Randall Boe
Senior Counsel
Areas of Focus
- Media, Entertainment & Sports
- Capital Markets
- Corporate & Finance
- Film, Television & Digital Media
- Sovereign & Government Investors
- Technology
- Joint Ventures & Strategic Alliances
- Sports
- Served as General Counsel for Monumental Sports & Entertainment and America Online.
- Former CEO and Commissioner of the Arena Football League.
Randall advises clients in sports, media, entertainment and technology, including teams, leagues, financial institutions, private equity and venture investors, high net worth individuals and family offices. He has broad transactional and operational experience in sports and has handled matters connected to the National Basketball Association (NBA), Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA), National Hockey League (NHL), National Football League (NFL), Major League Baseball (MLB) and Major League Soccer (MLS).
Randall has worked with teams, leagues, local governments and municipalities in connection with arena, stadium and venue development, financing and building improvements. He has negotiated major media distribution deals, affiliate transactions and carriage agreements and other matters related to content distribution and media strategy. Randall has also represented teams and leagues in connection with the legalization of sports betting and transactions with sports betting operators.
Randall provides strategic advice to help clients navigate the changing media and entertainment landscape, including the proliferation of streaming services, alternative media distribution channels and the rise of virtual reality (VR)/augmented reality (AR) and artificial intelligence (AI) technology in sports and entertainment.
- Represented Monumental Sports & Entertainment in its $1.4-billion local rights media distribution agreement with Comcast/NBC.
- Represented Calgary Flames and Edmonton Oilers in connection with the legalization of sports betting and partnerships with sports betting operators.
- Represented Monumental Sports & Entertainment in connection with the legalization of sports betting in D.C. and partnerships with sports betting operators.
- Restructured operations for the Arena Football League; negotiated a carriage/distribution agreement with ESPN; negotiated a collective bargaining agreement with players union; and served as CEO and Commissioner.
- Represented NBA and NHL teams in league-wide financings, lender negotiations and minority investments.
List may include matters worked on prior to joining Akin.
EducationJ.D., University of Pennsylvania Law School, cum laude, 1987
B.A., University of Wisconsin - Madison, 1983
J.D., University of Pennsylvania Law School, cum laude, 1987
B.A., University of Wisconsin - Madison, 1983
Bar AdmissionsVirginia
Virginia