Ocorian acquires Clarity Consulting Solutions
04 December 2025 UAE
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Ocorian, an asset servicing firm for private and corporate clients, has acquired Clarity Consulting Solutions, a UAE-based regulatory and compliance services provider.
This acquisition expands Ocorian’s regulatory and compliance offering in the region.
The Clarity founders, Natalie Hodgins and Shamshad Khan, along with partner Barry Cotter, will join Ocorian and be part of the global regulatory and compliance solutions business.
Clarity’s services include support for licence applications, outsourced compliance solutions, reviews, and remediation support for financial services firms in both the Dubai International Financial Centre and Abu Dhabi Global Market freezones.
Coupled with the recently acquired UAE-based fund servicing license, Ocorian is equipped to support global and regional asset managers throughout their lifecycle, with a full suite of services and support from entity establishment and licensing requirements through to full-service fund accounting and administration services.
Chantal Free, CEO at Ocorian, says: “This acquisition is tremendously exciting for us as we continue to expand our capabilities for asset managers and asset owners across the Middle East.
“The UAE is an increasingly important market for our clients, who look to us to support them with globally consistent, expert-led and technology-enabled solutions across the world.”
Free adds: “In a region where experience and relationships are hugely important, I know that both Ocorian and Clarity clients will benefit from our significantly expanded offering.
“We welcome Natalie, Shamshad, Barry and all our new colleagues from Clarity to our multi-disciplinary team which delivers cross border services for asset managers, portfolio companies and high-net-worth families and individuals globally.”
Natalie Hodgins, partner and co-founder at Clarity remarked: “We are delighted to be joining Ocorian as we know they share our commitment to serving clients as a trusted business partner. We are very proud of the business we have built and the work that our colleagues do.”
Shamshad Khan, partner and co-founder at Clarity comments: “We are confident that our clients will benefit from the expanded scope that we are now able to provide and that it will continue to be business as usual as Natalie, Barry and I will remain fully involved.
“Our new partnership with Ocorian enables us to accelerate our growth ambitions and brings our clients and our team more opportunities as we access Ocorian’s wider network.”
This acquisition expands Ocorian’s regulatory and compliance offering in the region.
The Clarity founders, Natalie Hodgins and Shamshad Khan, along with partner Barry Cotter, will join Ocorian and be part of the global regulatory and compliance solutions business.
Clarity’s services include support for licence applications, outsourced compliance solutions, reviews, and remediation support for financial services firms in both the Dubai International Financial Centre and Abu Dhabi Global Market freezones.
Coupled with the recently acquired UAE-based fund servicing license, Ocorian is equipped to support global and regional asset managers throughout their lifecycle, with a full suite of services and support from entity establishment and licensing requirements through to full-service fund accounting and administration services.
Chantal Free, CEO at Ocorian, says: “This acquisition is tremendously exciting for us as we continue to expand our capabilities for asset managers and asset owners across the Middle East.
“The UAE is an increasingly important market for our clients, who look to us to support them with globally consistent, expert-led and technology-enabled solutions across the world.”
Free adds: “In a region where experience and relationships are hugely important, I know that both Ocorian and Clarity clients will benefit from our significantly expanded offering.
“We welcome Natalie, Shamshad, Barry and all our new colleagues from Clarity to our multi-disciplinary team which delivers cross border services for asset managers, portfolio companies and high-net-worth families and individuals globally.”
Natalie Hodgins, partner and co-founder at Clarity remarked: “We are delighted to be joining Ocorian as we know they share our commitment to serving clients as a trusted business partner. We are very proud of the business we have built and the work that our colleagues do.”
Shamshad Khan, partner and co-founder at Clarity comments: “We are confident that our clients will benefit from the expanded scope that we are now able to provide and that it will continue to be business as usual as Natalie, Barry and I will remain fully involved.
“Our new partnership with Ocorian enables us to accelerate our growth ambitions and brings our clients and our team more opportunities as we access Ocorian’s wider network.”
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