Ignacio Julio Andrade Cifuentes

Ignacio J. Andrade Cifuentes is an associate at Ponte Andrade Casanova since July 2019, having previously worked at Araque Reyna Sosa Viso & Asociados (2015), where he performed as lawyer since July, 2018.

Ignacio’s practice focuses on commercial and corporate law, tax law, law and technology, e-commerce and regulatory law.

Ignacio’s actively participates in the firm’s corporate and commercial high, medium and small-scale matters, across several industries and sectors, such as entertainment, pharmaceuticals, technology and software, mining, energy, FinTech, wealth management for companies and individuals, real estate, NGOs, tourism, banking and finance, software as a service (SAAS) companies, among many others. He supplements his advice with knowledge in tax, intellectual property, and law and technology.

He has also advised the firm’s clients in matters involving many different tax regulations in all levels of taxation. For instance, from designing estate and wealth management strategies, to evaluating and diminishing tax contingencies, participating in tax litigation and administrative procedures.

He was ranked by Chambers & Partners Global 2024 and Chambers & Partners Latin America 2024 as an Associate to Watch in the Corporate & M&A practice area.

Positions and Recognitions

Alumni Representative - UCAB’s Faculty of Law Postgraduate Council.

Professor and Assistant Professor (UCAB).

Lecturer at several conferences.

Fellow Member of UCAB’s Institute of Legal Research.

Member of the Young International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA).

Publications

Books:

Las plataformas digitales de servicios a domicilio y el impuesto sobre actividades económicas (published by Editorial Juridica Venezolana, in 2022).

Papers:

Notas sobre la responsabilidad civil derivada del uso de la inteligencia artificial en la tecnología financiera (Fintech). El caso de los asesores robóticos. (published in “FINTECH. Perspectivas, Regulación, Modalidades y Desafíos en Venezuela” by Editorial Jurídica Venezolana, 2024).

Venezuelan tax treaty policy on individuals. Non-business active income. (published in UCAB’s Faculty of Law Journal Nº 76, 2024). (Co-author).

La incidencia tributaria de la regulación prudencial bancaria. Caso de estudio: las normas prudenciales sobre la revaluación de activos en las instituciones bancarias. (published in “Libro Homenaje Dr. Humbero Romero-Muci” by Academia de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales, 2023).

Pedro Manuel Arcaya: el venezolano universal (published in Boletín de la Academia de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales Nº 162 (enero - marzo 2021))

Límites Temporales de los Procedimientos de Determinación Tributaria: Un Enfoque desde la Seguridad Jurídica. (Published in the Report of the XVIII Venezuelan Tax Law Conference (2019)).

En miras del Futuro: ¿El Derecho Tributario venezolano a la altura de la Era Digital? (Published within Report of the XVII Venezuelan Tax Law Conference (2018)).

El Amparo Constitucional para la Protección de los Servicios Públicos. (Published within UCAB’s Law School Journal N° 72). (Co-author).

Practice areas

• Commercial and Corporate Law.
• Taxation.
• Public and Regulatory Law.
• Civil Law.

Education

• Universidad Católica Andrés Bello, LLM on Financial/Tax Law, (Summa Cum Laude honors (1st of his Class), 2022.
• Universidad Católica Andrés Bello, Lawyer (Cum Laude honors, 1% of his Class), 2019.

Languages

• Spanish.
• English.