Christiana Fontenelle

Practice Areas

Litigation and Labour

Career

Highly regarded by her peers and clients, Christiana is an extremely dedicated professional with almost 30 years of experience and has been a partner of Bichara Advogados for 2 years. She represents big companies in both day-to-day cases as well as in cases before the superior courts, with a special focus on new labour aspects post-Labour Reform, assisting her clients in the necessary adaptation of their operations to the new legal order and bringing safe and economically beneficial solutions for them.

She frequently seeks to discuss diverse labour issues, such as opportunities for women and people with disabilities in the legal market.

Ms. Fontenelle is also seen as someone who thinks ahead and manages to resolve controversial issues, often saving her clients big sums.

Publications

She has published relevant studies and articles on topics including the labour changes provoked by the behavioural changes from the last three years, as well as the impacts of ESG, the evolution of legislation on outsourcing, employers’ ‘challenges, and internships as a form of inclusion. She is co-author of books such as “Advocacy Strategies in the TST”, “Brazilian Labour Reform in Debate” and “Coronavirus and the Labour Impacts”.