Derek Woodhouse Saavedra

During the last twenty years, Derek Woodhouse has provided legal advice in many projects with one common denominator: private sector participation in infrastructure projects traditionally reserved to the public sector.

His experience incorporates a broad spectrum of activities, including the conceptual design of structural reforms; the drafting of legislation and regulations; the design and drafting of concessions, licences, permits and contracts; and day to day revision and legal operation of ongoing projects.

• Advised the Mexican Energy Ministry on the implementation of the wholesale electricity market and the restructuring of the Federal Electricity Commission.
• Advised Brookfield Renewable on the acquisition of several photovoltaic assets owned by X-Elio in different phases, such as operational, under construction, secured tariff.
• Advised the World Bank and the Ministry of Industry, Mines and Energy on the creation of a legal framework that permitted the participation of the private sector in the electric industry and established incentives for attracting private capital in Cambodia.

• Competition
• M&A
• PPP/PFI
• Project development
• Project finance

• Energy
• Government and public policy
• Natural resources
• Oil and gas
• Social infrastructure

• Escuela Libre de Derecho, Mexico City, Law Degree, 1988-1999
• George Washington University, International Law Institute, Washington D.C., Postgraduate Studies, Introduction to the United States Legal System, 1997
• Harvard University, Center for International Development, Boston, Massachussets, United States, Postgraduate Studies, International Program on Privatization, Regulations and Corporate Governance, 1999.