Biography

Neil Rigby is counsel in Weil’s Antitrust/Competition 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 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.
Awards and Recognition, Speaking Engagements, Guides and Resources, Firm News & Announcements, Latest Thinking
Firm News & Announcements
- Weil Advises Px3 Partners on the Acquisition of the Filtration Division of Celeros Flow Technology Deal Brief — May 10, 2023
- Weil Advised Vonage Holdings Corp. in its $6.2B Sale to Ericsson Deal Brief — July 21, 2022
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
- EC Decision On Google’s Proposed Commitments Expected In Coming Weeks Publication — The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel — By Neil Rigby — November 16, 2013
- EC Decision on Google’s Proposed Commitments Expected Soon Blog Post — Weil Antitrust/Competition Perspectives — By Neil Rigby — September 20, 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
- UK Proposes Changes to Private Antitrust Enforcement Regime Alert — Antitrust/Competition — By Neil Rigby — PDF — June 25, 2013