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Victor P. Haley

Partner
Leader of Forestry & Climate Solutions Group

Victor leads the Eversheds Sutherland Forestry & Climate Solutions group and its Latin America Initiative.

He represents insurance companies and other institutional clients across the full range of real estate investments. Victor is recognized as a leading authority in timberland transactions, including acquisitions and dispositions, timberland financings, joint ventures, and timber supply agreements. 

He was lead counsel representing the institutional buyers in the largest private land transaction ever — the acquisition of approximately five million acres of timberland from International Paper by a consortium of buyers. Victor regularly handles transactions throughout the United States, the Americas, and around the globe, most recently in Brazil, Belize, Panama, Costa Rica, China and Fiji.

Victor also regularly represents institutional clients and others who own or develop hotels and resorts, assisting them in all aspects of hotel acquisition, development and finance, including purchase and sale agreements, management contracts, leases for both landlords and tenants, acquisitions, and franchising agreements. He has a particular focus on Caribbean projects, recently handling projects in the Bahamas, Curacao, Aruba, Antigua and Costa Rica. 

  • Carbon Credits Presentation and Discussion, August 1, 2023, Forest Products Forum
  • Undertaking Due Diligence on a Prospective Timberland-Investment Opportunity, May 3, 2018, Duke University’s Timberland Investments for Professionals
  • 7th Annual Argus Biomass Conference, April 5-7, 2016
  • 6th Annual Argus European Biomass Trading Conference, April 14-16, 2015
  • Investing in the Caribbean Today – The Issues and Opportunities, April 15, 2009,
    13th Annual Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Investment Conference
  • How Do You Negotiate the Hotel Management Agreement, May 7, 2008, 12th Annual Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Investment
  • How to Structure Management Contracts, May 9, 2007, 11th Annual Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Investment Conference
  • The Mixed Use Project: How Do You Make 1+1=3? April 5, 2006, 10th Annual Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Investment Conference
  • Recognized by The Legal 500 United States in the area of real estate (2009-2010, 2012, 2015-2017, 2020-2023)
  • Named to The Best Lawyers in America in the areas of real estate law and timber law (2005-2024)
  • Recognized by Chambers USA: Guide to Leading Business Lawyers in the area of real estate law (2008-2023)
  • Selected for inclusion in Georgia Super Lawyers® (2004-2009, 2011-2013)
  • Member, Environmental Law Committee and the Pension Plan Investments Committee of the Real Property, Probate and Trust Section, and the Section of Natural Resources, Energy and Environmental Law, American Bar Association
  • Pro Bono Volunteer, Georgia Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts
  • Member, Atlanta Bar Association
  • Member, Lawyers Club of Atlanta
  • Member, Urban Land Institute
  • Board Member, World Forestry Center
  • Georgia
  • B.A., with honors, Harvard College
  • J.D., University of Virginia School of Law,

    Notes Editor, Virginia Law Review

Victor Haley

Partner

Leader of Forestry & Climate Solutions Group

Victor Haley

Partner

Leader of Forestry & Climate Solutions Group

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