Christopher Carlisle joined Dykema Cox Smith’s corporate finance practice group as senior counsel in the firm’s Dallas office. Carlisle focuses his practice on business transactions, including partnerships, corporations, and limited liability companies. Carlisle was in-house transactional counsel at Dean Foods.

Deanna Reitman joined DLA Piper’s corporate practice in Houston as of counsel. Reitman will focus on energy. Reitman was in-house counsel at Noble Americas.