David Gold, Baron Gold

The Right Honourable The Lord Gold
Official portrait, 2025
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 February 2011 Life Peerage
Personal details
Born	(1951-03-01) March 1, 1951 (age 74)
Political party	Conservative

David Laurence Gold, Baron Gold (born 1 March 1951) ^[1] is a British lawyer and Conservative life peer in the House of Lords.

In March 2011 he set up David Gold & Associates high level strategic litigation advisors. He was senior litigation partner at Herbert Smith LLP, an international law firm headquartered in London. ^[2]

On 19 November 2010, it was announced that Gold would be created a life peer. ^[3] He was created Baron Gold, of Westcliff-on-Sea in the County of Essex on 1 February 2011. ^{[4] [1]}

In January 2013 Rolls-Royce announced that it had retained the services of Lord Gold to review their global anti-corruption compliance policies following bribery allegations in China and Indonesia. ^[5]

In April 2015, Lord Gold became an adviser to Balance Legal Capital LLP, a leading provider of litigation finance based in London.

Arms

Coat of arms of David Gold, Baron Gold

Crest A mallard drake Proper resting its dexter foot on a bezant. [6] Escutcheon Gules a bend barry wavy Azure and Argent between in sinister chief scales of justice and in dexter base a menorah Or. Supporters Dexter a lion guardant sinister a beaver guardant both Or.

References

1. The Lord Gold, Debretts People of Today, online edition, accessed 07/02/2011
2. David Gold Archived 29 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine , Herbert Smith website, accessed 07/02/2011
3. Latest Peerages announced, number10.gov.uk (Official site of the Prime Minister's Office), published Friday 19 November 2010, accessed 07/02/2011
4. "No. 59690". The London Gazette . 4 February 2011. p. 1953.
5. "Rolls-Royce appoints Lord Gold to review anti-corruption procedures". The Guardian . 10 January 2013.
6. Debrett's Peerage. 2015. p. 507.

External links

• http://davidgoldassociates.com David Gold & Associates
• David Gold (Herbert Smith)
• Focus: David Gold: As good as Gold ( The Lawyer , 5 October 2009)
• http://balancelegalcapital.com Balance Legal Capital LLP

Orders of precedence in the United Kingdom
Preceded by The Lord Glendonbrook	Gentlemen Baron Gold	Followed by The Lord Storey