Biography

Neil Rigby is a partner in Weil’s Antitrust practice, where he advises on all aspects of EU and UK competition law, including merger control, cartel investigations, restrictive practices, market dominance, and sector inquiries. Neil also advises on National Security and Investment Act and other foreign investment reviews, EU foreign subsidies reviews, and UK subsidy control.
Neil also has significant experience in antitrust litigation before the English High Court (Chancery Division and Commercial Court) and the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal.
Neil’s experience encompasses a broad range of industries, including financial services, media, telecommunications, IP/IT, consumer goods, healthcare, sports, aviation, energy, chemicals, and industrial/manufacturing sectors. Neil also has particular experience advising clients on the interface between competition law, intellectual property rights, and sectoral regulation.
Neil is recommended by Legal 500 UK 2014 and has been selected to the 2014 London Super Lawyers list for his EU & Competition expertise.
Firm News & Announcements, Latest Thinking, Latest Thinking
Firm News & Announcements
- Weil Advises H.I.G. Capital in its Take-Private Acquisition of Converge Technology Solutions Deal Brief — February 10, 2025
- Weil Advises Oaktree on the Merger of Zzoomm with FullFibre to Form One of UK's Largest Altnets Deal Brief — January 29, 2025
Latest Thinking
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Navigating Large-Scale Document Productions in Global Merger Reviews
Blog Post — WorthWeil Antitrust Blog
— By
Neil Rigby,
Nafees Saeed and
Venetia Hudd
— June 28, 2024
In this post, we have teamed up with colleagues at FTI Consulting to highlight our top five issues to consider when navigating the complexities of document production in parallel merger processes. Planning this work stream ahead of engagement with the regulators may help to avoid procedural pitfalls and minimize unnecessary delays to a transaction timetable. ...
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Client Alert: “Charting competitive landscapes”: European Commission adopts revised market definition guidance to boost antitrust compliance
Blog Post — WorthWeil Antitrust Blog
— By
Niklas Maydell and
Neil Rigby
— February 13, 2024
After much anticipation, the European Commission has adopted its revised Market Definition Notice – the first revision of the Notice since its adoption in 1997. The revised Notice reflects significant developments in market realities over the intervening years – especially the impact of digitalisation and the increasingly interconnected and globalised nature of many commercial dealings. ...
- “Charting competitive landscapes”: European Commission adopts revised market definition guidance to boost antitrust compliance Alert — Antitrust — By Niklas Maydell and Neil Rigby — PDF — February 13, 2024