Squire Patton Boggs has hired Michael Swift as a partner in Perth from energy and resources boutique Allion Partners, where he headed the property practice group.

Swift specialises in advising public companies, sovereign funds, developers and government bodies on real estate, agribusiness and infrastructure projects, including transaction structuring, hotel developments and large-scale acquisitions and disposals.

He leaves Allion Partners after eight years with the firm; he served as principal-in-charge of the Perth office since 2016. Previously, Swift was a senior associate at legacy Blake Dawson and an associate at MinterEllison.