws on a keen understanding of the needs and objectives of parties on all sides of a financing to provide clients a sophisticated sense of market practice. Ms. Ruenes maintains also 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. She is currently a member of the firm’s Mentoring Committee, formerly served on the firm's Diversity Leadership Committee and previously served as Global Leader of Latham’s Hispanic/Latin American Lawyers Group, and as a member of the Recruiting Committee. Prior to joining Latham, Ms. Ruenes worked as an associate in the Mexico City office of a leading Mexican law firm.