Philip Robert-Tissot, who was today named as the next director general of the Takeover Panel, is well-placed to take the job as the UK’s top mergers and acquisitions arbiter, having won plaudits as one of the leading practitioners in the country.

The chairman of Europe, the Middle East and Africa M&A at Citigroup, Robert-Tissot is one of the bank's most experienced UK dealmakers, with one senior colleague once remarking: "If you want to do a UK M&A deal, you go to Philip. He is the best in the business."