Professionnal career
Admitted to the Bar : Québec – 2012 | New York – 2015
Education : Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.), Université de Montréal (2011)
Juris Doctor in North American Common Law (J.D.), Université de Montréal (2013)
Securities Course, Canadian Securities Institute (2019)
Emilie B. Kokmanian joined Belleau Lapointe in 2019. A member of the Québec Bar and the New York State Bar Association, she has experience in civil and commercial litigation as well as in class actions.
Over the years, Emilie has developed particular expertise in securities class actions and has represented investors in several high-profile class actions, primarily pertaining to insider trading and misrepresentations, before various forums. In 2019, she completed the securities course offered by the Canadian Securities Institute.
Passionate about the arts and music, Emilie volunteers for various organizations in the field of musical arts. She is also involved in the Armenian legal community and actively advocates for various causes that affect the Armenian people, including the recognition of the Armenian population’s rights and the export of Canadian military technology to Turkey.
- “Canada: Human Rights Champion or Pawn to Autocratic Regimes in the Global Arms Trade?” Response to the “Final report: Review of export permits to Turkey,” published by Global Affairs Canada, the House of Commons Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development, May 4, 2021.
- “The Case for Canada’s Recognition of the Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) as a Measure of the Responsibility to Protect,” Armenian Bar Association, November 25, 2020.
- Represented a multinational investment management corporation in the authorization of a statutory claim for secondary market misrepresentations. See California States Teachers’ Retirement System c. Bausch Health Companies Inc., 2020 QCCS 275.
- Represented security holders in a class action involving insider trading. See Amaya inc. c. Derome, 2018 QCCA 120.
- Represented security holders in various class actions involving misrepresentations by an issuer. See Chandler c. Volkswagen Aktiengestllchaft, 2018 QCCS 2270.
- Representations in a competition law class action.
- Represented both plaintiffs and defendants in several construction litigation claims.
- Represented both plaintiffs and defendants in cases involving latent defects.