Neil Rigby

Counsel London, Brussels

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.

Practice Areas

Admissions

England & Wales (Solicitor)
Ireland (Solicitor)

Education

Queen's University (B.A., 1993)
University of Cambridge (LL.M., 2000)
Queen's University Law (LL.B., 1997)

Speaking Engagements, Firm News & Announcements, Latest Thinking

Speaking Engagements

Health Care and Pharmaceuticals: International Recent Developments in Health Care & Pharmaceuticals Antitrust Speaker(s): Alexis Brown-Reilly and Neil Rigby
December 9, 2020 — Virtual Conference Panel – ABA Antitrust Section — Weil Counsel Alexis Brown-Reilly and Neil Rigby participated in a panel hosted by the Health Care & Pharmaceuticals and International Committees of the ABA Antitrust Section. The panel was part of a series of programming focused on the international, antitrust developments in the health care and pharmaceuticals industries. The speakers discussed the enforcement developments in merger control, restrictive agreements, and abuse of dominance in the EU, Asia, and Mexico.

Firm News & Announcements

Weil Advised Vonage Holdings Corp. in its $6.2B Sale to Ericsson Deal Brief — July 21, 2022
Weil Advises Bain Capital on its Acquisition of Deltatre Deal Brief — June 23, 2022

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Latest Thinking

UK National Security and Investment Bill Alert — PDF — November 2020
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

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