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Lord Goldsmith QC
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European chair of litigation.
Position
Lord Goldsmith served as the UK’s Attorney General from 2001-07, prior to which he was in private practice as one of the leading barristers in London. He has appeared in many cases in the House of Lords, the Privy Council and the Court of Appeal, as well as international and European courts and the courts of a number of other jurisdictions. Significant work includes: leading cases on auditors’ liability; insurance and takeover; banking, company and arbitration; insolvency litigation; revenue cases; public law and public international law; and arbitration.
Career
Career: Called Gray’s Inn 1972; practised at Fountain Court Chambers 1972-2001; QC 1987; chairman of the Bar of England and Wales 1995; founded the Bar of England and Wales’ pro bono unit 1996; chairman of the Financial Reporting Review Panel 1997-2000; elected to membership of the American Law Institute 1997; member of the Paris Bar 1997; previous council member of the IBA and Union Internationale des Avocats; co-chairman of the IBA’s Human Rights Institute 1998-2001; made a Life Peer 1999 and Privy Counsellor 2001; Attorney General of the United Kingdom 2001-07; Debevoise & Plimpton LLP 2007 to date.
Member
Member: President Bar of England and Wales pro bono unit.
Education
Education: Cambridge University (double first class honours); University College London (masters).
