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Nicola Woodroffe

Senior Legal Analyst
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Nicola focuses on technical assistance, capacity development and analysis on issues related to legislative and policy reform, contract negotiation and monitoring, and the institutions governing the extractive sector.

Prior to joining NRGI, Nicola worked as a consultant at the World Bank, where she contributed papers, presentations and legal analysis to advise countries in central and southeast Africa on governance and management of extractive industries. She also worked as an associate at the international law firm Hogan Lovells, where she advised clients on corporate and securities law. In her pro bono work there, she supported the International Senior Lawyers Project in advising African governments on mining and agricultural concession agreements.

Nicola has a B.A. in economics from Swarthmore College and a J.D. from Harvard Law School. At Harvard, she received a Chayes International Public Service Fellowship to work in the trial chambers of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. She also served as a legal intern for the deputy chief justice of the Supreme Court of Rwanda.

Authored content

Risk and Reward in Ghana’s Agyapa Gold Royalties Deal: Eight Points for Consideration

Nicola Woodroffe, David Mihalyi, Nafi Chinery
1 October 2020

Force Majeure and Other Coronavirus-Era Legal Challenges: Lessons for Resource-Dependent Countries from the Glencore-Zambia Dispute

Nicola Woodroffe
13 May 2020

Beyond Revenues: Measuring and Valuing Environmental and Social Impacts in Extractive Sector Governance

Report
4 September 2019
Nicola Woodroffe, Tim Grice

Going Beyond Revenues in Extractive Sector Governance: But How?

Nicola Woodroffe, Perrine Toledano, Jeff Geipel
22 July 2019

New IMF Fiscal Transparency Code Spotlights Major Extractive Sector Corruption Risks

Nicola Woodroffe
20 February 2019

Beyond Wakanda’s Way: 'Africanizing' Mining Sector Benefits

Nicola Woodroffe
13 March 2018

From Governance Structures to Gender Inclusion: A Young Mozambican Lawyer Experiences an Accra Extractives Course

Deisy Inssa Ribeiro, Nicola Woodroffe
9 January 2018

Localizing Tanzania’s Gas Sector: Determining Optimal Policies for an Emerging Producer

23 August 2017
Thomas Scurfield, Nicola Woodroffe, Silas Olan'g

Tanzania’s New Natural Resources Legislation: What Will Change?

1 August 2017
Nicola Woodroffe, Thomas Scurfield, Matthew Genasci

Mining Indaba 2017: Steps Toward a Sustainable Future?

Nicola Woodroffe
7 March 2017

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