CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We consent to the references to our Firm in the Post Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A of Advisors Series Trust regarding the Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information of Alpha Defensive Growth Fund and Alpha Opportunistic Growth Fund, each a series of the Advisors Series Trust.

TAIT, WELLER & BAKER LLP

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

January 26, 2011