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WOMEN IN ANTITRUST7100 WomenThe fourth edition of Women in Antitrust profiles 100 successful women in the field of competition law. Based in jurisdictionsacross the world, our entrants were asked a series of questions about their work, developments in the field and how beinga woman has coloured their career. In larger interviews, Kristina Nordlander at Sidley Austin discusses her enterprise theWomen’s Competition Network, while Rahat Hassan, chairperson of the Competition Commission of Pakistan, speaks abouther experience as an enforcer in an emerging regime. The answers from all our entrants were at once candid, thoughtfuland humorous, and speak volumes of the joys and challenges of being a female lawyer, in-house counsel, academic,economist or enforcer in the world of antitrust. Our sincere thanks to everyone who took part.CATRIONA HATTONPartner, Baker Botts, BrusselsYears in antitrust: 23Antitrust keeps you on yourtoes. you need to work hard,understand the client’s businessand think creatively, at leastwithin the limits of lawyercreativity!I have been very privilegedto be taught by two leadingIrish women lawyers in the 1980s, both of whom wereachieving real success in their fields. They were also mothersof young children at the time and served as great role modelsfor us young women who aspired to having careers in law andfamilies at a time when this was not the norm. As it happens,they both went on to become president of Ireland: MaryRobinson was Ireland’s first woman president, succeeded byMary McAleese.As a woman, you should not think that there arelimitations on what you can achieve only because you plan tohave a family. Most men do not think like this but many womenstill do. You may make choices in your life to work less for aperiod that can temporarily affect career progression, but theseshould be choices rather than self-limiting beliefs. Believe inyourself, work hard and enjoy what you do.GCR Volume 16 Issue 3