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Michał Bernaczyk
Member of the Supervisory Board of PZU SA delegated to temporarily perform the duties of a Member of the Management Board of PZU SA
He is an attorney-at-law and professor at the Department of Constitutional Law, Faculty of Law, Administration and Economics at the University of Wrocław. He completed a master’s programme in law; in 2007, he obtained the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Law, while in 2015 – the degree of Doctor of Science.
His research interests include the issues of comparative constitutional law, and especially the impact of technological progress on the institution of constitutional law (so-called digital constitutionalism), protection of information in public and private law, freedom of obtaining and disseminating information, the influence of the state on the social and economic system, as well as forms of business under public law.
He completed his apprenticeship to become an attorney-at-law at the Regional Chamber of Attorneys-at-Law in Wrocław (2007-2011, entry no. WR-2139), and practices at Kancelaria Szostek, Bar i Partnerzy based in Wrocław; there, he provides legal services for public administration authorities and entrepreneurs. He specialises in issues concerning the access to and the re-use of data, provision of digital services, and personal data protection. He represents plaintiffs and applicants in court as well as administrative court proceedings, before the Constitutional Court and the European Court of Human Rights.
He is an external expert of the Bureau of Research at Chancellery of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland. From 2013 to 2015, he served as a permanent advisor to the Constitutional Responsibility Committee.
He has received numerous individual and group awards from the Rector of the University of Wrocław for academic scholars’ original and creative scientific achievements.
He is a contractor in domestic and international research projects and has written numerous monographs, commentaries and scientific articles published in Poland and abroad.