Sparke Helmore has added two new corporate partners.

Shannon Platt joins as a partner and head of the Intellectual Property team. She was previously the head of the Intellectual Property and Technology Group at DLA Piper in Sydney and is a registered trade marks attorney with experience in IP litigation and the commercialisation of IP.

M&A specialist Hal Lloyd has also joined Sparke Helmore, following seven years as a partner at Baker & McKenzie. The firm said in a statement that its corporate team executed more than 30 deals in 2012, which were worth collectively more than A$1 billion.