Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, a leading counselor to global corporations and financial institutions, today announced that it advised Mercuria Energy Group Limited, a global energy and commodities trading company, on its acquisition of J.P. Morgan's physical energy and commodities business for $3.5 billion.

Mercuria's legal team was led by Mark Greenberg, Mercuria's top lawyer in North America, and Cadwalader partners Robert Stephens (Corporate) and Ira Schacter (Corporate), and special counsel Aly El Hamamsy (Corporate).  In addition, Cadwalader's regulatory, tax, antitrust, and commodities teams advised on the transaction, including partners Greg Lawrence (Regulatory), Richard Nugent (Tax), Daryl Rice (Commodities), Jonathan Kanter (Antitrust), and Special Counsel Vanessa Tanaka (Commodities).