Originally, during my law studies in Slovakia, I focused mainly on criminal law and I saw my future in this field. But in the fifth year, the combination of the attractiveness of the international element, the dynamism and the overlap with almost all walks of life caused a deflection of the course and I decided to further study competition law. In hindsight, I think it was a great change because antitrust is a constantly evolving area of law where you’re always learning new things, which I enjoy immensely. And lest I should feel sad for criminal law, the stakes are also high for competition law infringements.
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