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Derek Woodhouse

Senior Partner

Derek Woodhouse

Senior Partner

CMS Woodhouse Lorente Ludlow, S.C.
Paseo de la Reforma 115
Piso 19
Col. Lomas de Chapultepec
Mexico City
Mexico
Languages Spanish, English

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; the design and implementation of procedures for the granting of contracts, concessions, licenses and permits; the drafting and negotiation of the legal instruments necessary for financing infrastructure projects; and day to day revision and legal operation of ongoing projects.

He worked in CMS's London office for five years from 2001, advising governments and private companies on the design, financing and development of energy and infrastructure projects in the United Kingdom, Northern Ireland, Russia, Turkey, Romania, Hungary, Angola, Cambodia, the Philippines, Hong Kong, Mexico and Central America.

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Relevant experience

  • Mexican Energy Ministry on the implementation of the wholesale electricity market and the restructuring of the Federal Electricity Commission.
  • IBERDROLA on the operation of ongoing projects and on the definition of commercial strategies under the new energy legal framework.
  • Mexico Power Group on the development of various wind farms for generating electricity for self-supply purposes throughout Mexico.
  • Mexican Wind Power Association (AMDEE) on the diagnosis of the wind power market in Mexico and proposal to promote and expedite its development.
  • Geomex on the development of a 30 MW PPP wind farm in the state of Chiapas for state and municipal self-supply.
  • Inter American Development Bank (IADB) on a renewable energies (solar/wind) project for self-supply of the municipality of La Paz, Baja California Sur.
  • 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.
  • The federal government of Turkey on the creation of an independent company in charge of the transmission of electricity and the operation of the power market (TEİAŞ).
  • The government of Romania on the development of secondary legislation for the electricity markets.
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Education

  • Escuela Libre de Derecho, Mexico City, Law Degree, 1988-199
  • George Washington University, International Law Institute, Washington D.C., United States, 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
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18 December 2020
CMS Ex­pert Guide to re­new­able en­ergy law and reg­u­la­tion
Down­load our ded­ic­ated "Re­new­ables guide" pdf by click­ing on the link be­low Re­new­ables guide In­tro­duc­tion This guide in­cludes con­tri­bu­tions from some of the most act­ive law­yers in the re­new­ables sec­tor...
Expert Guide Energy & Climate Change
08 September 2020
CMS Ex­pert Guide to hy­dro­gen law and reg­u­la­tion
Down­load our ded­ic­ated "Hy­dro­gen guide" pdf by click­ing on the link be­low Hy­dro­gen guideA con­sensus is fast emer­ging that hy­dro­gen will play a key role as an en­ergy vec­tor and a pil­lar in the on­go­ing...
Expert Guide Energy & Climate Change
24 September 2020
CMS We­bin­ar: The State of Re­new­ables in Lat­in Amer­ica
De­mand for re­new­able en­ergy has been on the rise for years now. With it’s nat­ur­al po­ten­tial, gov­ern­ment­al sup­port and in­creas­ing in­vest­ments, Lat­in Amer­ica is an im­port­ant re­gion for the de­vel­op­ment...
Event Webinar
27 May 2020
CMS Ex­pert Guide to con­sequen­tial loss in the en­ergy sec­tor
The CMS Ex­pert Guide to con­sequen­tial loss in the en­ergy sec­tor (the “Guide”) provides a sum­mary of the ap­proach to con­sequen­tial loss in over 30 jur­is­dic­tions. The Guide ap­proaches this com­plex...
Expert Guide Energy & Climate Change
17 December 2019
Min­istry of En­ergy pub­lishes amend­ment on the Agree­ment on Clean En­ergy...
On 28 Oc­to­ber 2019, the Min­istry of En­ergy (“SEN­ER”) pub­lished in the Fed­er­al Of­fi­cial Gaz­ette (“DOF”) an “Agree­ment that mod­i­fies the Guidelines es­tab­lish­ing the cri­ter­ia for grant­ing Clean...
Law-Now
12 December 2019
Com­mis­sion­ers of the En­ergy Reg­u­lat­ory Com­mis­sion ap­proved a be­ne­fi­ciary...
The dis­trib­uted gen­er­a­tion ac­cord­ing to the Elec­tri­city In­dustry Law refers to the fa­cil­it­ies that gen­er­ate elec­tri­city with a ca­pa­city of less than 0.5 MW (Men­tion­ing that an ini­ti­at­ive was sent in which...
Law-Now
21 October 2019
Elec­tro­mobil­ity in Mex­ico: Boost­ing de­vel­op­ment for a bet­ter en­vir­on­ment
On 1 Oc­to­ber 2019, the Mex­ic­an Con­gress pub­lished an ini­ti­at­ive that aims to re­form a series of laws re­lat­ing to tax, fed­er­al trans­it and trans­port­a­tion, and cli­mate change. The pur­pose of the ini­ti­at­ive...
Law-Now
16 October 2019
Mex­ico: Reg­u­lat­or pub­lishes Pre­lim­in­ary Pro­ject on Clean En­ergy Cer­ti­fic­ates
On 7 Oc­to­ber 2019, the Na­tion­al Reg­u­lat­ory Im­prove­ment Com­mis­sion (“CO­NAMER”) pub­lished on its web­site the “Pre­lim­in­ary Pro­ject that mod­i­fies the Guidelines es­tab­lish­ing the cri­ter­ia for grant­ing...
Law-Now
August 2019
Lat­in Amer­ica Quarterly En­ergy Up­date
The CMS Lat­in Amer­ica group has is­sued the latest quarterly up­date cov­er­ing hot top­ics and de­vel­op­ments in the en­ergy in­dustry in Brazil, Chile, Colom­bia, Mex­ico and Peru.Down­load the PD­Fs be­low to read...
Publication Energy & Climate Change