About the Practice
We operate at the intersection of institutional finance, strategic advisory, and real-world execution.
Murtaza Hussain
Chief of Practice: Financial Advisory
Murtaza Hussain is a Chartered Accountant with over 16 years of experience across financial advisory, corporate finance, and strategic leadership roles spanning multiple sectors and jurisdictions.
His experience includes leading financial due diligence, valuations, PPP feasibility studies, and fiduciary advisory across large corporates, government entities, and institution-backed programmes operating in complex regulatory environments.
In recent years, his work has focused on transition-stage organisations — including serving in a fractional CFO capacity, delivering material profitability improvement and cost optimisation, and supporting capital raise processes involving international investors.
He holds an Executive MBA (in progress) and a Master's in Information Technology, combining financial depth with systems thinking and technology-enabled decision frameworks.
Barrister Atif Mumtaz Butt
Chief of Practice: Corporate & Legal
Atif is a rare dual-qualified Barrister-at-Law and Chartered Accountant, combining courtroom advocacy with financial rigour across Pakistan, the UK, and international markets. Called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn and qualified with ACCA (UK) and CPA (Canada), he has spent over 13 years advising governments, financial institutions, developers, energy companies, and media groups on the legal backbone of complex transactions and regulated industries.
He leads Blackvud's legal advisory, a multidisciplinary practice spanning corporate law, taxation, banking, and infrastructure advisory, where his clients have included the Federal Board of Revenue, the National Highway Authority, and the Capital Development Authority. Earlier, he practised with Erdal Legal Solutions in London on High Court and Business & Property Court matters, and began his career with KPMG Taseer Hadi & Co on financial due diligence and grant audits for World Bank, UNOCHA, and USAID programmes.
At Blackvud, Atif owns everything that turns a commercial deal into an enforceable one: corporate structuring, contract review and negotiation, regulatory clearance, FIDIC and construction claims, banking and tax litigation, fiduciary risk, and governance.
Our Approach
How we think is as important as what we deliver.
At Blackvud, our frameworks are not tools we pull out for client presentations. They are the lens through which we see every problem, structure every conversation, and design every solution.
Game Theory
Anticipating the Other Side
We map stakeholder incentives, anticipate counterparty moves, and design strategies around how rational actors respond in negotiations, transactions, and capital processes.
Blue Ocean Framework
Finding Uncontested Value
We identify where organisations are competing unnecessarily and where they can redefine the playing field instead of merely contesting it.
Business Model Canvas
Seeing the Whole Picture
We map commercial logic before modelling numbers, ensuring projections reflect business reality rather than isolated accounting assumptions.
Integrative Bargaining
Creating Value at the Table
We approach negotiations as opportunities to expand value before dividing it, helping preserve economics while keeping transactions viable.
These are not methodologies we apply to engagements. They are how we think — in every conversation, every model, and every recommendation.