Piotr Stec is a professor of law at Opole University and an attorney at law. He serves as the director of the Institute of Legal Studies at the University of Opole and a member of the Board of the Center for Research and Legislative Studies of the National Council of Attorneys at Law in Poland. His educational background includes a PhD (2001) and LLD (2009) in law. He acted as an expert for the Polish Ministry of Culture and was a member of the Collegium of the Supreme Audit Office of the Republic of Poland (2018-2020). In 2020, he was selected as an arbitrator for the Arbitrator Pool of the Court of Arbitration for Art in Hague. His research is focused on comparative private law and art law. He is a member of the editorial board of the Santander Art and Culture Law Review and is involved in the UNIDROIT Academic Project.