Piotr Zakrzewski

Piotr Zakrzewski is a Professor at the Catholic University of Lublin, affiliated with the Faculty of Law, Canon Law, and Administration, and leads the Department of Civil Law. His habilitation thesis on housing cooperatives earned him the top award from the Spółdzielczy Instytut Naukowy in 2011.

• Education: Magister prawa (1997), PhD in Legal Sciences (2002)
• Key Roles: Head of Department of Civil Law (2012–present), former coordinator of civil law section at Legal Advisory Center

His research focuses on European private law, particularly cooperative law, obligations, and commercial company law. He has conducted comparative studies between Polish and German legal frameworks.

He has contributed to projects like the ICA-EU partnership legal framework analysis and served as Chief Editor of Prawa i Więzi (2017–2021). His academic work includes extensive publications on cooperative housing relations and civil law principles.

• Awards: Spółdzielczy Instytut Naukowy Prize (2011)
• Editorial Roles: Chief Editor of 'Prawa i Więzi' (2017–2021), Scientific Council member at Spółdzielczy Instytut Naukowy (2018–2021)