Notary Kacper Górniak​

Notary in Chrzanów

Kacper Górniak​, Ph.D.

Appointed as a notary by the Minister of Justice in 2023, when he also started his own notary’s office in Chrzanów. In 2018 he graduated from the Faculty of Law and Administration of the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, where next he defended his PhD on private law in 2022. Apart from being a notary, he also conducts a scholarship activity. He is an adjunct at the Civil Law Chair of the Faculty of Law and Administration of the Jagiellonian University and the author of publications in the field of civil law, in particular property, succession and comparative law. The author of two scientific monographs, numerous commentaries, and articles in scientific journals (such as “Kwartalnik Prawa Prywatnego”, “Rejent”, “Przegląd Sądowy”, “Krakowski Przegląd Notarialny”, “European Review of Private Law”). He finished research stays abroad (i.a. in Hamburg, Heidelberg). The investigator in research projects finanscec by the Polish National Science Centre, including the project dedicated to family foundations.

Kacper Górniak is the author or co-author of books important for legal practice, including:

Notariusz Kacper Gorniak
Sukcesja przedsiębiorstwa na wypadek śmierci przedsiębiorcy (“Succession of Enterprise upon Death of Entrepreneur”)
Nabycie własności rzeczy ruchomej w dobrej wierze (“Acquisition of Movables in Good Faith”)
Komentarze Prawa Prywatnego. Tom IV C. Prawo spadkowe przedsiębiorców (“Succession of Enterprise upon Death of Entrepreneur”)
Kacper Górniak, Notary in Chrzanów, Oświęcimska Street 9/2

Kacper Górniak, Ph.D.

Legal education

2018 – graduated from the Jagiellonian University in law with a master’s degree
2022 – defended his PhD cum laude at the Jagiellonian University, receiving the academic degree of Doctor of Laws
2023 – appointed as a notary in Chrzanów

Professional experience

2018–2021 – associate in legal and attorney offices
since 2021 – research and teaching employee (adjunct) at the Civil Law Chair of the Faculty of Law and Administration of the Jagiellonian University
since 2022 – secretary of postgraduate studies “Real Estate Law”, organized by the Civil Law Chair of the Faculty of Law and Administration of the Jagiellonian University
since 2023 – a notary running his own notary office in Chrzanów

Courses and research stays

2018 – graduated from the School of American Law of the Jagiellonian University and the Catholic University of America – Columbus School of Law
2018 – graduated from the Summer School of European Private Law in Salzburg
2019 – research stay at the Institute of Comparative and International Private and Commercial Law at the University of Heidelberg
2020 – graduated from the Program in European Private Law for Postgraduates (PEPP) (Münster – Krakow – Genoa)
2020 – research stay at the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Private Law in Hamburg
2022 – research stay at the University of Cambridge – Squire Law Library

Books and other publications

Author of the monograph entitled „Nabycie własności rzeczy ruchomej w dobrej wierze” [The Acquisition of Movables in Good Faith], Publishing Company C.H. Beck, Warszawa 2021, pp. 331
Author of the monograph entitled „Sukcesja przedsiębiorstwa na wypadek śmierci przedsiębiorcy” [Succession of the Enterprise upon Death of Entrepreneur], Publishing Company C.H. Beck, Warszawa 2023, pp. 504
Co-author of the commentary on the Art. 1030–1034(3) of the Civil Code (updating and expanding K. Osajda’s text), in: „Kodeks cywilny. Komentarz” [The Civil Code. A commentary], ed. K. Osajda, Legalis 2020, ed. el. 27 i nast.
Co-author of the commentary on the act on succession management (the Art. 1–5, Art. 13–25, Art. 29–35, Art. 46–50, Art. 59–60, Art. 60a–60c, Art. 60f, Art. 60h–60j, Art. 125–135) in: „Komentarze Prawa Prywatnego. T. IVC. Prawo spadkowe przedsiębiorców. Komentarz” [Commentaries on Private Law. Vol. IVC. Business Succession Law. A Commentary], ed. K. Osajda, Publishing Company C.H. Beck: Warszawa 2022
Co-author of the commentary to the Bankruptcy Law (the Art. 119–120, Art. 122–123, Art. 418, Art. 421–424) in: „Prawo upadłościowe. Komentarz” [Bankruptcy Law. A Commentary], in: „Komentarze Prawa Prywatnego. T. IVC. Prawo spadkowe przedsiębiorców. Komentarz” [Commentaries on Private Law. Vol. IVC. Business Succession Law. A Commentary], ed. K. Osajda, Publishing Company C.H. Beck: Warszawa 2022
A report „Skuteczność umownych ograniczeń przelewu wierzytelności” [The Effectiveness of Contractual Limitations on Transfer of Claims], prepared for the Institute of Justice, IWS: Warszawa 2022
Author of several articles and other texts – see the full list of publications

Research

since 2020 – the main investigator (supervisor) in the research project funded by the National Science Centre in PRELUDIUM 17 competition, entitled “The Object of Ownership in Comparative Perspective: for Modern Property Law”, conducted in 2020–2024 (no 2019/33/N/HS5/00740)
since 2022 – the executing investigator in the research project funded by the National Science Centre in OPUS 21 competition, entitled “The Dead Hand. Private foundation as a multigenerational estate planning tool”, supervised by prof. Konrad Osajda, conducted in 2022–2026 (no 2021/41/B/HS5/00857)
od 2023 – the executing investigator in the research project funded by the National Science Centre in OPUS 23 competition, entitled “Virtually secured credit? Security rights in digital goods”, supervised by prof. Jerzy Pisuliński (no 2022/45/B/HS5/02952)

Contact and directions
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