Biography

Nafees Saeed is a Counsel in the Antitrust/Competition practice in London, where he advises on all aspects of EU and UK competition law, including merger control, cartel investigations, restrictive practices, market dominance, and sector inquiries. Nafees also has extensive experience of representing clients before global competition regulators in Asia, Australia, Africa and South America.
Nafees’ experience encompasses a broad range of industries, including technology and digital markets, pharmaceuticals, healthcare, financial services, media, telecommunications, IP/IT, consumer goods, sports, aviation, energy, chemicals, and industrial/manufacturing sectors.
Nafees recently completed an extended secondment to the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority. During this secondment Nafees held the position of Director in the agency’s Mergers division and was responsible for leading a number of key Phase I and Phase II merger investigations.
Firm News & Announcements, Latest Thinking
Firm News & Announcements
- Weil Advised Berkshire Partners-Backed Parts Town on its Acquisition of the REPA Group Deal Brief — January 18, 2022
- Weil Advises Advent and Agnafit Bidco on the $8B Recommended Cash Offer for Sobi Deal Brief — September 06, 2021
Latest Thinking
- European Commission adopts changes to merger control regime Alert — Antitrust/Competition Perspectives — Weil Antitrust/Competition Perspectives — By Nafees Saeed, Douglas Nave and Neil Rigby — December 13, 2013
- European Commission Considers Applying Merger Control Rules to Non-Controlling Shareholdings Alert — Antitrust/Competition Perspectives — By Nafees Saeed and Neil Rigby — July 02, 2013
- European Commission Proposes Changes to Private Antitrust Enforcement Regime Alert — Antitrust/Competition Perspectives — By Nafees Saeed and Neil Rigby — PDF — June 18, 2013