David Weaver
Senior Associate
London
David Weaver
Senior Associate
London
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David is a senior associate in our London antitrust group who regularly advises clients on all aspects of competition law, with a particular focus on obtaining UK and international merger control clearances on complex M&A transactions.
David advises across a wide range of sectors, with particular expertise in retail, technology and financial markets, and broad experience advising a range of private capital institutions.
David is also an experienced adviser on multi-jurisdictional foreign investment and national security clearances, including routinely advising on substantive UK National Security and Investment Act approvals.
David has experience as a legal adviser at the UK Competition and Markets Authority, where he advised on a complex Phase 2 merger investigation and gained invaluable insight into CMA processes and ways of working that can inform strategic decisions. He has also spent time in Allen & Overy’s office in Brussels.
Qualifications
Professional
Academic
Related articles
Publications: 28 February 2024
Diverse foreign investment landscape presents challenges for dealmakers
New foreign investment (FI) screening regimes continue to appear and existing rules are expanding in scope. While in some jurisdictions intervention rates are high, overall most deals subject to FI…
Publications: 26 October 2023
Third annual report on EU foreign investment reveals a significant increase in formal screenings
Publications: 12 October 2023
EU FSR – the notification regime begins; what does it mean for private equity investors?
Qualifications
Professional
Academic
Published work
- “Rising tide of ‘Fix-it-first’ and ‘Up-front Buyer’ remedies in EU and UK merger cases”, Allen & Overy LLP, September 2016.
- “UK merger control: A toughening of the voluntary regime?”, Allen & Overy LLP, July 2019
- “How should antitrust authorities investigate deals that threaten potential competition? Nascent competition in the UK – all about the potential”, Allen & Overy LLP, July 2021
- “The National Security and Investment Act 2021: A Snapshot of experience so far”, Allen & Overy LLP, September 2022
