Allens Arthur Robinson has appointed construction and infrastructure specialist Adrian Baron as a partner in the firm's Brisbane office.

Baron will join Allens next month after seven years at construction contracting business John Holland Group, where he was general counsel between 2004 and 2010 before being appointed as the company's national commercial and risk manager last year.

He will join Allens' projects team to focus on problem solving, claims management and dispute resolution in the construction and infrastructure fields.