Rights & ownership
Recording, publishing and producer agreements that keep creators in control of what they make.
Music & entertainment lawyer · London
Music lawyer for the people who make it: artists, songwriters and producers, from the first deal to a global career.
WALE
Protecting the people who make the music.
Wale Kalejaiye is a London music and entertainment lawyer, named among Billboard's Top Music Lawyers, advising artists, songwriters, producers and creative businesses from the first deal to a global career.
About
From music, to the law that protects it.
Wale Kalejaiye is a London-based music and entertainment lawyer. With a background spanning music, business and digital media, he advises artists, songwriters, producers, independent labels and creative businesses on the commercial agreements that shape their careers.
His work spans international recording and publishing agreements, touring, brand partnerships and intellectual property, including transactions involving Burna Boy, Tems, Cruel Santino, Dapper Music and the producer London. It has been recognised by Billboard, The Legal 500, the Young Music Boss Awards and the PRS Foundation.
Beyond his practice he co-founded The Good Co., a creative media business. He holds an MBA from Imperial College Business School and qualified as a solicitor in England and Wales in 2017.
3×Billboard Top Music Lawyers
2023Best Lawyer, Young Music Boss Awards
MBAImperial College Business School
2017Qualified solicitor
Practice
Where the work is.
Every engagement starts from the same place: protecting the people who make the music, from the first deal onwards.
Producers
Points, splits, letters of direction and the royalties producers are too often never paid.
Africa ↔ UK
Deals for artists moving between the Nigerian, UK and global markets.
Credentials
Credibility, on the record.
- Recognition
Top Music Lawyers
Named in three Billboard editions, citing the deals he worked on.
- Recognition
Best Lawyer
- Recognition
Artist Lawyer of the Year, finalist
- Recognition
Key lawyer, music
Described by clients as “entrepreneurial and creative”.
- Recognition
POWER UP Industry Professional
Selected for the programme's third cohort.
- Recognition
30 Under 30
- Qualification
Master of Business Administration
- Qualification
Solicitor of England & Wales
- Speaking
Speaker, Industry Takeover
Sessions on music rights alongside PRS for Music and PPL.
Recognised by
- The Legal 500
- PRS Foundation
- Young Music Boss Awards
- Music Business UK Awards
Clients & Work
Who the work is for.
Artist
Burna Boy
Publishing with Universal Music Publishing, a Calvin Klein endorsement, the Love, Damini tour and an Apple Music Live performance.
Artist
Tems
Major-label negotiations with RCA/Since93 and a Tommy Jeans fashion partnership.
Artist
Cruel Santino
An international recording joint venture with Interscope Records.
Producer
London
A publishing agreement with Sony Music Publishing France for the producer behind “Calm Down”.
Label
Dapper Music
A distribution agreement connecting the Nigerian label with Virgin Music.
Business
Inner Circle Publishing
A publishing partnership with Kobalt, credited by the company's co-founder.
Deals with
Ventures
Building beyond the law.
- Creative media
The Good Co.
A social media agency, content distribution business and set of digital platforms, reaching an audience of more than 20 million by 2017.
- Social enterprise
Core Vocational Centre
Vocational construction training for young people in Benin City, Nigeria: business planning, networking and funding.
ProducerIQ
Were you paid what the track earned?
ProducerIQ gives producers an indicative estimate of what their points may have earned, the gap against what they were paid, and the registration gaps that quietly cost them money.
- 01Tell us about the track, your points and where it’s streamed.
- 02Get an indicative estimate and the gap against what you were paid.
- 03See PRS, PPL and SoundExchange gaps, and get a PDF report.