Our Firm
Our History
Black Sea Emlak Yatirim ve Ticaret A.Ş. was founded in 2014 in Istanbul, Turkey by banking industry veteran U. S. Chaudhary ; Chairman & CEO. At its helm is Haroon Rashid CFA, Chief Investment Officer. Blacksea’s raison d’etre was forged from a dislocation in the market of under-served large corporations intending to expand globally to undertake infrastructure projects & individual real estate investors seeking a focused and local platform, underpinned by a long-term view, to match their market aspirations with the investment objectives.
Today, Blacksea is the most exclusive corporate advisory firm serving Turkish & Pakistani entities, and real estate investment firm, in the GCC, Pakistan & Turkey with a team of industry professionals fully dedicated to serve South Asia & GCC-based investors. Since its inception, Blacksea has assisted in investing millions of dollars for its clients across a variety of mandates and strategies and prides itself on fostering deeply rooted relationships with key institutional and non-institutional investors across the region including:
- expats & internationals
- private funds
- accredited investors -high income retail groups mostly locals of GCC, Iran, India, Pakistan, Africa
- corporations
- multi-family and family offices
- ultra-high net worth individuals
Blacksea has built over 500 South Asia & MENA investor & large corporate relationships and works with investment managers across various asset classes including:
- real estate
- infrastructure
- direct investments
- commodity trading
Blacksea’s business growth success stems from its approach and commitment to providing institutional grade service to its clients with a concerted and relentless desire for excellence coupled with continual investment in operational development.
From our office in Dubai, we’ve consistently expanded into key global destinations with our coverage office in Lahore and Representative Office in Istanbul, bringing our award-winning customer focus and first-class advisory to both domestic and international audiences.
Our Vision
To be the leading Corporate Advisory and Real Estate Investment firm in the region. Blacksea bridges the compliance ethos of the West with the service culture of the East and maximizes value for its stakeholders by applying the highest standards of professionalism and expertise.
Our Mission
Blacksea is the premier institutional grade corporate advisory and real estate investment firm in the region. We achieve this by forging grass-roots relationships and bringing end-to-end transparency, speed, efficiency and flawless execution to the process of matching our clients’ needs and opportunities with GCC and South Asia based investors who have an expressed and proven appetite.
Our Values
Blacksea marries the strict compliance ethos and stringent standards of professionalism adhered to by the world’s foremost advisory services and investment firms, to a deep understanding of the local business culture and an unrivalled network of relationships amongst the region’s elite investors – spanning Locals, Expats & Internationals, Accredited Investors, Family Offices, Institutional clients, and Ultra High Net Worth Individuals.
Since its inception in 2014, Blacksea has maintained an unbroken track-record of year-on-year growth. We have been able to achieve this only because while we continue to strive for excellence, we refuse to compromise on our strict standards of business conduct and our adherence to our core values of integrity, close attention to detail, discretion, and the care with which we select the clients and investors we do business with.
We have invested years of sustained effort in forging and maintaining intimate relationships with our investor base to develop deep insight into their real estate investment objectives and the nuances of their preferred methods of approaching investment propositions. We greatly value the trust and respect of these sophisticated investors, and they know that we are correspondingly discerning about the assets and projects that we introduce to them.
We have also demonstrated to our investor base and to the market in general that our commitment and belief in the long-term prospects of the region is absolute and unshakeable. We have continued to invest, and grow, and build our presence in the region, through good times and bad, even as much larger firms have withdrawn or retrenched.
For our clients, an introduction by Blacksea bears the credibility that is the fruit of years of uncompromising hard work, demonstrable commitment, and the high mutual respect we enjoy with our investor base – all vital prerequisites of doing business in a region where personal relationships and trust are valued above all else.
To accomplish our mission, we instill in our staff at every level that every decision they make must be based on our core ethos where “customer always comes first” and that permeating every action must be a sense of unwavering meticulousness and exemplary business conduct.