New York’s Davis Polk & Wardwell is advising EMI Group P.L.C., and that city’s Cravath, Swaine & Moore is representing Time Warner Inc., in their formation of a $20 billion joint venture uniting the music businesses of both companies.

The Davis Polk attorneys are partners Phillip R. Mills, Harry Ballan, Barbara Nims and Paul W. Bartel II; counsel Loyti Cheng; and associates T.A. McKinney, Nicole Duncan, Douglas A. Cardwell, Adam S. Mukamal, Martin Klein, Marina Martino Casani, Joshua B. Gray, David B. Toscano and Betty Moy.