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.

[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.