Allan Tanenbaum

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Mr. Allan Tanenbaum is the Co-Founder and serves as a Managing Partner at Equicorp Partners. He also serves as an Independent Director at Medallion Financial. He serves as an Of Counsel, Corporate and Business Practice Group at Taylor Englis. He also serves on the Board of DSW. He 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. He 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. Mr. Tanenbaum is a frequent lecturer on corporate governance and securities matters to business and professional groups.