Legal 500 – Deviant Legal is now officially ranked

Proud to announce that Deviant Legal is ranked as a leading firm by the Legal 500 for the first time, and I have been ranked as Next Generation Partner. We’re not just regular lawyers anymore: we’re ace attorneys!

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René Otto, founder and legal advisor at Deviant Legal.
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Next to ranking firms, the Legal 500 also awards accolades to firms who obtain very high scores in specific areas during the research: Lawyer & Team Quality, Billing & Efficiency, Sector knowledge and NPS (which is a client satisfaction score).

What makes our ranking even more unique is that we have received ALL 4 ACCOLADES. We’ve been told that we are the first and only video game law practice in the WORLD to achieve that! 🌍

Some memorable quotes from the LEGAL 500 client testimonials:

👾 ‘Deviant Legal really focuses on the needs of the video games industry. They not only know how to address any legal issue game developers might encounter, like contracts, distribution, or IP-protection, to name a few examples, but they also know how to speak the language of game developers.’

👾 ‘Deviant Legal is uniquely positioned to provide us with the most experienced legal and business knowledge of the games industry.’

👾 ‘Whenever we work with Deviant Legal, we feel confident we will efficiently and quickly understand our options and the optimal way forward.’

👾 ‘René Otto is a pioneer of our industry and a big proponent of the Dutch game industry’s success and survival. His honesty, transparency, and willingness to help smaller developers have been incredibly vital to our industry.’

👾 ‘My experience with René Otto was fantastic. He has been in touch with the video game industry and its legal needs for a long time, and it shows. His knowledge and expertise around publishing deals and related contracts gave me the security I needed.’

👾 ‘René Otto and the Deviant team are excellent. They are deeply rooted within the video games, media, and entertainment space and have a tremendous commercial knowledge in publishing, distribution, and game development deals.’

👾 ‘René Otto is a fantastic individual, a great lawyer, and really stands out among any of the IP and media legal professionals in the Netherlands due to his extensive gaming expertise and his flexible approach.’

Achieving this only two years after Deviant Legal has been founded, makes me emotional. Thank you so much for everyone who has put their trust and faith in us!❤️

P.S: despite the traditional recognition of our quality, we will keep deviating from the traditional legal standards. No boring formal announcements from us: we’ll never change! 😉

René Otto

René is an award-winning game lawyer and one of the leading experts in video game publishing agreements. He has drafted and negotiated hundreds of contracts for both indie developers and AAA studios. Passionate about inclusivity and accessibility, René strives to make legal support approachable for everyone in the games industry.

René Otto, founder and legal advisor at Deviant Legal.

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