On February 12, 2012 People of Lviv-Golden Lion-2011 Awards Ceremony took place in Lviv. Prizewinners are people who made significant contributions to the social, cultural, political and business sphere of Lviv city. In the scope of the ceremony the most successful people are defined in a variety of categories.

Markian Malskyy, Attorney-at-law, Head of West Ukrainian Branch Office of Arzinger in Lviv, walked away with the significant award of the night after being named Attorney-at-law of the year 2011.

Markian Malskyy specializes in providing legal support in investment projects (commercial, real estate and corporate law matters) as well as representing clients’ interests before judicial authorities of Ukraine and dispute settlement under the procedures of commercial and investment arbitration. Mr. Malskyy is a Head of Alternative Dispute Resolution Desk at Arzinger. He has extensive experience in corporate dispute settlement in the energy sector, contractual disputes, trade and real estate disputes, enforcement of foreign court judgments and arbitral awards, real estate and M&A transactions. As an attorney-at-law he represented one of the major oil producing company of the Russian Federation in a dispute on collection of more than 200 million USD of losses caused by improper execution of the shareholders agreement. He handled cases under the Arbitration Rules of ICSID, ICC, SCC, UNCITRAL, LCIA and ICAC. Since 2010 Mr. Malskyy is heading the Alternative dispute resolution desk. In total Markian Malskyy has been involved in settlement of over 300 disputes. Mr. Malskyy is also serving as an advisor to the governor of the Lviv oblast.