PONTE ANDRADE & CASANOVA - Key Persons
Industrial Engineer from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA, and Risk Management, at Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Positions and Recognitions He has been Executive Vice President - Directo... Read More
Job Titles:
- Associate
- Consultant
- Researcher at the International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation
Betty has been a postdoctoral researcher at the International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation (IBFD) and Senior Research Associate at said institution based in the Netherlands. Additionally, she was Managing Editor and author of the Global Tax Treaty Commentaries, a publication oriented to the analysis of the practice of international treaties in the world, including the variations of the Models and their interpretation and application. She was also part of the IBFD Task Force for the Digital Economy, aimed at examining and preparing comments on global proposals for taxation of the digital economy.
Betty is a lawyer graduated from Universidad Católica Andrés Bello in 1996. She holds an LLM in Tax Law and a PhD in Law. She has been a professor and instructor in the area of taxation at the undergraduate, graduate and doctoral levels of several universities including Universidad Católica Andrés Bello, Universidad Central de Venezuela and the University of Amsterdam. She was an associate at Macleod Dixon and partner in the tax department of other firms in Caracas.
Job Titles:
- Associate
- Certified Public Accountant
- Consultant
Duil is a Certified Public Accountant who graduated from Universidad Santa María in 1997. In 2016, he completed the Business Administration Program at the Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administración (IESA). Positions and Recognit...
Lawyer graduated from Universidad Central de Venezuela (UCV) (2019). He is currently coursing an LL.M. in Commercial Law at UCV. Practice areas Civil labor, commercial, tax and administrative litigation. Civil law. Commercial law. Edu... Read More
Founding Partner of Ponte Andrade Casanova since 2005. He is a lawyer graduated from the Universidad Católica Andrés Bello in 1977.
He studied postgraduate studies at the University of Cornell, NY, USA, where he obtained a Master's Degree in Regional Planning in 1983.
Lawyer graduated from Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (1979). Specializing in Administrative Law (Th.P), at Universidad Central de Venezuela. General Director of the Mayor's Office of the Baruta Municipality (1993 - 1994). Positions a... Read More
Founding Partner of Ponte Andrade Casanova since 2005. He is a lawyer graduated from Universidad Católica Andrés Bello in 1989.
He studied postgraduate studies at the University of Tulane, New Orleans, USA, where he obtained a Master's Degree in admiralty law in 1991. He also completed the Specialist Program in Labor Law at the UCAB, mention Summa Cum Laude in 2008.
Job Titles:
- Associate at Ponte Andrade Casanova
- Lawyer
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.
Founding partner of Ponte Andrade & Casanova since 2005. Lawyer graduated from Universidad Católica Andrés Bello in 1977. He completed extension courses at Harvard University, United States of America, in the period 1980-1981. Posi... Read More
Business Administrator from Universidad Metropolitana, graduated in 1983. Experienced in tax planning and tax matters at Deloitte. Founding partner of several companies in the hardware, telecommunication and food supply industries.
Former president of the Cámara Ferretera, Consecomercio and Federación de Cámaras y Producción de Venezuela (FEDECAMARAS), the main organization of business associations in Venezuela. He was also director, until 2013, of the Center for the Dissemination of Economic Knowledge (CEDICE). He is a lecturer and analyst of the business world and disseminator of ideas of the free enterprise.
Leonardo E. Veronico Osorio is a lawyer graduated from Universidad Católica Andrés Bello in 2017 (Cum Laude honors). He previously worked at law firms in Caracas, such as D'Empaire Abogados, Consultores Jurídicos Ayala Dillon Fernández Chavero, and García Montoya & Asociados.
He is a Professor at UCAB. He has studies in constitutional law, human rights, management and adminsitration, public affairs and governance. He is a Master's thesis student in Constitutional Law at UCAB and candidate for Master's degree in Business Administration at IESA.
Leonardo's practice focuses on national and international public law, human rights, constitutional and administrative law, procedures, contracts and regulatory law. He has experience in corporate law, securities regulation, national and international compliance, combining his studies in the public sector with the needs of the private sector, especially in relation to management strategies, special projects, decision making, environmental analysis, public and private contracting, regulation and compliance, social responsibility and sustainability.
Leonardo has worked and assisted in client services such as strategies, problem solving, procedures and litigation. He has experience in corporate work, public and private contracting, civil associations, foundations, NGOs, among others.
Leonardo E. Veronico Osorio is a lawyer graduated from Universidad Católica Andrés Bello in 2017 (Cum Laude honors). He previously worked at law firms in Caracas, such as D'Empaire Abogados, Consultores Jurídicos Ayala Dillon Fernández C... Read More
Lawyer graduated from Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (UCAB) in 2020. He was part of the law firm Araque Reyna Sosa Viso & Asociados for more than two years.
His areas of practice include tax law, such as tax planning, inheritance, municipal and national taxation, as well as review and follow-up of tax proceedings in judicial and administrative courts. He also practices in the areas of civil, banking, commercial and corporate law.
Ramón graduated from the Universidad Católica Andrés Bello in 1995 in the top 5% of his class. He coursed an LLM in Financial and Tax Law at Universidad Católica Andrés Bello in 2003 (Cum Laude honors, top 2% of his class).
He also obtained a Master of Business Administration degree from the Stern School of Business of the University of New York, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and HEC School of Management (Paris) (TRIUM Global Executive MBA Program in 2009). Ramón was an equity partner with the global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright from 2000 to 2017.
Ramón is head of our energy, banking and finance, M&A, and securities practices. He advises and counsels clients on major energy and mining projects, including oil and gas upstream, midstream, and downstream projects, project finance deals, and energy finance, and has co-led and assisted on complex cross-border M&As for the oil & gas, mining, infrastructure, and technology industries in Venezuela and Mexico. As part of his Latin American practice, Mr. Andrade has assisted in the restructuring of secured and non-secured loans in several countries (including Argentina, Brazil, Central America, Colombia, and Mexico) in the energy (renewable and non-renewable), mining, infrastructure, agribusiness, and telecommunications industries.
Practice Areas
Energy and Mining; Banking and Finance; Corporate; Mergers and Acquisitions; Antitrust; Foreign Exchange and Price Controls; Cross-border reorganizations and restructurings; Data privacy and data protection; Real Estate.
Ramón graduated from the Universidad Católica Andrés Bello in 1995 in the top 5% of his class. He coursed an LLM in Financial and Tax Law at Universidad Católica Andrés Bello in 2003 (Cum Laude honors, top 2% of his class). He also obta... Read More