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Emilie Paquin-Holmested Avocate/Associate Montréal

Emilie Paquin-Holmested

Partner | Co-Leader, Labour, Employment & Human Rights Fasken
Jurisdiction Québec, 2010
Language(s) French, English, Spanish
Office(s) Montréal
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Overview

Emilie Paquin-Holmested is a member of the Labour, Employment & Human Rights practice group. Her practice is  primarily focused on federal and provincial labour relations, employment law, human rights law and pay equity. In addition to providing strategic and preventative advice, she represents clients in litigious matters before the civil courts and administrative and arbitration tribunals and guides them during collective bargaining.

A member of the Quebec Bar, the Bar of Montreal and the Canadian Bar Association, Emilie Paquin-Holmested speaks French, English and Spanish.

Achievements

  • Recognized in Labour and Employment Law in Montreal, The Best Lawyers in Canada 2022 to 2026
  • Recognized in the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory in Labour Relations, Lexpert 2025
  • Recognized in the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory in ESG, Lexpert Canadian Legal Directory 2024
  • Recognized in the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory as Leading Lawyer to Watch in Labour Relations, Lexpert 2023

Experience

  • Advised on sale of COLO-D to Cologix, [Deal - COLO-D], On December 20, 2018, COLO-D, the largest hyperscale data center provider in Montréal, announced its sale to Cologix, a provider of network solutions, interconnections and network-neutral cloud-based data centers. This sale integrates COLO-D's hyperscale Montréal campuses into Cologix's substanti...
  • Cambrex Corporation acquires Halo Pharmaceuticals for US$425 million, [Deal - Cambrex Corporation], Cambrex Corporation (NYSE: CBM), a leading manufacturer of small molecule innovator and generic Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs), acquired Halo Pharma, a leading dosage form Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) located in Whippany, New Jersey and Mirabel, Québec, Can...
  • A group of Quebec investors acquires Baxters Canada, [Deal - Baxters Food Group Ltd.], On May 18th 2018, a group of Quebec investors led by Champlain Financial Corporation announced their acquisition of Baxters Canada Inc. (BCI) from Baxters Food Group Ltd. a Canadian leader in the production of soups and food processing, making BCI 100% Canadian owned and operated. This acquisiti...
  • Construction begins on the Ultramar Saint-Laurent Project Pipeline between Lévis and Montreal, [Deal - Ultramar Ltd.], In 2005, Ultramar embarked upon a project to construct a 240 km-long pipeline connecting its Lévis refinery with its Montreal-East petroleum product distribution centre. The large-scale project, dubbed the Pipeline Saint-Laurent, is intended to replace the current means of transporting the variou...

Career & Education

Education

  • BCL / LLB McGill University
  • BA, History and Spanish Dalhousie University

Community involvement

  • Board Member, Montréal Women’s Centre (2020–present)

Memberships & Affiliations

  • Member, Québec Bar
  • Member, Bar of Montréal

Knowledge

  • Changes to Federal Workplace Legislation Proposed in 2024 Budget, 5/14/2024
  • New Ban on Replacement Workers is Introduced for the Federal Sector, 11/10/2023
  • Proposed Changes To The Official Languages Act Could Create Onerous Obligations For Some Employers, 12/6/2021

Events

  • 2025 – The Year in Review: Labour Law, 11/18/2025
  • Federal Sector: 2025 Year in Review, 11/12/2025
  • Federal Sector Update: 2024, 11/19/2024
  • Current Provincial and Federal Pay Equity Topics, 9/25/2024
  • Current Provincial and Federal Pay Equity Topics, 10/18/2023
  • Future of Work, 3/8/2022
  • 2021, The Year in Review: Labour Relations, 11/23/2021
  • 2021, The Year in Review, 11/2/2021
  • Les modifications à la Loi sur les normes du travail et au Code canadien du travail - Où en sommes nous?, 11/13/2019
  • Labour Law Forum - Montréal, 11/13/2019

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