Steve Latham
Partner, Gold Coast
I am an experienced corporate and commercial practitioner with a focus on franchising and retail brands, sports and entertainment, private equity and corporate advisory work. I act for numerous national and international franchisors and have assisted more than 100 start-up brands.

My breadth of experience in private equity and corporate advisory work includes capital raisings, employee share schemes, share buybacks, and joint venture formation and unwinding.

I pride myself on always adding value for my clients, and being proactive, responsive and easy to deal with.

Career highlights

  • Acted as lead adviser on the structuring of Australia’s first ‘combo’ franchise, which combined two well-known systems into a single franchised model
  • Acted for the Queensland-based originators of two global touring exhibitions: ‘Exhibitionism: The Rolling Stones’ and ‘Real Madrid World of Football, Come Play!’
  • Acted for Hofco Oilfield Services in the $21.7m sale of shares to ASX listed Titan Energy Services
  • Acted for Billabong (GSM) in the formation of the Surfstitch Europe joint venture
  • Advised Lifelight Australia on the purchase and finance of 3 x AW139 helicopters from Augusta Westland