Profile
Allan Tanenbaum is Of Counsel to Taylor English’s Corporate and Business Department. Mr. Tanenbaum has a broad range of experience in representing public and private companies in financing, mergers and acquisitions, compliance, and corporate governance matters. He has managed public offerings of debt and equity securities, as well as institutional private placements of high-yield securities and venture capital financings. Acquisitions and dispositions have included transactions between public companies, transactions involving small to middle market private companies, and related bank and private financing transactions.
Prior to joining Taylor English, Mr. Tanenbaum was General Counsel to AFC Enterprises, Inc., the franchisor of Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, Church’s Chicken, Seattle’s Best Coffee, and Cinnabon. Most recently, he co-founded and was Managing Partner and General Counsel of Equicorp Partners, an Atlanta-based private equity and advisory firm specializing in the quick service and fast casual food industry. He was in private practice in Atlanta for more than 30 years, specializing in business transactions.
Mr. Tanenbaum has advised Boards of Directors and Board Committees concerning corporate governance, both under Sarbanes-Oxley and under common law fiduciary principles, and has implemented compliance programs for companies after they have gone public. He has managed a broad variety of litigation and special matters, including shareholder class actions, derivative suits, government investigations and Board Committee investigations, and has experience in alternative dispute resolution, arbitration and mediation, and other innovative approaches to risk management and dispute resolution.
He currently serves on the Board of Directors, chairs the Compensation Committee and is a member of Audit Committee of DSW Shoe Warehouse, Inc., a New York Stock Exchange Company, is on the Board of Directors, chairs the nominating and Governance Committee and is a member of the Compensation Committee of Medallion Financial Corp., a Nasdaq company, and chairs the Audit Committee of the American Bar Association, as well as on the Boards of several privately owned corporations and non-profit entities. Mr. Tanenbaum is a frequent lecturer on corporate governance and securities matters to business and professional groups.
He is a native of Savannah, Georgia, and is currently living in Sandy Springs with his wife. He has four children and five grandchildren.
Memberships
Legal Services Corporation, Finance Committee, non-director Member
Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF), National Board Member
LPGA Foundation, National Board Member
The Southern Education Foundation, Former Board Member
ABA Standing Committee on Audit, Chair
ABA Commission on Hispanic Legal Needs and Responsibility, Former Commission Member
ABA Presidential Task Force addressing the unmet legal needs of underserved populations, former Co-Chair
ABA Retirement Funds, Board Member and former President
ABA Division of Public Education, Former Chair
ABA Commission on Partnership Programs, Former Chair
ABA General Practice Section, Former Chair
The Fellows of the ABA’s Young Lawyers Division, Former Chair
ABA Fund for Justice & Education, Former Chair
ABA House of Delegates, Former Georgia Representative
Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justices’ Commission on Public Trust and Confidence, Former Liaison
Atlanta Bar Foundation, Former President
Community Involvement
The Hank Aaron Chasing the Dream Foundation, Founding Member, Secretary
The Children’s Museum of Atlanta, Director Emeritus
The Atlanta Technical College Foundation, Board Member and Treasurer
Newsroom
Speaking Engagements
- October 20, 2016
- March 23, 2016
- "How Can You Best Maximize Savings After You 'Retire' From Your Law Firm or Company," ABA Business Law Section Annual Meeting, Chicago, Ill., September 19, 2015.
Headlines
- October 30, 2017
- "Taylor English Attorney Named President, Chair of the ABA Retirement Funds," Marietta Daily JournalSeptember 27, 2016
- September 27, 2016
- September 27, 2016
- August 13, 2014
News Releases
- September 23, 2016
- February 18, 2015
- August 11, 2014
Services
Education
University of Virginia School of Law, JD
Wharton School of Finance & Commerce at the University of Pennsylvania, BS
Bar Admissions
Georgia
Accolades
State Bar Lifetime Achievement Award