International Summit
on the Law and Business
of Video Games

Speakers > Keith Boesky, Principal, Boesky and Company

Keith Boesky has been active in the content and technology communities as an attorney, a senior executive as an agent.  His company, Boesky & Company, closed more intellectual property and game development deals, than any other agency in the world.  Representative clients include Clive Barker, GDH and The Robert Ludlum Estate.  The company also provided guidance regarding the financial structure of the game industry to Morgan Stanley, Thomas Weisel Partners and various venture capital firms.

Between November 2002 and November 2004, Mr. Boesky worked at International Creative Management where he assisted ICM clients in the migration of properties to and from video games.  During this time he facilitated strong working relationships for writers and directors, including John Milius and Peter Jackson into games. 

From 1999 to 2002, Mr. Boesky established Boesky & Company to help clients in bridge the communication gap between the worlds of content and technology.   These engagements included assistance in strategic applications of technology for content to Universal Studios, Paramount Studios, Squaresoft and The Upper Deck Company and advice to Apple Computer and Pacific Century Cyberworks regarding investments.

In 1996, shortly after representing Eidos Interactive, Inc. (NASDAQ: EIDSY) in its initial public offering, Mr. Boesky left the practice of law to join Eidos as president of Eidos Interactive, Inc.  While at Eidos Mr. Boesky focused on expansion of Eidos properties, including “Tomb Raider” and “Lara Croft,” into film, toys and publishing as well as the acquisition of new properties, such as “Final Fantasy VII PC” and “Fear Effect.”

From 1992 to 1996, after spending two years with Baker & McKenzie, Mr. Boesky worked as an attorney with Cooley Godward, where his practice included public and private finance and intellectual property protection and his core practice covered the protection and exploitation of franchise properties.  Over the next few years Mr. Boesky grew the practice from the representation of industry pioneers Presto Studios and Angel Studios, into one of the United States’ largest new media practices, covering developers and publishers of content ranging from home gaming platforms to location based entertainment.

He has given keynote and other addresses in the areas of video games and intellectual property migration at the Consumer Electronic Show, Showbiz Expo, E3, Game Developers Conference, Game Developers Conference Austin, NATPE, Digital Hollywood, The Rotterdam Film Festival, Xmedia Lab – Sydney Australia, Europrix- Vienna Austria, The UCLA Entertainment Law Forum, UCLA Anderson School of Management and a number of other events. 

Mr. Boesky graduated Magna Cum Laude from The University of San Diego School of Law in 1990 and received a B.A. in Economics from UCLA in 1987.  

He lives in Pacific Palisades with his wife Sari and son Kevin.