Shearman & Sterling is advising long-time client Cadbury on the US aspects of its proposed acquisition bid by Kraft.

"Cadbury has been a client of the firm for almost 30 years," said Creighton Condon, Shearman & Sterling's lead partner on the transaction. "We have worked on most of their most significant transactions over that period, including the original acquisitions of Dr. Pepper and 7-Up and a number of other beverage brands, the sale of their international beverage business to The Coca Cola Company, the acquisition of the Adams candy business from Pfizer through which Cadbury expanded into gum, and the demerger last year of the company's North American beverage business."

The Shearman & Sterling team was led by Condon (London-M&A) and included partners George Karafotias (London-M&A), Ken Prince (New York-Antitrust), Linda Rappaport (New York-Executive Compensation & Employee Benefits), Alan Goudiss (New York-Litigation), Jones Perry (New York-Private Client), Lona Nallengara (New York-Capital Markets) and Bill Hirschberg (New York-Finance); counsel John Morrison (New York-Executive Compensation & Employee Benefits) and Patricia Kuhn (New York-Executive Compensation & Employee Benefits); and associates Sean Skiffington (London-M&A), Jessica Delbaum (New York-Antitrust), David Plattner (London-M&A), Tim Hanson (New York-M&A), Alicia O'Connell (New York-Executive Compensation & Employee Benefits), Brian Burke (New York-Litigation) and Alexandra Dosman (New York-Litigation).