Yann Colin
Yann Colin heads up our French and cross-border litigation department.
As a market-leading litigator, Yann represents French and overseas corporate clients in complex business law disputes, including in a cross-border context. Yann focuses on company & contract law, competition, distribution, consumer class actions, broadcast & telecoms, bankruptcy, white-collar crime, economic crime, intellectual property and enforcement actions.
- Chambers Global et Europe 2025 : Yann Colin is ranked in “Litigation: Elite client”
Yann Colin of Franklin regularly advises both French and international clients on shareholder disputes, with further experience handling product liability claims. He is active across the energy and real estate sectors.
Strengths
“Yann Colin is a great Individual. He is very smart, very result-oriented, and aggressive in litigation.” - Leaders League 2024: Recognized expertise in Commercial litigation (Excellent), Real estate litigation (Excellent), Banking & Finance Litigation (Highly recommended), White collar crime (Recommended) and Publishing law (Recommended)
- Option Droit & Affaires 2024: Yann Colin is recognized in the “Acquisition Litigation” category of the Litigation guide.
- Yann Colin is individually ranked in the US directory Best Lawyers 2025
