Profile
Taylor English is the most progressive, entrepreneurial, collaborative, client-focused law firm around. Taylor English takes a refreshingly different approach – every aspect of our firm’s structure and operations is focused on serving our clients’ best interests.
Brian Nash has served as general outside counsel to leaders of growth-oriented technology companies for almost three decades, helping his clients generate hundreds of millions of dollars in shareholder value. His hands-on experience as a software developer and systems analyst provides useful insight in negotiating technology-related transactions, including liquidity events, private placements, and venture capital and private equity transactions, as well as software-as-a-service (SaaS) agreements, technology transfer agreements, licensing and distribution agreements, e-commerce agreements and complex technology purchasing agreements. He has advised clients in structuring numerous venture capital, venture debt, and strategic investment transactions for a variety of ventures, including recent deals for a consumer-facing solar energy company and two medical device companies. Mr. Nash also provides sell-side and buy-side advice on private equity transactions and other liquidity events.
Before joining Taylor English in 2013, Mr. Nash was a member and the head of the Atlanta business and finance practice group at one of the Southeast’s leading full-service law firms. He also has been a partner at a multinational business firm, where he worked as part of the technology practice group. Additionally, he was a member of a national, full-service firm, where he served in the corporate and intellectual property practice groups.
Mr. Nash also is active in non-profit work. He serves as legal counsel and a former member of the Vestry of Christ Church of Atlanta, a member church of the Anglican Church in North America. He also serves as counsel and is a member of the Board of Directors of Himalayan Children’s Charities, an Atlanta-based non-profit dedicated to raising funds to provide better care, living facilities and education for Nepalese orphaned and abandoned children.
Memberships
Technology Association of Georgia, 1998-2012
Finance Society, Board of Directors, 2010-2012
Southern Capital Forum, 1995-2011
Metro Atlanta Chamber, 2008-2013
Georgia Bio, 2009-2013
American Bar Association, 2005-2017, Business Law Section
State Bar of Georgia, Business and Technology Sections, 1987-present
Georgia Chamber of Commerce, 2008-2011
Community Involvement
Anglican Diocese of the South, Constitution and Canons Committee, 2010-present; Standing Committee, 2010-2013, Chairman, 2012-2013
Boy Scouts of America, Atlanta Area Council, Troop 298 Assistant Scoutmaster and Scoutmaster, 2006-2013, Scoutmaster Emeritus
Christ Church of Atlanta, Chancellor, 1998-present; Vestry Member, 1998-2001, 2005-2008, 2014-17; former Senior Warden, 2005-2008
Himalayan Children’s Charities, Legal Counsel and Board of Directors, 2013-present
Newsroom
Speaking Engagements
- Moderator, "Understanding the Complexities of Raising Tech Capital," Greater Alpharetta Tech Network 2015 Tech Funding SymposiumMay 7, 2015
Alerts
- May 26, 2015
Services
- Corporate and Business
- Business Organizations, Operations, Finance and Governance
- Commercial Transactions
- ESOP Transactions
- Family-Owned and Closely Held Businesses
- Government Contracts and Affairs
- Licensing Transactions
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Private Equity and Venture Capital
- Securities
- Start-Ups and Early Stage Companies
- Tax-Exempt Organizations
- Data Security and Privacy
- Financial Institutions
- Intellectual Property
- Lending and Corporate Finance
- Manufacturing
- Non-Profit
- Technology
- Telecommunications
Education
Emory University School of Law, JD, Dean’s List, Moot Court Society, 1987
University of Wisconsin–Madison, BS, Dean’s List, Sophomore Honors, 1984
Bar Admissions
Georgia