Baker McKenzie has added three transactional partners to its Johannesburg corporate M&A team.

Angela Simpson, Lydia Shadrach-Razzino and Verushca Pillay are joining the practice in January and February from Webber Wentzel, ENSafrica and Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr respectively. Simpson and Shadrach-Razzino have already started at Baker McKenzie and Pillay will start on 1 Feb, according to a spokesperson at the firm.