Proskauer Rose has announced that Jim Chapman will join the firm as a partner in its lodging and gaming practice group.

Before joining Proskauer, Chapman was the general counsel of Galaxy Entertainment Group, one of Asia's leading gaming and entertainment companies. Chapman has been involved in some of the most high-profile gaming, hotel and resort development transactions in the region, including the 44-hectare mixed-use Galaxy Macau project currently underway in Cotai, Macau. Chapman was also previously a partner at JSM.

Proskauer opened its Hong Kong office in September 2008 after picking up private equity and funds formation partner Ying Li and Chinese business expert Joseph Cha from the ruins of Heller Ehrman. The addition of Chapman will mean the firm now has four partners (including office managing partner Yuval Tal) and one associate (Sara Shen) on the ground in Hong Kong.

ALB reported earlier that the firm will open in Beijing once it receives government approval to do so.