Cadwalader Advises Mercuria Energy Group in Acquisition of JPMorgan’s Physical Energy and Commodities Business

October 03, 2014

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, a leading counselor to global financial institutions and corporations, announced today that it advised Mercuria Energy Group Limited, a global energy and commodities trading company, on the closing of its acquisition of J.P. Morgan’s physical energy and commodities business. Mercuria’s legal team was led by Mark Greenberg, Mercuria’s top lawyer in North America, and Cadwalader partner Ira Schacter (Corporate) along with special counsel Aly El Hamamsy (Corporate). The Global effort brought to bear Cadwalader’s regulatory, tax, antitrust, and commodities teams including partners and counsel Greg Lawrence (Regulatory), Richard Nugent (Tax), Vanessa Tanaka (Commodities), Jonathan Kanter (Antitrust), and Anne MaGregor (Antitrust).