VIJAY PAI
MANAGING PARTNER
RUTAN & TUCKER LLP
WHY: Managing partner of Irvine-based Rutan
& Tucker. Has substantial experience
representing developers, lenders, owners and
investors in the structuring, negotiation and
documentation of complex real estate and
finance transactions with a special emphasis on
multi-family housing properties and industrial
projects. Also represents institutional lenders,
second lien lenders and borrowers in a broad range of finance
transactions.
IN THE NEWS: Rutan & Tucker boosted its local attorney headcount to
take the No. 1 spot in the 2025 Business Journal OC rankings by local
lawyer count.
NOTABLE: Currently serves on the Executive Committee of the firm and
is the former head of the firm’s Real Estate department.
QUOTABLE: Top talent and competitive rates “allow us to work with
start-ups and family businesses as well as Fortune 500 companies looking
for value from their legal spend.”
