People
The Team Behind CLPS.
Murtaza Mustansir
Founder & Director
Murtaza Mustansir is the Founder and Director of CLPS, built out of a conviction that Pakistan's legal profession and legal education need institutions designed for the problems the profession actually faces, not imported templates. His academic path runs from an LL.B (Hons) at the University of London through an LL.M in International & European Trade and Investment Law at the University of Szeged to a PhD in Law and a PhD in Economics under the European Doctorate in Law and Economics (EDLE) programme, jointly hosted by Erasmus University Rotterdam, the University of Bologna, and the University of Hamburg. He is also a Programme Associate at the CELIS Institute in Berlin, and his writing has appeared in leading forums including the Harvard Arbitration Blog. His practice background spans international arbitration and cross-border M&A, including roles at Haidermota & Co and Shiekh Law Associates, with experience across ICSID, ICC, LCIA, and UNCITRAL proceedings. His central interest is Pakistan's economic development through the tools of law and economics, reading legal and regulatory questions through economic analysis as much as doctrine, the same lens that shapes CLPS's own practice-oriented, implementation-level approach.
- PhD Candidate, European Doctorate in Law and Economics (EDLE): Erasmus University Rotterdam / University of Bologna / University of Hamburg
- Programme Associate, CELIS Institute, Berlin
- International arbitration & cross-border M&A: ICSID, ICC, LCIA, UNCITRAL
- LL.M, International & European Trade and Investment Law, University of Szeged
- LL.B (Hons), University of London