History
It all started in the 1990s when Vitaliy Batryn, a star lawyer of those days, founded Batryn Attorneys’ Bureau in Uzhhorod, in the Transcarpathian region of Ukraine. By the 2000s, the firm was widely recognized by as one of the most powerful legal teams in western Ukraine.
The firm’s unique role lay in combining legal and political solutions to address the most complicated issues, as the founder believed that the law is not isolated by its simple applications. Instead, lawyers should take the initiative and influence reality by actively transforming it in the interests of the law.
The founder’s influence extended to a national scale when he was elected by his colleagues to represent the barristers of the western region at the National Bar Association of Ukraine and to serve as the chief of a high qualification body responsible for setting and maintaining high professional standards.
Over time, the firm underwent rebranding and is now well-known by the name Lions Lawyers, a title given by the media in recognition of its involvement in numerous high-profile cases that had a tremendous impact on preserving the rule of law in Ukraine. The firm has expanded its operations internationally and is currently led by Mr. Batryn's sons. But the principle remains the same: we are the lawyers defining the reality.