Michał Orzechowski LL.M.

Counsel
Advocate (adwokat)
Our first point of contact in DLA Piper Warsaw is Michal Orzechowski. He is very responsive and trustworthy.
Legal 500, Competition/antitrust, 2025
About

Michał Orzechowski has more than 15 years of experience in advising on competition law and public procurement law.

He supports clients on all issues related to anti-competitive agreements (collusion, cartels, vertical agreements and cooperation agreements) and unilateral practices (the abuse of a dominant position), as well as representing them before public authorities and courts. He handles merger control proceedings before both national authorities and the European Commission.

In the area of public procurement law, he advises clients in the course of proceedings for the award of procurement contracts, verifying their compliance with competition law (including analysing consortium agreements and agreements on the provision of resources), and representing them before the National Chamber of Appeals and courts. 

Michał is a member of the Polish Competition Law Association and the Public Procurement Law Association in Poland.

Professional QualificationsAdvocate (Adwokat) registered with the Warsaw Bar Association of Advocates (Okręgowa Izba Adwokacka w Warszawie)

EXPERIENCE

  • Representing Lotos Air-BP Polska in merger control proceedings before the European Commission.
  • Advising and representing a leading broadcasting company in confidential merger control proceedings before the European Commission.
  • Representing Allegro.pl in merger control proceedings before the Polish Competition Authority concerning its take-over of eBilet Polska.
  • Advising a leading recycling company in a case before the European Commission (car-battery cartel) along with the DLA Piper Brussels team.
  • Advising a global supplier of plastic, cellulose, and fibrous film and packaging to the food service industry on the antitrust verification of a due diligence process during the acquisition of one of its competitors in the CEE region (2017).
  • Advising the leading Polish gas company on all antitrust issues related to the energy sector, as well as advising on two pending antitrust proceedings before the Polish Competition Authority.
Languages
  • Polish
  • English
  • French

Awards

  • Recognised as Next Generation Partner in Competition/Antitrust – Legal 500 EMEA 2026
  • Recognised as Leading Associate in Competition/Antitrust – Legal 500 EMEA 2025
  • Recognised as Next Generation Partner in Competition/Antitrust – Legal 500 EMEA 2021 – 2024
  • Recommended in Healthcare & Life Sciences – Legal 500 EMEA 2024
  • Recommended in Public Procurement – Legal 500 EMEA 2021 – 2024
  • Recommended in Competition/Antitrust – Legal 500 EMEA 2020
  • "The leading individual there is Michał Orzechowski, who is my first point of contact there for competition law matters. He is very responsive and maintains clear communication. I like working with him." – Legal 500 EMEA 2026, Competition/Antitrust
  • " Whether advising on vertical agreements or evaluating risks in distribution networks, Michal Orzechowski brought clarity, confidence, and a results–driven mindset to every discussion." – Legal 500 EMEA 2026, Competition/Antitrust
  • "Michał Orzechowski deserves praise for his talent in simplifying intricate legal concepts." – Legal 500 EMEA 2026, Healthcare and Life Sciences
  • " I had the privilege of working with Michał Orzechowski on several complex matters in the pharmaceutical sector, and I can confidently say that his expertise in competition and antitrust law is exceptional." – Legal 500 EMEA 2026, Competition/Antitrust
  • "Our first point of contact in DLA Piper Warsaw is Michal Orzechowski. He is very responsive and trustworthy”. – Legal 500 2025, Competition/Antitrust 
  • “Michał Orzechowski: I like his responsiveness and ability to organize the time of his team. Such a trait is especially useful for assignments which have a short deadline, which is, as it happens, usually the case in the legal business.” – Legal 500 EMEA 2023, Competition/Antitrust 
  • “Michał Orzechowski specializes in both antitrust and contentious public procurement matters. He has unique experience in high profile cases at the intersection of public procurement and competition law, including the most prestigious defence procurements in the country” – Legal 500 EMEA 2022, Public Procurement 
  • “Michal Orzechowski: he has unique experience in high profile cases at the intersection of public procurement and competition law” – Legal 500 EMEA 2022, Competition/Antitrust 
  • “Michał Orzechowski is a business-oriented advisor, ensuring appropriate legal service to the company at the highest quality level in a friendly atmosphere. He understands the aim of legal support is enabling business opportunities” – Legal 500 EMEA 2022, Competition/Antitrust 
  • “Michał has the ability to listen, understand, to learn, and provides advice based on a holistic approach, risk identification” – Legal 500 EMEA 2021, Competition/Antitrust 
Education
  • Université de Liège, Belgium, LLM in European Competition Law, magna cum laude, 2011
  • University of Gdańsk, Master of Laws, 2010

Prior Experience

  • May 2019 – present, Counsel, DLA Piper, Warsaw
  • May 2017 – April 2019, Senior Associate, DLA Piper, Warsaw
  • November 2014 – April 2017, Associate, DLA Piper, Warsaw
  • May 2012 – October 2014, Junior Associate, DLA Piper, Warsaw
  • 2011 – 2012, Legal analyst, Darts-ip SPRL, Brussels
  • 2010, Lawyer, Kancelaria Prawna Domański i Wspólnicy, Gdańsk

Memberships And Affiliations

  • Warsaw Bar Association of Advocates (Izba Adwokacka w Warszawie), 2016