Global law firm Dentons has hired an in-house counsel from a local bank to lead its Brisbane office.

Craig Chapman joins from the Bank of Queensland, where he was group general counsel, and will be a partner in Dentons' banking and finance team and head of its Brisbane office. Before joining the Bank of Queensland, Chapman was a Brisbane-based partner with Gadens for four years and prior to that, a longtime Norton Rose Fulbright partner also based in Brisbane.