
Jablonski Kozminski i Wspólnicy Adwokaci i Radcowie Prawni Spólk
Lawyers

Michał Walak
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Position
Associate, Advocate trainee
Career
• Intern at the State Commission for Investigation of Aviation Accidents (2023-2024) • Intern in the litigation department of the law firm Resist Rezanko Sitek sp.p. (2023) • Legal Assistant in the Law Office of the Ministry of Interior Advocate Prof. Małgorzata Sieradzka (2022-2024) • Junior assistant attorney at the Law Firm Śmigielski & Partners Advocates sp.p. • Assistant Notary Public at the Notary Office Małgorzata Rosman & Wanda Wojewoda Notaries civil partnership (2021-2022).
Languages
Polish, English, Spanish
Education
• University Lecturer, Lazarski University (2025 – present); • Master’s Degree in Law, Lazarski University, Warsaw (Master’s thesis: “Legal Aspects of Shooting Down a Civilian Aircraft” – graded 5.5 was supervised within the Department of Aviation Law under the supervision of Professor Anna Konert, Dean of the Faculty of Law and Administration, and received a recommendation for submission to national competitions for the best master’s thesis, including the competition organized by LOT Polish Airlines; • Member, Association for Research on the Sources and Functions of Law “FONTES” (2022 – present); • Member, Interfaculty Aviation and Space Law science club “AVION”; • Competitions and Awards: scholarship of the Minister of Science and Higher Education for outstanding academic achievement (academic year 2024/2025), european Rounds, ESA Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court Competition – Paris (2025), semi-finalist, 15th Leiden-Sarin International Air Law Moot Court Competition – Mexico City (2024), winner, 25th Warsaw ELSA SA Speaking Competition (2023), finalist, 25th National ELSA Speaking Competition named after Attorney Joanna Agacka-Indecka (2023); • Volunteer (Pro Bono): Student Legal Clinic, Lazarski University – Criminal Law Section (2021, 2023, 2024) • Courses and Training: ESG Academy – Bird & Bird (ESG Compliance and Corporate Responsibility), Space Law Camp – Polish Space Agency (POLSA): National and International Space Law, Competition University – A&O Shearman (International, European, and Polish Competition Law), Case Academy by Deloitte Legal – Employment and HR Law, Real Estate Law, and M&A.
Personal
Lawyer and graduate of the Faculty of Law and Administration at Lazarski University in Warsaw, as well as, starting from October 2025, a university lecturer at Lazarski University. As of January 2026, Advocate Trainee at the Warsaw Bar Association. He graduated with distinction from Lazarski University, Faculty of Law and Administration in Warsaw, obtaining the Rector’s Diploma of Recognition and the Dean’s Diploma for significant contributions to the Faculty’s development.
During his studies, he was repeatedly distinguished and awarded, including the Minister of Science and Higher Education Scholarship for Outstanding Academic Achievement for the academic year 2024/2025. Member of the Association for Research on the Sources and Functions of Law “FONTES.” Speaker at numerous national and international academic conferences. Author and co-author of scholarly publications in the fields of aviation law, competition law, and criminal law.
His professional interests focus primarily on the aviation sector, including regulations governing the aviation insurance market, passenger compensation under Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 and the Montreal Convention of 1999 (in particular in respect of passenger death, bodily injury, health disorder, or baggage-related damage), as well as air accident regulations and the use and distribution of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). In addition to aviation law, his professional interests also include international and European competition law. Privately, he is interested in criminal law, particularly in fiscal criminal law.