UPDATE: 5/12/14, 11:05 a.m. EDT. The names of the lawyers from Sutherland and Arnold & Porter also advising Mondelez, along with the company’s in-house legal team, have been added to the seventh paragraph of this story.

Two global legal giants are raising their mugs to the formation of a $5 billion coffee joint venture between Mondelez International and rival D.E Master Blenders 1753 that hopes to challenge market leader Nestle.