Director of the Centre for Antitrust and Regulatory Studies
Head of the Department of European Economic Law
Editor-in-Chief of the Yearbook of Antitrust and Regulatory Studies
Co-Director of the ASCOLA Central Europe Chapter
Faculty of Management<br>University of Warsaw
Specializes in competition law, constitutional law, administrative procedure and judicial review of administration, EU law, and human rights. His current research focuses on constitutional conditions of competition protection, the pro-democratic role of competition law, and issues related to the rule of law and application of competition rules in Central Europe, the EU, and the USA. He has conducted research grants on the intensity of judicial review in competition law (SONATA grant, National Science Center) and non-personal data exchange in EU law (OPUS NCN grant). Currently, he is the principal investigator of a five-year comparative grant aimed at examining the role of socio-economic and environmental values in the competition law system (Sonata Bis NCN).
Fellowships: European University Institute (Braudel Fellow, 2025), National Agency for Academic Exchange (2019-2020), Max Planck Institute in Munich (2018-2019), Minister of Science and Higher Education for outstanding young scholars (2016-2018), Polish-American Fulbright Commission (2013-2014), and Foundation for Polish Science (Start Program, 2012 and 2013).
Research stays at King’s College London, University of Chicago, University of Melbourne and UNSW (Sydney), Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition (Munich, Germany), Loyola University Chicago (Chicago, USA; Fulbright Fellowship). Visiting Professor at Bocconi University (Milan, Italy).
Professional experience: Supreme Court of Poland (2017), Constitutional Tribunal (2010-2016), Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights (2006-2010).
Publishes in Polish (e.g., Państwo i Prawo) and English (e.g., Common Market Law Review, European Law Journal, European Law Review, Columbia Journal of European Law). Author of monographs on procedural fairness before competition authorities, corporate social responsibility, commentary on the Competition and Consumer Protection Act, commentary on the Unfair Competition Act, and System of Private Law. Most recent book:
Populism and Antitrust. The Illiberal Influence of Populist Government on the Competition Law System, Cambridge University Press, 2022.
Selected Publications
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I. Books
- L. Zoboli, M. Bernatt (eds), The Regulation of Data Sharing in Europe: A Critical Assessment of Regulatory Frameworks, Routledge (2025), https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003248255
- B. Rodger, O. Brook, M. Bernatt, F. Marcos, A. Outhuijse (eds.), Judicial Review of Competition Law Enforcement in the EU Member States and UK, Kluwer Law International (2024)
- M. Bernatt, Populism and Antitrust: The Illiberal Influence of Populist Government on the Competition Law System, Cambridge University Press (2022), https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108609548
- M. Bernatt, A. Jurkowska-Gomułka, T. Skoczny, Foundations and Scope of Public Competition Law; Abuse of Dominant Position, in: System of Private Law, Competition Law, vol. 15, M. Kępiński (ed.), C.H. Beck, Institute of Legal Sciences PAN, Warsaw 2013, pp. 719–773 and 965–1018
- M. Bernatt, Procedural Fairness in Proceedings before the Competition Authority, Faculty of Management, University of Warsaw, 2011, 374 pp.
- M. Bernatt, Corporate Social Responsibility. Constitutional and International Dimension, Faculty of Management, University of Warsaw, 2009, 192 pp.
II. Articles
- M. Bernatt, ‘Competition Law through the Lenses of National Constitutions: Connecting Competitive Markets with Socio-Economic and Environmental Values’, Journal of Antitrust Enforcement 13(2): 284–314 (2025), https://doi.org/10.1093/jaenfo/jnae047
- M. Bernatt, ‘Democracy and Competition Law: Exploring Substantive and Procedural Links’, in: Cambridge Handbook on the Theoretical Foundations of Antitrust and Competition Law, E. Deutscher, J. Lindeboom, S. Makris (eds), Cambridge University Press, forthcoming, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4757822
- M. Bernatt, A. Jones, ‘Populism and Public Procurement: An EU Response to Increased Corruption and Collusion Risks in Hungary and Poland’, Yearbook of European Law 41: 11–47 (2022), https://doi.org/10.1093/yel/yeac009
- M. Bernatt, ‘The Double Helix of Rule of Law And EU Competition Law: An Appraisal’, European Law Journal 27(1–3): 148–166 (2021), https://doi.org/10.1111/eulj.12422
- M. Martyniszyn, M. Bernatt, ‘Implementing a Competition Law System — Three Decades of Polish Experience’, Journal of Antitrust Enforcement 8(1): 165–215 (2020), https://doi.org/10.1093/jaenfo/jnz016
- M. Bernatt, ‘Rule of Law Crisis, Judiciary and Competition Law’, Legal Issues of Economic Integration 46(4): 345–362 (2019)
- M. Bernatt, M. Ziółkowski, ‘Statutory Anti-Constitutionalism’, Washington International Law Journal 28: 487–526 (2019)
- M. Bernatt, M. Botta, A. Svetlicinii, ‘The Right of Defense in the Decentralized System of EU Competition Law Enforcement. A Call for Harmonization from Central and Eastern Europe’, World Competition 41(3): 309–334 (2018), https://doi.org/10.54648/woco2018019
- M. Bernatt, ‘Transatlantic Perspective on Judicial Deference in Administrative Law’, Columbia Journal of European Law 22(2): 275–325 (2016)
- M. Bernatt, ‘Administrative Sanctions: Between Efficiency and Procedural Fairness’, Review of European Administrative Law 9(1): 5–32 (2016)
- M. Botta, A. Svetlicinii, M. Bernatt, ‘The Assessment of the Effect on Trade by the National Competition Authorities of the “New” Member States: Another Legal Partition of the Internal Market?’, Common Market Law Review 52(5): 1247–1275 (2015)
- M. Bernatt, ‘Right to a Fair Trial in Competition and Market Regulation Cases (in the context of Article 6 ECHR)’, Państwo i Prawo 1: 51–63 (2012)
