Professor of the UAM in Poznań, Katarzyna Leśkiewicz, Ph.D.

Prof. Katarzyna Leśkiewicz, Ph.D., of Adam Mickiewicz University is an experienced specialist in agricultural, food, and environmental law. For many years, she has combined legal practice with academic work, teaching courses in legal practice at the Faculty of Law and Administration of Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. She serves as the head of the Department of Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Law. She is the author of numerous scholarly publications of practical significance, cited in court rulings, as well as a subject editor for the Editorial Board of the Agricultural Law Review and a member of the Editorial Board of the Yearbook of Agricultural and Food Law. She is also a member of the Polish Association of Agricultural Lawyers in Warsaw and the Scientific Committee of the World Union of Agricultural Law for Agricultural Law and Food Law.

She specializes in issues related to the management of public property, in particular the State Treasury, or public institutions, including local government units within the scope of their operations. Key aspects of the above issues include:

• investments in the context of regulations concerning property management, management principles, public finance, and public procurement law
• constitutional regulations of public institutions
• legal, construction, urban planning, and environmental protection issues
• investments on agricultural or forest land
• the use of real estate for construction purposes in light of specific infrastructure regulations
• the conditions of the agricultural and forestry sectors, as well as the operations of food businesses under food law, including real estate, agricultural, and forestry law.

Legal advisory services include, in particular, drafting and reviewing contracts, regulations, ordinances, and administrative decisions, as well as representation before courts and administrative bodies for both public and private sector clients.

Representative experience:

• Public entities – advising during investment processes in the field of infrastructure construction and ongoing property management
• Clients from the construction sector – representation in court proceedings in disputes arising from construction contracts
• Advice on contract negotiations, including real estate acquisitions and the terms of contractual agreements, e.g., leases, rentals, construction works, and others
• Safeguarding the interests of the State Treasury in the management of public property

Selected publications:

• Editors and authors: K. Leśkiewicz, P. Blajer, System of Agricultural and Food Law (2026), C.H. Beck
• K. Leśkiewicz (2022), Act on Food and Nutrition Safety. Commentary, C.H. Beck Publishing House
• K. Leśkiewicz (ed.) (2022), Legal Protection of Human Health Against Unsafe Agricultural Food, C.H. Beck Publishing House
• K. Leśkiewicz (2021), Act on the Management of Agricultural Real Estate of the State Treasury. Commentary, C.H. Beck Publishing House
• K. Leśkiewicz (2020), Food Law, C.H. Beck Publishing House (Legal Textbooks series)
• K. Leśkiewicz (2019), Legal Aspects of the Management of State Treasury Forests, WSEI Lublin Publishing House
• K. Leśkiewicz, J. Bieluk (2017), The Forest Act. Commentary, C.H. Beck Publishing House
• K. Leśkiewicz (2017), The Organic Farming Act. Commentary, C.H. Beck Publishing House