JUNIOR PROFILE

Alexander Goold

UK Bar 2026

Selborne Chambers

Ranked in 1 practice area

Chancery: Commercial

London (Bar)

1 year ranked

About

Provided by Selborne Chambers

Practice Areas

Alexander is an experienced litigator who has a broad chancery/commercial practice encompassing partnership/joint ventures, minority shareholder disputes, civil fraud, intellectual and real property, breach of contract, guarantees, and insolvency, all in the commercial context.

He specialises in international commercial arbitration, appearing both as counsel and sitting as arbitrator.

He has extensive experience of business format franchising. He has good experience of construction disputes as well as experience of insurance coverage disputes. He also undertakes non-contentious contractual advisory work.

Alexander is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and an accredited mediator. He is included in the LCIA’s database of arbitrators.

Qualifications:

MA (Cantab)

Diploma in International Commercial Arbitration

FCIArb

Career

Called to the Bar 1994

Professional Memberships

COMBAR

Chancery Bar Association

Professional Negligence Bar Association

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

Strengths

Provided by Chambers

Alexander Goold is excellent. He's extremely good to work alongside and is first class with clients.
Chancery: CommercialUK Bar
Alexander is user-friendly, very intelligent, highly analytical and a repository of fantastic legal knowledge. Both commercial and practical in his approach, he's a terrific advocate.
Chancery: CommercialUK Bar
Alex is a really tenacious guy. If you want someone to really get stuck in and really see it through to the bitter end, he's your man. He won't let go until he's exhausted every possibility.
Chancery: CommercialUK Bar
Alexander is very good at understanding what we want. He's helpful, practical and someone who deals well with client expectations.
Chancery: CommercialUK Bar
Alexander Goold is very experienced at dealing with complex cross-border disputes. He has great advocacy skills and steers judges through complexities in a calm, convincing manner.
Chancery: CommercialUK Bar