We support multinational companies with day-to-day employee relations, and step in when the stakes rise: restructuring and transformation, works council and EWC consultation, and interim HRBP support.
Investigations, grievances, disciplinary matters, performance management and complex exits, from initial assessment through resolution.
Learn morePeople and labour relations support for restructures, M&A integrations, employee transfers, carve-outs and collective redundancies across Europe.
Learn moreStrategic support for local works council, EWC and trade union engagement, from early planning through consultation and implementation.
Learn moreInterim and ongoing HRBP support, including leadership partnering, people policies, manager coaching and complex workforce matters.
Learn morePeople first. Perspective always.
We partner with People teams and business leaders to navigate complex employee matters, manage risk and translate local requirements into clear, practical and proportionate action across EMEA.
How we workWhether you need an independent assessment, support with a specific challenge or additional capacity within your team, we offer flexible engagements shaped around your needs.
I'm Angelys, the founder of EMEA Relations, based in Madrid. The practice works with organisations navigating complex employee and labour relations matters across Europe, particularly during periods of transformation, restructuring and organisational change.
Before founding the practice, I worked at Mindcurv (Accenture Song), Upwork and TikTok, with experience spanning the UK and Ireland, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Spain, Italy, Portugal and Poland. I also hold a formal mediation credential.
Over eight years working across EMEA, I've learned that good employee relations advice isn't about defaulting to the most cautious route. It's about understanding the risks, the options available and the wider implications of each decision. Some situations call for a straightforward, practical response. Others require navigating cross-border consultation, works council engagement, legal obligations and business priorities, while considering how a decision in one country may affect what happens in others.
That is what EMEA Relations brings: the judgement to translate complex considerations into practical options, and the ownership to manage the ER/LR work through implementation. The decisions remain with business leaders, but they should be made with a clear understanding of the risks, trade-offs and what's at stake.
Angelys Porto
Founder & Principal Consultant · Working in English, Spanish and Dutch
Start a conversationWe diagnose the real risk, set out a workable route and stay close through execution, working with People teams, leaders, local counsel and employee representatives as needed.
That can be ongoing ER support, a focused project such as a restructure or an investigation, or embedded, interim and fractional ER and HRBP support when you need extra capacity or cover during a transition.
Alongside Angelys, a network of experienced HR specialists supports on-site and hybrid assignments in the UK, Ireland, the Netherlands, Spain and France. Available B2B across Europe.
Discuss your needsAs organisations remove management layers, employee relations work does not disappear. It moves, usually to the manager least prepared to receive it.
Read the articleFacing a transformation, a works council consultation, a difficult ER matter or a need for interim HRBP support? Tell us where you operate and what you are working through.
The first call is to understand the situation and whether we are the right fit to help.