Sebastián Andrade Yánez

Sebastián Andrade Yánez practises exclusively in the field of criminal law, advising and representing individuals and legal entities in investigations and proceedings of high complexity, with a technical, strategic and strictly confidential approach.

He is an Attorney before the Courts of the Republic from the International University of Ecuador. He is currently pursuing a Master’s Degree in Criminal Law with a specialisation in Complex Criminality at Universidad de las Américas (UDLA), deepening his study of economic and organised crime and of the most sophisticated forms of criminal attribution.

He began his career in the Litigation and Legal Advice Division of the National Corporation for Popular and Solidarity Finance (CONAFIPS) and later joined one of Ecuador’s leading criminal law firms, where he took part in the strategy and defense of some of the country’s most complex criminal proceedings.

His practice is distinguished by a rigorous command of strategic criminal litigation, complex investigations, digital evidence analysis, theory of the case and legal argument, combining doctrinal rigour with a practical, results-oriented outlook.

He has concentrated his practice on designing defense strategies for matters of particular complexity, especially in economic crimes, offenses against public administration, offenses against property and general criminal law, and maintains a standing interest in the evolution of contemporary criminal law and in new technologies applied to criminal investigation and litigation.