Nigel Dewar Gibb is a commercial lawyer with intellectual property (IP) expertise, specialising in media, entertainment, and technology. He has worked for major record companies including London Records and Virgin as well as for their affiliated music publishing companies. He also worked for Picture Music International, a division of EMI Records and was involved in TV and video production.
After leaving EMI, Nigel set up his own law firm specialising in music law in order directly to represent artists, DJs, and music companies. He has worked with several major clubs and dealt with all issues related to trademark and branding. He advises on intellectual property rights and all issues affecting such rights. He also works with an increasing number of companies in the digital technologies sector, advising on the acquisition, production, and licensing of content as well as the development of ‘fingerprint’ technologies to track royalties. Due to the increasing complexity of royalties, he set up a team to investigate royalty income flows worldwide to help artists get accurate accounting.
Nigel has been a speaker at many industry conferences, as well as on TV and radio, and is a member of Music/Tech, Digital Music Professionals, Media and Entertainment Law Group.
Nigel is a visiting lecturer on our innovative BA (Hons) Music Business and Entrepreneurship programme.
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Equally focused on Music Business & Entrepreneurship
The music business is an incredibly competitive environment – and over the last 30 years, ICMP has developed and refined a cutting-edge degree that now focuses equally on entrepreneurship. We’re the first music school in the UK to recognise that you need to understand not just marketing, management, finance, digital, creativity and all the structures and quirks that make the industry unique, but also how to forge your own path, create your own job, and change the future for the better. With access to ICMP’s fully equipped music facilities, exclusive industry events, masterclasses and a peerless contact network, we have it all covered.
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School of Music Business
The music business is an incredibly competitive environment – and over the last 30 years, ICMP has developed and refined a cutting-edge degree that now focuses equally on entrepreneurship. We’re the first music school in the UK to recognise that you need to understand not just marketing, management, finance, digital, creativity and all the structures and quirks that make the industry unique, but also how to forge your own path, create your own job, and change the future for the better. With access to ICMP’s fully equipped music facilities, exclusive industry events, masterclasses and a peerless contact network, we have it all covered.
To completely immerse yourself in your music career, email our friendly Admissions Team at enquiries@icmp.ac.uk or call them on 020 7328 0222.