Brazilian boutique firm specializing in corporate and economic criminal law, JDRassi Advogados, has added Eloisa Yang as a partner following a period of professional practice in New York. Admitted to practice law in both Brazil and New York State, Yang resumes a previous professional collaboration with founding partner João Daniel Rassi and brings to the firm experience in international criminal investigations and matters.
Yang has over eight years of experience representing Brazilian and multinational individuals, executives, and companies in investigations, criminal proceedings, and internal investigations. Before moving to the United States, he worked with Rassi at another firm, where he participated in handling criminal litigation and investigations involving companies and individuals.
The addition brings a transnational dimension to JDRassi’s practice at a time when investigations involving companies and executives may require coordination across different jurisdictions, authorities, and legal systems. Yang’s experience in the United States particularly enhances the firm’s capabilities in matters related to investigations, evidence gathering, and economic sanctions.
Her arrival also revives a previous professional relationship. Yang and Rassi worked together before the creation of JDRassi, and the new firm combines that shared history with the experience the lawyer subsequently developed in the US market.
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Between 2024 and 2026, he was a member of the New York law firm Lewis Baach Kaufmann Middlemiss PLLC. His practice encompassed civil and criminal matters, as well as issues related to economic sanctions, in addition to representing companies and executives in investigations. During that period, he also advised clients on negotiating plea agreements with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and participated in evidence-gathering proceedings in the United States under Section 1782, in support of litigation and investigations conducted abroad.
Yang holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree (cum laude) in Criminal Law from the University of São Paulo (USP), a specialization in Criminal Law from the University of Salamanca, and an LL.M. from Columbia Law School. She is the author of *O ato de ofício no delito de corrupção passiva*, published by Tirant Lo Blanch in 2023, and speaks Portuguese, English, and Mandarin. She has also been recognized as a Rising Star in White Collar and Investigations by The Legal 500.
