Michal is an advocate trainee at the Warsaw Bar Association, currently working as a Junior Associate at Bird & Bird Warsaw in intellectual property and brand management practice. His main areas of legal interest are intellectual property, unfair competition, sports and private international law, with particular emphasis on intellectual property disputes, sponsorship agreements and cross-border protection of a sportspertson’s image, reputation or brand.

Michal gained experience in leading Polish and international law firms and in the legal departments of the two biggest Polish football clubs. He has been interested in sports law since his university years, during which he was the president of the largest Polish Students’ Sports Law Association ‘Ius et Sport’ and conducted courses on the regulation of the football transfer market. Michal also holds FIFA Football Agent Licence.

In his spare time, Michal enjoys watching and attending ATP and WTA tournaments, playing the piano and supporting his hometown football club – Lech Poznań (the latter is more of a constant nuisance than a pleasure).