Balch & Bingham, a midsize firm based in Birmingham, Alabama, with offices throughout the Southeast and in Washington, D.C., has moved into the hot Texas market with an office in Houston and two energy and M&A partners.

Philip Dunlap, who joined Balch & Bingham on Tuesday, came from local firm BoyarMiller. Additionally, David Bowsher, who was a partner at Adams and Reese in Birmingham, joins the firm on Feb. 3. He will split his time between Houston and Birmingham.