David Gold, Baron Gold

The Right Honourable The Lord Gold
Official portrait, 2023

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 73)
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

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