Neil Rigby
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.
Awards and Recognition, Speaking Engagements, Guides and Resources, Firm News & Announcements, Latest Thinking
Firm News & Announcements
- Weil Advises Deltatre on the Acquisition of Endeavor Streaming Deal Brief — July 16, 2025
- Weil Advised TruArc Partners in Sale of Ideal Tridon Group to Nautic Partners Deal Brief — July 08, 2025
Latest Thinking
- What Sanctions Mean for Boards Publication — Board Agenda — By Christopher Marks and Neil Rigby — PDF — June 06, 2025
- 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
- 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
- “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