When Catriona Hatton came to Brussels as a junior lawyer, EU lawyers still operated as jack-of-all trades.

Working for Stanbrook & Hooper, one of a handful boutique firms specialising in EU law at the time, Hatton and her peers did it all—investment services regulation, environmental regulation, telecoms regulation etc. It was an experience that Hatton, today the office partner in charge of Baker Botts’ Brussels office, describes as a formidable launching pad.