Industry focus
Transactions are best structured when opposing lawyers approach the deal as a collaborative, rather than adversarial, process.
How I represent clients at Schwabe
I advise timber investment management organizations (TIMOs), regional timber companies, and a variety of other private and nonprofit forestland owners and operators regarding acquisitions, dispositions and management of timberlands. I have worked on some of the most prominent forestland transactions of the last decade, involving millions of acres of timberlands throughout the United States. Drawing on my background in sustainable development, I have developed a particular focus on cutting-edge legal issues related to forest carbon transactions, conservation easements, and sustainable forestry.
An experienced real estate transactional attorney, I routinely handle transactions involving the purchase, sale, leasing, and financing of commercial real property and agricultural and farm property. I also handle a variety of mining transactions.
Chambers & Partners USA, client highlights
“Janna is a deep thinker and has an effortless, elegant way of achieving the client’s objectives.”
“Janna is very practical and solution-oriented in her advice. She is also good at communicating and interacts well with clients.”
Experience
- Advised major TIMOs in buying and selling of timberlands throughout the United States.
- Negotiated numerous road use and maintenance agreements, rights-of-way and easements, logging and hauling contracts, leases, access permits and licenses for various timberland owners in Oregon and Washington.
- Documented loans secured by manufacturing facilities and products for a major forest products manufacturer.
- Negotiated conservation easements for private landowners and land trusts.
- Advised timberland owners on forest carbon transactions and alternative revenue stream transactions (e.g., highest and best use sales, wind, solar, and other energy projects).
Education
- University of Washington, School of Law, Juris Doctor, with honors (2006); Washington Law Review, Articles Editor, LL.M. in Sustainable International Development (2002); Pacific Rim and Policy Journal, LLM Affiliate Member
- Khabarovsk State Academy of Economics and Law, LL.B. (2000)
- Portland State University, International Business Certificate, with distinction (2000)
Admissions
- Oregon State Courts
- Washington State Courts
Memberships
- American Bar Association, Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources, and Chair of Forest Resources Committee, 2020 – Present
- Oregon State Bar, Sustainable Future Section, Executive Committee Past Member (2012-2014)
Awards
- Ranked for Real Estate Oregon, Chambers USA (2021-2024)
- Best Law Firms, “Law Firm of the Year” in Timber Law, Team Member (2015, 2018, 2020, 2022, and 2024)
- Best Law Firms, National Tier 1 Firm in Timber Law, Team Member (2011-2024)
Additional Events
Timberlands Auctions and Transaction Strategies
Pacific Northwest Timberlands Management Conference
March 3 & 4, 2022
Anatomy of a Timberland Transaction
Pacific Northwest Timberlands Management Conference
March 12 & 13, 2020
Community Activities
- Columbia Land Trust, Board Member 2019 – 2022
- New Avenues for Youth, Past Member of the Ambassador Board (2008-2011)
Outside Interests
Climbing mountains or dreaming of climbing mountains.
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