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Amanda Chamming's

Partner

Contact
CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP
Cannon Place
78 Cannon Street
London
EC4N 6AF
United Kingdom
Languages English, French

Amanda Chamming's is a Partner in the Pensions Team.

Amanda joined CMS as a trainee solicitor in August 2012 and qualified into the CMS Pensions team in August 2014. She advises employers and trustees on the day to day running of occupational pension schemes of all sizes, including in relation to benefit queries, scheme governance, scheme mergers and GDPR compliance. 

Amanda has a specialist focus on de-risking and extensive experience advising leading providers on longevity swaps, buy-in and buy-out transactions. Amanda has also worked on the conversion of a number of longevity swaps to buy-ins, and collateralised structures.

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"I found Amanda Chamming’s to be extremely good. She was very diligent, knowledgeable, efficient and quick."

Chair of Trustees

Relevant experience

  • The Trustee of the Sanofi Pension Scheme in relation to a £760m buy-in with Legal & General.
  • A leading insurance provider in relation to its residual risks offering.
  • A leading consolidator for defined benefit schemes on its market offering.
  • Trustee clients on sectionalisation and de-sectionalisation issues.
  • An employer client on the implementation of an asset- backed contribution structure where the assets used were financial collateral.
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Memberships & Roles

  • Full member of the Association of Pensions Lawyers
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Publications

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Education

  • 2012 - Legal Practice Course, BPP, London.
  • 2011 - GDL, The College of Law, London.
  • 2010 - BA French, UCL, London.
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26/08/2014
CMS advises on £900m longevity swap for Trustees of the PGL Pensions Scheme
CMS in London has acted for the Trustees of the PGL Pensions Scheme (“PGL”) in the £900 million longevity insurance transaction with Phoenix Life Limited (“Phoenix”), part of Phoenix Group Holdings...
06/03/2014
CMS advises SCOR on £5 billion pension scheme longevity swap
CMS in London has successfully acted for SCOR SE in the £5 billion reinsurance of Aviva Staff Pension Scheme, a pension fund of Aviva Life & Pensions UK Ltd, in what is the largest pension longevity...
27/05/2016
Risk Matters: Insurance Sector Update (Spring 2016)
Welcome to the 2016 Spring edition of Risk Matters, our Insurance Sector newsletter prepared for CMS clients and contacts to keep you abreast of significant developments and issues affecting the insurance...

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07/03/2023
Tune into the latest ‘CMS Pensions LawCast’ episode #46 – What options...
Hosted by CMS Pensions experts, this series looks at what is meant by a residual risk, and what options are available to trustees when considering a residual risk trans­ac­tion.Epis­ode #46 – Residual...
05/12/2022
CMS advises Trustees of Musicians’ Union Pension Fund on transaction with...
CMS advised the Trustees of the Musicians’ Union Permanent Officials and Staff Pension Fund on the recent £13m bulk purchase annuity full buy-out transaction by Aviva, the UK insurance, wealth & retirement...
12/10/2021
CMS advises Trustee of Sanofi Pension Scheme on £760m buy-in with Legal...
International law firm CMS has advised the Trustee of the Sanofi Pension Scheme (“the Scheme”) on a £760 million buy-in transaction with Legal & General Assurance Society Limited (“Legal & Gen­er­al”). This...
27/05/2016
Risk Matters: Insurance Sector Update (Spring 2016)
Welcome to the 2016 Spring edition of Risk Matters, our Insurance Sector newsletter prepared for CMS clients and contacts to keep you abreast of significant developments and issues affecting the insurance...