Tanenbaum is the former General Counsel for AFC Enterprises.  As General Counsel, Tanenbaum was responsible for AFC’s legal affairs.  Prior to joining AFC, Tanenbaum was in private practice for 30 years, specializing in business transactions.

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. 

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.

Tanenbaum formerly chaired the American Bar Association's Division of Public Education which promotes public understanding of and respect for the law and the legal process.  He represents the State of Georgia in the ABA’s House of Delegates, is a liaison to the Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justices’ Commission on Public Trust and Confidence, and Vice President of the Atlanta Bar Foundation.  Tanenbaum has also been involved in the national initiative of the American Bar Association dealing with the public’s perception of the legal profession.  As former Chair of the ABA’s Commission on Partnership Programs, he helped develop a nationwide program to improve client relations and communications. 

Tanenbaum is a frequent lecturer on corporate governance and securities matters to business and professional groups.  He currently serves on the Board of Directors and chairs the Corporate Governance Committee of DSW Shoe Warehouse, a New York Stock Exchange company.

A graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law, Tanenbaum earned his Bachelor of Science degree from the Wharton School of Finance & Commerce at the University of Pennsylvania.

A native of Savannah, Georgia, Tanenbaum’s community involvement is primarily related to children’s issues including serving on the Boards of Directors of The Hank Aaron Chasing the Dream Foundation; The Truancy Intervention Project; Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation – Georgia; Camp Kudzu (for
children with diabetes); and a founding director of The Children’s Museum of Atlanta.